Film Girl Film Festival

Film Girl Film FestivalLocation| Milwaukee, WI, United States

|

Founded| 2016
Language| English
Website| filmgirlfilm.com

The Film Girl Film Festival is an independent film festival which occurs annually in the fall in Milwaukee, WI.[1] The film festival focuses on shorts and features directed by women, although male directors can be considered if their films have a female or female-identifying protagonist as the central character.[2][3] The film festival began as the Milwaukee Women's Film Festival in 2016 and rebranded as the Film Girl Film Festival in 2017.[2][4][5]

The Film Girl Film Festival also puts on events throughout the year, including a 70mm screening of Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins at the  Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee.[6][7]

## History[edit]

The Film Girl Film Festival was founded by film critic Andrea Thompson. Beginning as the Milwaukee Women's Film Festival, Thompson became inspired when artists in the local community and Hollywood insiders discussed the obstacles and disparate treatment women in the industry continued to face. For its second year, the festival rebranded as the Film Girl Film Festival, and continues to foster partnerships across the worldwide community and the Milwaukee arts scene.[8]

## Awards[edit]

The festival honors filmmakers with juror and audience awards for Best Feature and Best Shorts, as well as awards for Best Milwaukee/Wisconsin Short and Best Milwaukee/Wisconsin Feature. [9][10][11] In 2019, the Best Film Award recipient was the 2019 SXSW winner, The Garden Left Behind, directed by Flavio Alves. [12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "We are out of Film Girl Film Festival tickets by Maddy Day". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. ^ a b "5 film festivals worth checking out in Milwaukee this fall by Chris Foran". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
3. ^ "6 things you should be doing in Milwaukee this weekend, from Trainfest to Jurassic World Live by Chris Foran". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
4. ^ "Film Clips: Oct. 11, 2018 by David Luhrssen, Lisa Miller, Morton Shlabotnik". 9 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
5. ^ "Third Annual Film Girl Film Festival (formerly The Milwaukee Women's Film Festival) by Lisa Miller". 20 September 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
6. ^ "The Oriental lassos special "Wonder Woman" showing for International Women's Day by Matt Mueller". March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
7. ^ "7 things you probably should be doing in Milwaukee this weekend, from St. Patrick's Day parade to 'Wonder Woman' by Chris Foran". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
8. ^ "Post from Community: Film Girl Film festival". 31 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
9. ^ "New movies: Ryan Gosling's 'First Man,' Robert Redford's an 'Old Man' and Jon Hamm has 'Bad Times' by Chris Foran". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
10. ^ "5 film festivals worth checking out in Milwaukee this fall by Chris Foran". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
11. ^ "7 things you probably should be doing in Milwaukee this weekend, from St. Patrick's Day parade to 'Wonder Woman' by Chris Foran". Retrieved 20 October 2020.
12. ^ "2019 Film Girl Film Festival Winners Announced". Retrieved 23 October 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Official website