FEM.CINE.ANARCHY 2020

As part of #DirectedbyWomen, the final edition of this FREE popup screening event is happening ONLINE. While this sadly means we'll miss seeing all of you in person, it also means that the audience for this year's event could be worldwide, so help us spread the word!
WHAT:Fem.Cine.Anarchy 2020
WHEN:Thursday, September 17Zoom Watch Party7:00-9:00 PM (EDT)
WHERE:Your place!
How does a Watch Party work?
At 7:00 pm on 17 September, we'll all join a ZOOM "webinar." After a short welcome to introduce the festival and the films, you'll get a link to the film program (hosted on Vimeo Pro) and you'll watch from the comfort of your couch (or wherever!) The program will play as one movie with black in between each short film. The total approximate running time is 76 minutes. While you're watching the films, you're free to share comments in the Zoom chat box. Afterward, we'll host a Q&A with the filmmakers to answer your questions.
Reminder: in order to see the show, you need a FREE ticket. You must provide a valid email address in order to receive the screening link to the films and to register for the FCA20 Zoom Watch Party.
**The screening link will be emailed to ticket holders whether you decide to participate in the Zoom Watch Party or not — NOTE: only 100 tickets are available!**
IMPORTANT: Whether watching with us on the evening of 9/17, or not, all ticket holders will gain 24-hour access to the show, from 7:00 pm on Thursday until 7:00 pm on Friday, 9/18.

2020 official selections

(In screening order)

affliction

Directed by Christina Raia (New York, USA)

Two coworkers contemplate the aftermath of an encounter.

ultra witchy

Directed by Mariah Klapatch (Maine, USA)

In a town inhabited by witches, dogs, weirdos, and creeps, Ultra Witchy spies an outsider amongst the outsiders. In a beguiling family home, three women share space and volatile dynamics.

There will be monsters

Directed by Carlota Pereda (Spain)

Monsters exist. They live inside us. And sometimes, they win.

Miss blueberry beauty pageant

Directed by Sarah Kennedy (Maine, USA)

Welcome to the 1984 Miss Blueberry Beauty Pageant! Where the girls are a feast for the eyes and as sweet as honey. Follow these three finalists as they navigate the twists and turns of a pageant that reveals a much more sinister secret.

mujer sin hijo

Directed by Eva Saiz López (Spain)

Tere welcomes a young man into her house who's looking for a room to rent. Between them, an affinity will be created that little by little comes to resemble the one that any mother has with her son, if it were not that Tere sees him in another way.

laynie needs a light

Directed by Jill Harrigan (Maine, USA)

Laynie Needs a Light takes place in one thrilling night when a woman pops into a local speakeasy for a drink only to become the object of a stranger's menacing affection.

it's just temporary

Directed by Kate Kaminski (Maine, USA)

A cake-baking shut-in, the nasty neighbor, and an unsympathetic supervisor stand in the way of Danielle getting “the good stuff” of regular employment. When an invasion of personal space goes horribly wrong, Danielle has to make a decision: It’s her or them.

fem.cine.anarchy 2020 Jury Panel

kate kaminski

Lead Curator

Kate Kaminski is a writer-filmmaker. She founded Bluestocking Film Series (2011-2018) and Fem.Cine.Anarchy (2015-present) as a way to get women-directed, female-driven work in front of audiences. She and longtime collaborator, Betsy Carson, have produced dozens of fiction and nonfiction short films, in addition to four features. Their feature films were picked up by Gemini Entertainment Group LLC for international distribution in 2020 — find them on Amazon streaming and DVD in the U.S. this fall.

SHAULA EVANS

Associate Curator

Canadian filmmaker Shaula Evans is international award-winning screenwriter and producer. A passionate advocate for representation in film, Shaula is honored to be a festival programmer for Fem.Cine.Anarchy for the second year, and has been a selection jurist for the Bluestocking Film Series and the Athena Film Festival Athena List. After living in Canada, France, Japan and South Korea, she currently resides in the US. She is also a poet, playwright and audiobook narrator.

golaleh yazdani

Assistant Programmer

Golaleh Yazdani is a mixed media artist using video, sculpture, installation, and stop motion animation as part of her studio practice. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, she received her BFA from the University of Art in Tehran, and got her Master of Fine Arts at Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine, U.S.A. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Tehran, Iran, and the United States of America.