The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent in film & TV from around the world.

Submit via FilmFreeway:

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Film Festivals (short & feature) occurs 12 times a year (every month) in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Accepted films get their film screened at 2 festivals. The Audience Feedback Festival where you will receive a video of people’s reactions to your film. (Great asset to promote your movie). Plus, the Film Festival Streaming Service Festival where it will be seen by people in the industry and film fans.

Plus, each filmmaker gets the opportunity to do two interviews to further promote them and their work. A blog interview, and a podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.

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Screenplay Readings also take place EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

Every submission received full feedback on their script from an industry professional. Winning scripts get their script performed by professional actors and make into a video for you.

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This week’s testimonials:

What an honor to be selected for the Female Film Festival. Thank you so very much, my team and I truly appreciate the recognition.

Great festival! Love the tiers of support. Really proud to win our first award!

The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival was great. I received a great deal communication from this festival. It was one of the most communitive festivals I’ve encountered yet. I am pleased to have had my film, “He Only Hit Me Four Times” to be chosen for the festival and to have won an award for “Best Story”. As a first-time filmmaker this was an awesome honor. Additionally, the recorded feedback from the festival’s viewers was phenomenal. It let me know that the message that I was trying to relate and the vision that I had for the movie was successful. I and extremely happy with this festival and would recommend it to anyone who want to get an honest review of your film.

This fest is awesome. The feedback provided is so useful. I’m honored to have been a part of it

Thank you so much for awarding our film DAISY Best Romantic Short. This is such a wonderful festival and it was so lovely receiving feedback and also being interviewed!

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THERE ARE THINGS TO DO, 18min., USA
Directed by Mike Syers
Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist as they face anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. The film features Urvashi’s life in Provincetown, MA and 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, and inspires us that the best place to build community & work towards equality starts at home.

http://therearethingstodo.com/https://www.instagram.com/therearethingstodo/

WATCH FILM HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/there-are-things-to-do

I’M SO SORRY BABY, 22min., USA
Directed by Friday Anderson, Kylee C. Roberts
Mars, a black and trans person, experiments with their nonbinary identity within a monogamous, “straight”, relationship. In the devastation of heartbreak, they see themself in the mirror for the first time.

https://www.fridayanderson.com/projects/i’m-so-sorry-baby
https://www.instagram.com/fruithousefilms

WATCH Film HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/i-m-so-sorry-baby

WHAT WILL THEY SAY?, 13min., UK
Directed by Sunalika Jain
When Anaisha’s mother turns up unexpectedly at her girlfriend’s house, will Anaisha have the courage to own her truth?

WATCH Film HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/what-will-they-say

IDENTITY, 9min., Peru
Diercted by Bruno Mauricio Montenegro
Mariano, a trans man from Arequipa, Peru, visits his grandparents in the traditional village of Chivay, where he will face the conflict between his gender identity and his cultural heritage from the ancient Cabanas and Collaguas.

Watch Film HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/identity

THE QUEEN WANTS REVENGE, 14min., USA
Directed by Tyler Soares
Hellvania, a young drag queen, finds herself battered, bruised, and angry after a beating from her abusive ex-boyfriend. She seeks solace from her drag mother, Russia. The leader of the legendary House of Blades. But Hellvania gets more than a shoulder to cry on. She gets a sword, a pep talk, and the resolve to enact her revenge. To find her ex, she must make her way into enemy territory, and go face to face with the most violent drag house in the city. Can she battle her way across the city, or will she lose her chance at revenge… and possibly her life?

https://instagram.com/thequeenwantsrevengefilm

Watch Film HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-queen-wants-revenge

BIG EASY QUEENS, 80min., USA
Directed by Erynn Dalton
Eighty minutes of pure horror queer celebration with original musical numbers, voodoo, zombies, Drag Queens, and campy neo-giallo delight soaked in blood, gristle, and glitter, oh my! In this “glam horror” righteous extravaganza, a battle for territory requires the Bouvèé sisters to set aside their differences to become the “Big Easy Queens!” Entirely made-in-Florida and set in the steamy underworld, BIG EASY QUEENS follows Minnie Bouvèé, Mob Queen of the Quarter, and her rivalry with her arch-nemesis, Poodles Makenzie. After Minnie Bouvèé has Poodles Makenzie’s crew brutally slaughtered, she braces for the blowback; what she doesn’t expect, however, is to be stalked by a creepy masked figure who leaves behind bouquets of gardenias and terrifying notes. Is this Poodles’ revenge, or the work of Minnie’s estranged sister who stole her man years ago and has suddenly reappeared in her life?
esswanson@gmail.com

http://www.bigeasyqueens.com/https://www.instagram.com/bigeasyqueens/?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D

Watch Film HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/big-easy-queens

Two former lovers, Robert and Cynthia, meet up to discuss their relationship. As the two revisit their pasts, the trouble that split them in the first place starts to rear up. They’re doing their best to set their differences aside, all the while being plagued by a single lingering question; is love enough?

Review by Julie Sheppard:

Acceptance is true to the title of this short film – – the central figure of Robert does indeed need to accept the fact that his relationship with Cynthia has ended. Despite his love for her, it is seemingly unrequited.  

The two performers playing these roles are wonderfully subtle and believable in their frank scenes and the well-written dialogue reflects that. You can sense Robert’s searing pain at the loss and Cynthia’s honesty that she now belongs to another.  

The gorgeous harbourfront setting near dusk is heavily symbolic as their relationship draws to an end, and the wistful orchestral refrains of the string instruments further help to achieve the tone of painful struggle. 

The arresting camera close-up of the two rings tumbling off a railing adds to the theme of finality. This melancholy segment is in strong contrast to the soft and warmly lit, joyful flashbacks of the couple once happily together. By the film’s conclusion, it becomes universally relatable – – the very nature of life often demands acceptance of things that we cannot change.

We have created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options:

Submit via FilmFreeway:

Tier #1 – Your film plays at a public film festival event where the audience will record their comments/reactions to your film on their camera or phone, then we edit them and send you a promotional video. No matter what you will receive a promotional video of your film of people commenting on your film.

Tier #2 (optional) – Your film plays on the Film Festival streaming service for 30 hours and invite a select industry audience to watch it. With this system, some films have already received a distribution deal as many platforms are looking for solid feature and short documentaries. We can not guarantee anything of course but this has been very helpful to many in the past. (see testimonials below)

Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.

A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre (animation, comedy, experimental, horror etc.) as long as it has an underlying environmental thematic. We seek to advance public understanding of the environment through the power of film and storytelling; which is why this festival has been created.

Submit via submittable: https://manager.submittable.com/opportunities/discover/298006

Or, submit via the site: https://storypitches.com/

If you like us to do a video of your logline, we’ll peform it using a professional actor and promote it online on our site and popular YouTube channel and VIMEO Channel.

NEW: Every submission will get their Video Pitch Logline shown at the Festival for Trailers Monthly Event, and garner more exposure for their story.

Send your Video Pitch logline with the relevant information:

Title of Story:

Written by:

Logline: (see below for examples on writing the best logline)

Genre: (choose one of up to five genres) Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Sports, Thriller, War, Western (or, choose your own genre)

Type: Short Screenplay, Feature Screenplay, Mini-Series Script, TV pilot, Short Story, Essay, Novel, Play

WGA Registration Number: (if applicable)

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LOGLINE BASICS

Brevity is an absolute necessity of creating a good logline. You should go through many drafts to make sure every adjective is the most perfect and evocative and above all accurate. Get out your thesaurus find the best words for the job. You can’t afford a single extra character.

Choose your focus carefully. You need to pinpoint the most important through-line of your story. What you pick must be dynamic: you need to describe action, conflict, challenge.

The easiest way to phrase your logline is to state the genre, an attribute of the main character, and what the character needs to achieve to meet a challenge. Of course, you may see your script as a slice of life or a series of vignettes or something else that doesn’t lend itself to a clear statement in this form, but attempt it.

THE BARGAIN, 15min., USA
Directed by Alec Patchin
A young girl summons the Devil to get revenge on her former foster father who abused her. The Devil is willing to make a deal but the cost is more than she bargained for.

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?I was struck by the strange nature of revenge and the lengths people will go to feel like they “got even”. Often people are willing to go out of their way and further negatively impact their own lives if it means the person who wrongs them also suffers.

What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?I was super flattered and grateful for all their wonderful feedback. Sharing your movie with the world can always be nerve racking but you are never quite sure people will feel the same way about it that you do. But their feedback was so nice and I’m glad the movie we made resonated with them like we hoped it would!

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Santa Fe & Esmeralda – Crossroads, 16min., USA
Directed by Christel Veraart
In the transformative backdrop of Argentina’s evolving democracy and vibrant art scene from 1987 to 1996, “Santa Fe & Esmeralda – CrossRoads” chronicles the profound and enduring friendship between Kita, a young Dutch woman, and Lorenzo, the gay son of a prominent Argentine family. United by their love for music, they navigate complex family dynamics and the harsh realities of AIDS, with Kita becoming Lorenzo’s caregiver and preserving their bond through storytelling after his death, celebrating a love that transcends boundaries.

https://www.instagram.com/christelveraart/

WATCH Film Here:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/santa-fe-esmeralda-crossroads

SARIAH, 11min., USA
Directed by Jessica Orcsik
A young lesbian struggles to envision her life apart from her partner, while finding solace and acceptance within her grief.

https://www.instagram.com/sariah_shortfilm

WATCH Film Here:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/sariah

BENDER DEFENDERS, 25min., UK
Directed by Ira Putilova
Four members of a queer martial art club “Bender Defenders” in East London get together to celebrate trans people in sports through conversations about the necessity of anger, the pleasure of pain and the inevitability of friendship and joy as main tools of resistance.

https://www.instagram.com/bender.defenders.film/

WATCH Film Here:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/bender-defenders

STUCK, 13min., USA
Directed by Emma Grace Lukens
A couple’s ambiguous relationship becomes slightly more clear as they lie on their living room floor, discussing their dating lives.

https://www.instagram.com/stuck.short.film/

WATCH Film Here:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/stuck

UPSIDE DOWN PINEAPPLE, 17min., USA
Directed by Cory Nixon
The true story of her best friend’s mysterious murder would make the perfect prime time miniseries. . . but can former queen bee Penelope Pierce convince her reluctant clique to sign over their life rights?

https://instagram.com/upsidedownpineapplefilm

WATCH Film Here:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/upside-down-pineapple