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6th annual Women In Film Festival – October 18-20, 2024

6th annual Women In Film Festival – October 18-20, 20242024-03-13T09:36:01-04:00

October 18-20, 2024 at the MV Film Center

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is excited to present our 6th annual Women In Film Festival (WIFF), running from October 18-20, 2024 at the MV Film Center. WIFF is a celebration of women in film: both in front of and behind the camera. This festival features stories that have not usually been told from a woman’s perspective.

Although women make up over half the country’s population, less than 20 percent of film directors are female. Women make up a minority of film producers, composers, editors, and writers. WIFF seeks to shed a light on the work of female creators.

On the big screen, WIFF will include six films featuring female characters who break the mold in as many genres as possible.

WIFF seeks to empower moviegoers through screenings and panels that will turn an authentic spotlight on women in the industry. The festival will include a diverse selection of films in an effort to bring visibility and allow unheralded voices to showcase their art.

PROGRAM AND TICKETS FOR 2024 will be announced in September

SEE BELOW FOR THE 2023 FESTIVAL LINEUP


JOAN BAEZ: I AM NOISE

Friday, October 13th @ 4:00 pm

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Followed by a Q&A with Miri Navasky (co-Director) and Maeve O’Boyle (co-Director/Editor)

Joan Baez I Am A Noise is an unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Throughout the film, Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage -from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.


ISLE OF HOPE

Friday, October 13th @ 7:30 pm

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Victoria (Mary-Stuart Masterson) is a university professor who has a grudge with her self-absorbed mother, the well-known actress, Carmen Crawford (Diane Ladd), for crushing her dreams of becoming a playwright. But when Carmen suffers a life-threatening stroke and wakes up thinking she is living 15 years in the past, Victoria is given a unique opportunity to figure out where her life went off track and start fresh with her mother. Damian Romay’s poignant film celebrates second chances and deep familial love.


ORCA

Saturday, October 14th @ 4:00 pm

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Elham, a young divorced Iranian woman, seeks to find herself after a near-fatal beating by her husband. Elham finds salvation in the water, becoming a formidable endurance swimmer. In the fight of her life, Elham faces political, religious and personal obstacles in search of her goal: the Guinness record for the longest distance swim with her hands tied.

“A heartfelt, inspiration and captivating emotional journey. Orca is a protest against hate, intolerance and dehumanization, and a protest for love, compassion, freedom, democracy and happiness. It’s a triumph.” – NYC Movie Guru

“This drama … is a genuinely inspiring story, in part because it doesn’t adhere to the formula we might expect…” – Mark Reviews Movies


GOOD EGG

Saturday, October 14th @ 7:30 pm

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With Director Nicole Gomez Fisher in person!

A high school drama teacher, after failed attempts at Invitro Fertilization to conceive a child, is forced to consider an unconventional egg donor scenario that plunges her into a dangerous and exhilarating adventure with her husband.

 

Nicole Gomez Fisher is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of the feature film SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES, starring Golden Globe Winner Gina Rodriguez, Steven Strait, and Ana Ortiz. “Fishes” aired on HBO from 2014-2016, and can currently be seen on Amazon Prime, Vudu, Fandango and Peacock.

Nicole was nominated for The St. Louis International Film Festival’s New Filmmakers Emerging Director Award and received the Brooklyn Film Festival’s award for Best New Director. In 2014 she was named Best Director at the Imagen Awards, founded by legendary television producer Norman Lear.
Her follow-up feature, GOOD EGG, a heist/comedy, stars Yara Martinez (BULL), Joel Johnstone (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Andrea Londo (Narcos), Nick Creegan (Bat Woman), Nick Cirillo (Outer Banks) and TONY Winner Priscilla Lopez.

Nicole’s directing projects also include: “The Beauty of Disaster”, a short film written by Janet Stilson, “Wokeman – Women in the Workplace”, a webisode, “Queens” a pilot presentation and “Getting out of My Own Way,” a music video for indie recording artist Jennifer Vazquez.

Nicole’s film, television and theater acting credits include a recurring role on 24, General Hospital, Empire (an Official Selection of The Sundance Film Festival), Frankie and Johnny are Married (starring Mandy Patinkin), Habla for HBO Latino and Birth Marks (part of The Ensemble Studios Marathon Series).
Starting out as an actress and stand-up comic, Nicole is a founding member of “The Hot Tamales Live!”, the Latina comedy tour produced by Eva Longoria and Kiki Melendez. Nicole’s work has been featured in The New York Times and Time Out NY. She is also a proud member of the NYWIFT and the Film Fatales.


DANCING QUEEN

Sunday, October 15th @ 4:00 pm

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Mina gets her world turned upside down when the famous dancer ED Win moves to her town. She falls head over heels in love, and when he invites everyone to an audition for his new dance crew, Mina sees her chance and signs up. Intoxicated by love she throws herself into the excitement. But there is one essential thing she has forgotten: She can´t dance!


THE ARRIVAL

Sunday, October 15th @ 7:30 pm

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With director Alyssa Rallo Bennett in person!

Over the course of a quiet afternoon at a popular Manhattan bar, an array of patrons – each dealing with their emotional, physical or professional boundaries being crossed – attempt to uncover the mysteries behind their predicaments, leading them to question who they are and who they might become.


DONORS AND SPONSORS

The MV Film Society would like to recognize our outstanding corporate sponsors for their   contributions in making the 4th annual Women In Film Festival possible.