Watch Today's Festival: Best of FEMALE Directed Shorts Festival
Comedy, Drama, Independent, Short Films
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Sequoia, 15min., Switzerland
Directed by Michelle Künzler
Sequoia, a diligent AI maid, works for the captivating yet mysterious Mrs. Terrance. Although not designed to harbor any emotions, Sequoia starts developing sentience, when a certain sound triggers a feeling inside her that feels oddly familiar - and human. Forced to conceal her newfound emotions to evade shutdown, Sequoia embarks on a dangerous quest for truth, tearing at the seams of her own identity and re-evaluating the intricate power dynamics that govern her place within the household.
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Pirate Jenny, 5min., Italy
Directed by Elisabetta DeLuca, Alessandro Freschi
A hotel maid has a very particular story to tell us...
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pirate-jenny
FLÜGGE, 25min., Germany
Directed by Leopold Schraudolph, Dani Rose Cortés
In an Austrian mountain village in 1914, the determined Amelie (20) must defy her father's wishes of running the family sewing business to pursue her own dreams of flight and seize her only chance at finding true freedom.
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-flugge