On Fridays, Matthew and Kierston get on their computers at opposite ends of the city and discuss the craziness that was WILDsound's Thursday Night Festival at the Carlton Cinema. Today, it's an exciting leap down the films on the Female-directed film festival night!
List of films played at the festival:
MRS. MURPHY’S CONFESSION, 25min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Producer by Catherine Haun
Unable to connect with her distant husband and eight grown children, Marjorie Murphy tries helping out at Church. She is given responsibility to prepare a group of teen drop-outs for confirmation.
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BLOSSOM, 6min., Australia, Drama
Directed by Lisa Defazio
Childhood the one chance we get to transition from bud to bloom. Some memories just cannot be erased, they are like permanent markers in our own timeline.
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PREY, 10min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Vivien Endicott-Douglas
A young woman confronts her past and present romantic partners. Culminating into a meditation on identity, Prey explores how one of the hardest choices one has to make is to simply put themselves first.
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RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN, 6min., Portugal, Drama
Directed by Peta Milan
When a relationship turns sour, Justine finds her naked photos posted online and is inundated by secondary victimisation.
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AXioMA, 15min., Italy, Drama
Directed by Elisa Possenti
An accident and the inability to walk belong to the protagonist’s past as axioms, postulates that do not need to be explained. Each and every one of us is somehow touched by disability. As the storylines progresses, the finely interwoven threads of the plot unravel, showing how the main character feels like a burden not only to society, but also to his family, and to himself. Nonetheless, his story proves that anybody can get their chance to start anew.
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THE PITS, 6min., Canada, Comedy/Romance
Directed by Shetu Modi
At 13, Dhruvi is appalled to learn the Indian food she eats every day makes her armpits smell funny. Her struggle with pungent food and bold spices resurfaces years later, when she’s drawn to a fellow South Asian student in university.
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FOXY TROT, 14min., USA, Comedy/LGBT
Directed by Lisa Donato
A married couple unexpectedly face their relationship issues when they take ballroom dance lessons in a very heteronormative class.
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