WIFTI Short Film Showcase
Posted By admin on February 15, 2011
| March 13, 2011 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Women in Film and Television International Proudly presents 2011 Short Film Showcase Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
It was 100 years ago when the United Nations put forth a day to celebrate the economic, political, and social achievements of Women past, present, and future. In places such as China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a National Holiday. This marks the 6th year WIFTI joins in that celebration with our Short Film Showcase.
General admission: $12 ($10 members). Doors are at noon, show at 1:00 pm.
Tickets available through the box office: by phone (612)436-1129 or in person, Tuesday through Friday, 12:30-4:30 pm. Remaining tickets will be available at the door, starting at noon.
About WIFTI, www.wiftichapters.org
About our local chapter www.mnwift.org
Featuring the following films:
What Kind of Planet Are We On? / 4 minutes
Director/Co-Writer: Varda Hardy
Chapter: Los Angeles, USA (www.wif.org)
Film Synopsis: An alien applies for social security benefits. She is so happy to qualify, but an unexpected hitch turns her life upside down.
Abandon ME /19 minutes
Writer/Director: Sayer Frey
Chapter: Minneapolis, USA (www.NMWIFT.org)
Set in 1947 rural America, a desperate woman haunted by childhood memories abandons her aging mother in a cornfield.
Picking Up Feets /3 minutes
Writer/Producer Illustrator: Debrainna Mansini
Chapter: New Mexico, USA (www.NMWIF.com)
Feets, an adventurous cat, teaches a family of girls about challenging the order of things and the magic of a hug.
This is Her/12 minutes
Director: Katie Wolfe
Chapter: New Zealand (www.wiftnz.org.nz)
In life there are no fairytale endings, one woman’s account of what the future holds for her.
BraveHeart /5 minutes
Writer/Producer: Khadijah Kuranga
Chapter: The Foundation for Women in Film and Television in Nigeria
BraveHeart is a small portion of a Television Docudrama series about people in the midst of poverty that have refused to be burdened, clamed down, affected or loose focus. In this piece Mama Emma, a recent Widow & Mother of three, has had all the money her husband left her stolen from her. Now she must find a way to survive.
Sis /11 minutes
Writer/Director: Deborah Haywood
Chapter: UK (www.wftv.org.UK)
What happens when the older sister in charge of them ignores two innocent young girls?
Small Currents /19 minutes
Director/Producer: Carolyn Combs
Chapter: Vancouver, Canada (www.Womeninfilm.CA)
Tabitha, a single mom, has moved to a larger city to start again. Caught between a desire for intimacy with Hassan, a new acquaintance, and her sense of tradition and responsibility as the daughter of a fundamentalist Christian, she relies upon the insight of her six year-old daughter to help change her life.
Leger Probleme (Little Inconvenience) /9 minutes
Writer/Director: Helene Florent
Chapter: Montreal, Quebec Canada (www.FCTNM.CA)
The life of an ordinary man becomes very different on a day that seemed like every other.
Categories: Myron's Corner, Playing at the Ritz
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