Director Biography – Alexxa Walker (PHENOMXNAL WOMXN)

Alexxa Walker is a Montreal-bred photographer, videographer and designer currently based in Ghana. Over the last four years, she has been committed to empowering, elevating and celebrating the voices and stories of underrepresented communities, with an emphasis on women of colour and African communities. This commitment is what led her to starting Phenomxnal Womxn –… Continue reading Director Biography – Alexxa Walker (PHENOMXNAL WOMXN)

Short Film: PHENOMXNAL WOMXN, 8min., Canada/Ghana, Documentary

Phenomxnal Womxn is a short documentary film that takes an intimate look into the lives of womxn in Ghana. The film shares the stories of remarkable womxn whom are often neglected from media, representation and history as a whole by highlighting the incredible strength, innovation, cultural richness, and entrepreneurial spirit of Ghanaian womxn as they… Continue reading Short Film: PHENOMXNAL WOMXN, 8min., Canada/Ghana, Documentary

Director Biography – Shara Lili, Noemí Delgado (MATRONAS)

Shara Lili is a Hungarian-American producer based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area (www.sharalili.com). Having grown up bi-culturally between Hungary and the United States, she’s fascinated by how our experience of life is shaped by the particular lenses, languages, and cultures through which we view it. Shara is a graduate of Stanford University, where she… Continue reading Director Biography – Shara Lili, Noemí Delgado (MATRONAS)

Short Film: MATRONAS, 25min., USA, Documentary

Salvadoran midwives, who delivered babies even during the Civil War, now fight to protect their ancestral role in the face of government repression. As people in El Salvador lose their right to give birth at home, dehumanizing hospital experiences become the standard way of ushering life into the world. The caretaking traditions of these midwives… Continue reading Short Film: MATRONAS, 25min., USA, Documentary

Director Biography – Vee Rodriguez (LOOK AT US NOW)

Vee Rodriguez, also known by his stage name Vee The Vision, is a Dominican-American writer, musician and filmmaker from Washington Heights, New York City. From an early age, Vee was astonished by the visual aesthetics found in film, as well as the writing in comic books. This eventually led to a merge of passions. His… Continue reading Director Biography – Vee Rodriguez (LOOK AT US NOW)

HIGHLIGHTS – APRIL 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Form DOC Film: ORO Best Long Form DOC Short Film: SPARK: A SYSTEMIC RACISM STORY Best Cinematography: AGAINST THE WIND Best Sound & Music: THE J THOUBBS DOCUMENTARY Best Direction: SAFE Theme of night: It’s never what it seems. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – APRIL 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

HIGHLIGHTS – MARCH 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: THE FLAME OF MEMORY Best Cinematography: ERRAIAK (BOWELS). THE ECHO OF THE ANCESTORS Best Sound & Music: THE SEEDS OF AN UNCERTAIN LAND Best Direction: 90 MINUTES WITHOUT MEAT Theme of night: Changing up convention NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – MARCH 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival