• Female Gaze

  • Female Gaze

Whether directed by women, featuring female leads, or a topic more focused on the female perspective, these stories skew distinctly feminine.

Short Films

Dots

A teenage girl whose vision is fading takes in her last fill of visual textures and light. An absorbing, beautifully crafted portrait of a harrowing experience.

Gabber Lover

Laurie doubles on the back of Mila’s motorbike to a lake where they dance with abandon. Her gaze harbors longing but will the friendship sustain this transition?

One Last Night

On the eve of their separation, a Tel Avivian lesbian couple goes out on the town only to experience a night they never expected, exposing truths they never revealed.

Problem Play

Life imitates art for a young actress struggling with the part of Viola in Twelfth Night, her feelings for her costar, and her own identity.

Rod Zegwi Dan Pikan

In this gorgeous animated visual essay, a woman meditates on the trials and tribulations she has experienced in her past. A highly original exploration of a complex and troubled life.

Superbia

Men and women form rival factions in this lush sexual reverie, in which gender roles are transformed and the human body wildly reinvented.

2016 ShortFest Archive