MWFF 2020: Global Perspectives

MWFF presents a unique series of shorts by women that celebrate our GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. Join us for a panel with the filmmakers. 100 MINS / UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTED TO PERSONS 15 YEARS AND OVER Women’s cinema is world cinema. In this very special event, MWFF presents a unique series of shorts by women that celebrate our global citizenship. United by their international outlook, these films embrace our world and its peoples, telling stories of migration, travel and life in other lands. After the screening, join us for a lively Q&A discussion with the filmmakers about what it means to be a global woman storyteller. DRUM WAVE A young pianist is forced to confront her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals. DIRECTOR & WRITER: Natalie Erika James / PRODUCER: Emma Haarburger Australia / 2018 / 10 mins MELEK A teenage girl's symptoms of trauma are misinterpreted by her superstitious mother. DIRECTOR & WRITER: Gokce Sel / PRODUCERS: Gokce Sel, Sean Cousins Australia / 2019 / 8 mins EL NIÑO An Argentinian migrant drives her teenage son to the city to meet his father for the first time. DIRECTOR & WRITER: Nikita Dunovits-Ferrier / PRODUCERS: Nikita Dunovits-Ferrier, Liv Bunting Australia / 2018 / 15 mins NOSTOS Nostos portrays the power of raw emotion from the recollection of fragile memories, meeting the people you missed knowing and the longing innocence of growing up. Nostalgia is the feeling that overcomes you when some minor vanished beauty of the world is momentarily restored. DIRECTOR: Anastasia Comelli / WRITERS: Anastasia Comelli, Polina Davityan / PRODUCER: Sam Sharplin Australia/Greece / 2018 / 6 mins DAILY BREAD In a WWII internment camp in Indonesia, Jan and a group of Dutch women and children face a daily struggle against abuse, disease and starvation. The Japanese Camp Commandant and his beloved, fluffy white cat, oversee the gruelling camp regime. Jan is a brave but impulsive young woman, and when she acts out of desperation to save a little girl’s life, her actions bring consequences upon the whole camp. What is the price for a meal when women and children are starving? DIRECTOR: Ruby Challenger / WRITERS: Ruby Challenger, Jonathan Wald, Ella Carey / PRODUCER: Ruby Challenger Australia / 2018 / 15 mins THE WAITING ROOM An Iranian and an Israeli find themselves in purgatory – an immigration waiting room with a bunch of paranoid strangers who realise they have more in common than they thought. DIRECTOR & WRITER: Ghazaleh Golbakhsh / PRODUCER: Craig Gainsborough Aotearoa/New Zealand / 2019 / 11 mins KAYA In a remote Turkish village, an ostracised orphan girl seeks out the forbidden Alevi in her quest for faith. DIRECTOR & WRITER: Lara Kose / PRODUCER: Stephanie Westwood Australia/Turkey / 2018 / 15 mins