Singapore202410 minMandarin, English Animation, Available Online, Comedy, Directed By Women, Drama

Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital, where she finds newfound freedom as a patient.

This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

Calleen Koh

Calleen Koh is a Singaporean BAFTA-nominated animation filmmaker, currently at CalArts for the experimental animation MFA programme. Enamoured by dark comedy, her films are known for their subversively irreverent energy.

Canada20249 minEnglishAvailable Online, Comedy, Drama

Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.

This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Maziyar Khatam

Maziyar Khatam is an Iranian Canadian director and writer who is passionate about telling offbeat and revealing stories. He is also the co-owner of Funny Bone Pictures, a production company in Toronto.

Ireland, Malaysia202423 minMalay, English, MandarinDirected By Women, Drama, Horror

Set in Malaysia's National Service training camp, Jia Hui, a female ethnic-Chinese trainee, is commanded by her teacher to lead her multiracial female comrades in washing stained sanitary pads in the middle of the night.

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Directors Bio

Mickey Lai

Born in Malaysia, Mickey Lai is a filmmaker who graduated with a master of film and TV production at MetFilm School in London. Lai is interested in telling stories about diverse cultural values, mortality, and self-identity.

USA202413 minEnglish, Tagalog2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama

Yaya and Louie, two baby goths, prepare to summon the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, but a series of unexpected obstacles jeopardize the entire spooky spectacle — and maybe even their friendship.

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Directors Bio

Andrea A. Walter

Andrea A. Walter is a British Filipino filmmaker whose work premiered at SXSW and Inside Out. They are a 2024 Women in Film Cinematography fellow and mentored by Lilly Wachowski.

India202415 minKonkaniAvailable Online, Drama

Two young women from a small village discuss the recent mysterious vanishing of Leela. Is there any truth in the rumours about her disappearance?

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Directors Bio

Tanmay Chowdhary

Tanmay Chowdhary is a filmmaker who works across a breadth of mediums including music videos, narratives, documentaries, and commercials. He founded a boutique production house called Peru Films in 2020 to champion underrepresented voices.

USA202411 MinEnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Drama

Two friends living in Mānoa Valley spend a summer day together before one of them moves to New York City.

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Directors Bio

Emily May Jampel

Emily May Jampel is a director from Honolulu based in New York City. Her films have played at festivals around the world, including Palm Springs, Aspen Shortsfest, Champs-Élysées, and Outfest.

Canada202416 MinEnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Drama, History

On the evening of the 1987 "Easter Epic" hockey playoff game, a young Cambodian girl grapples with her Canadian identity in a small town in rural Ontario.

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Directors Bio

Alejandro Yoshizawa & Y-Dang Troeung

Alejandro Yoshizawa is a Vancouver-based filmmaker specializing in grassroots and marginalized people’s stories, oral histories, and community documentaries.

Y-Dang Troeung (張依蘭) (ទ្រឿងអ៊ីដាង) was a writer and scholar based in Vancouver, who passed away in fall 2022 of pancreatic cancer.

USA202414 MinFarsi, EnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Experimental, Romance

On a seemingly prosaic day, Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer, comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms and slips away.

This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Sara Boutorabi

Sara Boutorabi is an Iranian American filmmaker based in New York City, and originally from California. She graduated from UC Berkeley and is an MFA candidate in screenwriting at Columbia University.

USA202414 MinEnglish, Korean, Spanish, Mandarin2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Experimental

Today is Parents' Day at the Sweetwater Boarding School for English Learners. When A, B, C, and D discover that none of their families are coming, they decide to hatch a different plan.

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Directors Bio

Yvonne Zhang

Yvonne Zhang is a British Chinese director and writer who uses fables, dream logic, and digital worlds to explore the diasporic experience.

Canada20246 minKoreanWorld PremiereAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Family-friendly, History

After decades of separation, two brothers reunite at a rare event where families from both sides of the Korean border come together.

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Directors Bio

*Ellen Yuna Ahn

Ellen Yuna Ahn is an emerging Korean Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. Drawing from her background in performance art and theatre directing, Ahn is drawn to stories that delve into intimate character studies and explore abstract concepts.