Event Category Archives: Shorts

Shorts: Girls to the Front

Wednesday 30 November Genesis Cinema 18:30 Running time: 87mins   Strong female characters are not enough. We want weird ones, insecure ones, transgressive and angry ones. Rule-breakers, creators, pioneers. Old, young, black, white, straight, gay. In this glorious collection of films, Woman breaks out of the boxes, tears off the labels, and is celebrated in […]

Shorts: Men by Women

Thursday 1 December Barbican 19:00 Running time: 81 mins Masculinity is laid bare in this selection of films by women filmmakers. Athletes, bullies, idols, has-beens, sons, fathers, brothers, widowers… A different take on the female gaze that aims to unpack men onscreen. BOOK TICKETS   FAN GIRL (Director) Dir. Kate Herron Emily and Kim spent their […]

Shorts: Hysterical

Thursday 1 December Prince Charles Cinema 20:45 Running time: 90mins Shocking, out-there, darkly comic, beautifully awkward (and with a slightly unnerving penchant for dogs), in this side-splitting selection of shorts, women take centre stage - and they own it. BOOK TICKETS THE GIRL IN THE DRESS - Natalia Malla (Writer) Dir. Natalia Malla Just hours […]

Shorts: In Every Home A Heartache

Friday 2 December ArtHouse Crouch End 18:30 Running time: 91 mins Dynamic and powerful accounts of place, celebrating settings from the perspective of the flaneuse, the local resident, the tourist, as well as the powerful emotions produced by memory. See films exhibiting fears about the destruction of natural landscapes, people drawn to reach the most […]

Athena Film Festival Presents

Friday 2 December Hackney Attic 19:00 For the first time, we partner with a fellow film festival to bring us the most interesting shorts made by women from across the pond. Athena Film Festival has been hosting film screenings, workshops, panels and events celebrating women in leadership since 2011. Join Women & Hollywood publisher Melissa Silverstein […]

Shorts: Stranger Things

Friday 2 December Prince Charles Cinema 20:30 Running time: 91mins You know that feeling after watching a scary film, when everything looks, sounds, feels different? The familiar becomes uncanny in these shorts. Disturbing twists in small packages that will stick with you for days. BOOK TICKETS   AWAY FROM ME - Francesca Fowler (Actor) Dir. […]

Shorts: Women in Motion

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 11:30 Running time: 76mins BOOK TICKETS BUY SATURDAY SHORTS PASS From biological travels to energetic dance-pieces, these innovative shorts feature women in action. Finding inspiration in the corporeal, as well as in the decisions women are compelled to take, many of them engage with historical fears of active women and […]

Shorts: Mommie Dearest

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 14:00 Running time: 83mins BOOK TICKETS BOOK SATURDAY SHORTS PASS   Exploring the biggest female honestly and untethered, these films interrogate women’s relationship to what’s considered our raison d’être. Earnest, brilliant shorts that explore the notion of motherhood, commitment and responsibility, as well as the effects of mothers on their […]

Shorts: Mean Girls

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 16:00 Running time: 96mins BOOK TICKETS BUY SATURDAY SHORTS PASS Passion and excitement seen in the turbulent time of girlhood, when bold curiosity takes charge. Those early encounters can define us. The power of girl gangs, the pressures of becoming a grown up and the thrill of the early peeks […]

Shorts: Lonely Two-Legged Creatures

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 18:00 Running time: 88mins BOOK TICKETS BOOK SATURDAY SHORTS PASS   Film’s visual power means it can convey emotions that defy words. Transforming the invisible feelings ordinarily locked inside us into images and characters, these films poetically depict the torrent of experiences evoked by isolation. Moving and inspiring this […]

Debuts + discussion

Sunday 4 December Genesis Cinema 16:00 BOOK TICKETS   A director’s “vision” is a much lauded and hard to define attribute – constantly referred to in reviews and interviews without specifying exactly what it is! Every iconic filmmaker takes a sprawling journey to realise each story, and as we enter their film worlds, they invite […]