Just under half of our selected films were written or directed by a Female Filmmaker. We purposely narrowed our list blind to certain information, as an experiment, so this distinction reflects genuine merit as well as the happy indication more female filmmakers are out there, being supported and submitting work!
Congratulations to all the filmmakers included here, and to ALL who submitted, THANK YOU, we look forward to viewing your future work.
Key
F = Female Filmmakers
N = Nominees
After Life on Earth by Callahan Bracken, Canada Watch
Anxiety by Laura Popa, Romania (F) Watch
The Book Club by Tobias LaMontagne, USA (Winner!) Watch
Consumed by Max Shoham, Canada Watch
Dieu Merci: The Story of Michele Rodri by Xenia Bernal (F, N) Watch
The Righteous Conversations Project by Fiona Fortunato, Ziggy Hicks, Grace Ma, and Idalis McZeal (F, N) Watch
Dodgeball by Students of ZVVIKS Edu Program, Slovenia (F) Watch
iRony by Radheya Jegatheva, Australia (Winner!) Watch
The Night I Lost My Favorite Jacket by Jenna Krumerman, USA (F, N) Watch
Roadkill by Pyoung won Seo, Republic of Korea (N) Watch
Wavy head by Max Shoham, Canada Watch
*Screen shot from RoadkillBetty by Sam Bovard, USA (N) Watch
Florist by Tilly Hobkirk, Australia (F) Watch
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Suburbia by Alex Alford and Zak Denley, USA (Winner!) Watch
Jaded by Gabe Braden, USA Watch
The Kill Jar by Isabel Mansour, Justin Johnson and Gavin Conlon, USA (F) Watch
The Life of Davie by Austin Coombs-Perez, USA (Winner!) Watch
Mackey & Gibbs by Crawford Lemoine, USA (N) Watch
Marcus by Rowan Quinn, Morgan Kearley, Claire Sanderson and Dave Edwards, Australia (F, N) Watch
OLD BLOO by Jack Nordstrom, USA Watch
The Oregon Trail by Brian Niles, Grace Gallagher and The Space Bandits, USA (F) Watch
Straight to the Rim by Sarah Luria and Eli Hall, USA (F) Watch
*Screen shot from MarcusA(mexi)can by Saray Aguilar, produced through The Reel Voices Program of The Pacific Arts Movement, USA (F) Watch
Big Cats by Maddie Kern, USA (F) Watch
Cambodia: The Next Generation by Emilia Holt and Marina Weidmann, a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA (F) Watch
Daughters of Cambodia by Maya Hinken, Nicole Kim, Tarin North and William Park, a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA (F) Watch
Dieu Merci: The Story of Michele Rodri by Xenia Bernal, Fiona Fortunato, Ziggy Hicks, Grace Ma, and Idealis McZeal, produced y The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (F, N) Watch
The Fabric of America by Alyssa Berrios, Merry Hailegeorgies, Gabe Hoekman, Verite Igiraneza, Avi Krishan, Sophie Lucarelli, Juliet Marschall and Juan Ortiz through Gandhi Brigade Youth Media, USA (F) WatchFOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Angel Baeza produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Watch
Growing the Rose: Landmines in Cambodia by Milo Hensley, Sam McCabe, A production of HW Go! Cambodia: a Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA Watch
Growing Up Hip Hop by Nina Pearl Martin, produced through The Reel Voices Program of The Pacific Arts Movement, USA (F, Winner!) Watch
Home by Molly Mielke, USA (F) Watch
LOVE ME by Joshua Sun, produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Watch
Matthew Brady: The Father of Photojournalism by Ioannes Palomaria, USA Watch
Note to Future Self by Carly Drabeck, USA (F, N) Watch
One in Thirty: The Story of Henry Oster by Sarah Antabli, Tiffany Chang, Stephanie Cho, Sara Lowin, Gracie Sandman, India Spencer and Juliet Wiener through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (F, N) Watch
Peace by Piece: The Story of Harry Davids by Xenia Bernal, Becca Frischilling, Kyle Reims, Dora Schoenberg, Nicole Soussana, Benji Tucker and Carina Yiu through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (F, N) WatchPhenomenal Women by Liv Coron, Peyton Miller and Liliana Miller, USA (F) Watch
Running For Her Life by Kinly McCaffrey produced through a Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School and Peace Works Travel, USA (F) WatchSURVIVING by Téa Santos produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA (F) Watch
Telewomen by Meghan Allison Ibañez, Mexico (F) Watch
Us & Us by Trey Carlisle, Cole Kawana, Sebastian Ko and Jordan Seibel, a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School and Peace Works Travel, USA (N) Watch
WE EXIST by Anabelle Martinez produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA (F) Watch
*Screen shot from Growing Up Hip Hop
Beyond the Cosmos by James Hastings, United Kingdom (N) Watch
Bleach by Holly McMahon and Rose McMahon, New Zealand (F) WatchBlue by Armin Mahmoudi and Ahmad Noori, Islamic Republic of Iran Watch
Boka by Emil Baltić Hrsan, Croatia (N) Watch
Break by Anne-Marie Bierre Kock and Anneli Søgård-Høyer through Station Next, Denmark (F) Watch
Chastity by Mihai Nichiforeac, Republic of Moldova Watch
Drained by Cole Maute, USA Watch
Embark by Brianna Seaberg, USA (F) Watch
Endless Night by Abigail Reese, USA (F) Watch
FATE by Anton Forsdik, Sweden Watch
Heatwave by Jacob Langsner, USA (N) WatchI'm Your Brother by Michael Yuanhao Deng, USA Watch
lgBFFt by Caitlyn Conville, USA (F) Watch
Moonchild by Jaclyn Goldstein, USA (F) WatchOnly One by Jacob Langsner and Jake Rouse, USA Watch
Playing The Game by Ethan Paisley, USA Watch
Processing by Felipe Vargas Ferrufino, USA WatchSoaring Soldiers by Cecilie Elmholt Skou through Station Next, Denmark (F, Winner!) Watch
Social Cinema by Carolina Sánchez and Jesús Martínez, Spain (F) Watch
To See The Sky Again by Justin Kaminuma, USA (Winner!) Watch
Vital Fluid by Dean Russell, USA (N) Watch
*Screen shot from Boka
324 by Tandis Shoushtary, USA (F) Watch
Boys Beware by Callahan Bracken, Canada Watch
Catfish by Sourena Bayramloo, Islamic Republic of Iran (N) Watch
The Future is Now by Lily Drummond, Australia (F, N) Watch
Home by Molly Mielke, USA (F) Watch
Just a Scenario by MLE DeJaco, USA (F) Watch
Love Letter by Abigail Reese, USA (F, N) Watch
LOVELY VIOLENCE by Borja Ibrahim, Spain Watch
MEET ME IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT by Avon Schultz through Youth Documentary Academy, USA (Winner!) Watch
Note To Future Self by Carly Drabeck, USA (F) Watch
Portrait of a Young Woman by Tessa Hill, Canada (F) Watch
Same Room by Ranja Ali, Iraq (N) Watch
This Is Not A Dream by Fin Davis, United Kingdom Watch
unauthorized by Kara Tsenov, Canada (F) Watch
*Screen shot from CatfishBest of Three by Yehwan Choi, Deeva White, Matthew Millard and Elisha Murray through BFI Film Academy and SIGNAL STARTERS, United Kingdom (F, N) Watch
Held by Tessa Hill, Canada (F, N) Watch
Love Letter by Abigail Reese, USA (F, Winner!) Watch
Marcus by Rowan Quinn, Morgan Kearley, Claire Sanderson and Dave Edwards through Cardinia Shire Youth Services, Australia (F, N) Watch
Soaring Soldiers by Cecilie Elmholt Skou through Station Next, Denmark (F, Winner!) Watch
THE STRONGER ONES by Miranda Pla, USA (F, N) Watch
*Screen shot from Soaring Soldiers
Baker Plaid - Back For A Reason by Vasiliy Bondarchuk, USA (N) Watch
Battles - Hudson Taylor by Blake Sepe, USA (N) Watch
Battles - Hudson Taylor by Anahita Amirshahi and Avery Meltzer, USA (F, Winner!) Watch
Distance - Sophie Feldman by Josh Jaffe, USA (N) Watch
Love Me Like You Mean It by Bianca Radulescu, Romania (F, N) Watch
Palehound "If You Met Her" by Caitlin LeBlanc, Jeovana Almeida, Kiely Quinn, Michael Escobar, Rachel Newman, Sara Tesh, Tatiana Marquez, Tom Quigley through Raw Art Works, USA (F) Watch
*Screen shot from Baker Plaid - Back For A ReasonA Hidden Gem by Jack Sanders, USA Watch
Albemarle County Police Department Holiday PSA by Lily Casteen and Trevor Przyuski, USA (F, N) Watch
American Girl by Naja Butler, Samrina Vasani and Sophia Villatoro through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (F) Watch
Domestic Violence PSA by Evie Masters, Christine Mouton and Gigi Copeland, USA (F, N) Watch
Education Justice by Chablee Adams, Ariana Batiste, Jordan Brown, Sebastian Evans through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and Teens (F) Watch
Help Me by Ashley Lee, USA (F) Watch
Just A Scenario by MLE DeJaco, USA (F) Watch
Leave a Message by David Mansour, USA Watch
Read Between the Lines by Muhammed Aly, Zoe Redlich, Rene Servin, Eva Suissa and Sasha Vogel through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and Teens, USA (F, N) Watch
The Test by Jacob Adivi, Ben Schafferm Rene Servin and Faiz Shamji through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (Winner!) Watch
Ve by Ariana Batiste, Michelle Jeon, Lauren Song and Teresa Suh through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA (F) Watch
*Screen shot from Albemarle County Police Department Holiday PSAA Life in Fast Forward by Niall Conroy, United Kingdom Watch
Every Grain of Rice by Carol Nguyen, Canada (F) Watch
Little Manaschy by Farida Seitalieva, Kyrgyzstan (F, N) Watch
My Other Half by Chantal Feitosa, USA (F) Watch
No Father by Hasan Raza Khan, Pakistan Watch
One Night Only by Kurtis Watson, Canada Watch
Peacekeeper by Nicholas Markart and Tyler Knutt, USA Watch
Plintik by Nur Munawarah and Mohamed Hussain, Singapore (F) Watch
SOMNUS by Julian Villegas, Colombia (N) Watch
Taraash by Ishan Siddiqui and Hugh Clegg United Kingdom and India (Winner!) Watch
Under The Windhorse by Michael Deng, USA and China (N) Watch
Where The Buffalo Roamed by Noah Mihan/Princeton Conservation Society, USA Watch
*Screen shot from Little Manaschy#HELP, Drama by Peter Engelman, Hungary Watch
A world as big as a hole, Drama by Milad Rezaei, Islamic Republic of Iran (F) Watch
ABANDON, Drama by Varun Chopra and Myles Reid, USA (N) Watch
After Party, Horror by Emmeline Kellie, Liam Banks and Adej Bundy, United Kingdom (F, N) Coming Soon!
Airstream, Drama by Jonathan Yoho, USA Watch
Amanda, Drama by Henri Armelin, Brazil Watch
AMORE BAMBINO, Comedy by Giulio Donato, Italy Watch
Asiri, Animation by Vishal Harshey, India (N) Watch
Author And The Nose, Animation by Zanna Abasova, Kyrgyzstan (F) Watch
Average Fellas, Comedy by Kim Stratton, USA (F) Watch
Blessed Days, Drama by Valentina Casadei, France (F, N) Watch
Castle on a Cloud, Drama by Joshua Cavalier, USA Watch
Cheeni Kum hai, Drama by Rajat Verma, India Watch
Copy of, Copy of, Experimental by Samir T Radwan and Ahmed Hossam, Egypt Watch
Corpse Slayers 2: Spooky Emperor Zhu, Comedy by James Khou and Thomas Goldblatt, Australia Coming Soon!
Count Your Curses, Animation by Lorène Yavo, Belgium (F) Watch
Crunch - Jealous, Music Video by Bobby Zarkasih, Indonesia Watch
The Dark Room, Drama by Morgane Segaert, France (F, N) Watch
Despite your absence, Drama by Djali Brown-Cepeda and Raquel Cepeda, USA (F) Watch
different directions, Music Video by Jasmin Luu, Germany (F) Watch
Dissonant, Drama by Vic Kings and Guilherme Pulga, Brazil Watch
Distant, Drama by Felipe V Ferrufino, USA Watch
Eat Your Principles, Drama by Ana Garcia Rico, United Kingdom (F) Watch
El juego, Horror by Agustina Abeijón and Laura Plasencia, Argentina (F, N) Watch
FLY, Animation by Parinya Saint Gavinlertwatthana and Nongpanga May Chinnawornrungsee, Thailand (F, N) Watch
Forget-me-not, Drama by Jodi Bosman, South Africa (F) Watch
Growing Alice, Drama by Danilo Zambrano, Ireland Watch
heaven. vol. i., Experimental by Aaron Longoria, USA Watch
Helena, Drama by Amir Hossein Saijadi, Islamic Republic of Iran Watch
How The Moon Fell From The Sky And No One Even Noticed, Drama/Musical by Christina Xing and Jack Fossett, USA (F, N) Watch
Illuminosity, Animation by Jeffrey Meacham and Michael Rootare through School of Visual Arts, USA Watch
In Time, Drama by Georgina Williams and Barnaby Boulton, United Kingdom (F, N) Watch
KCLOC, Animation by Ninaad Lulkarni, India/USA Watch
Listen to the Quiet, Animation by Nick Gillin, USA Watch
Lovorphosis, Animation by Roberto Grasso and Sara Irace, Italy (F) Watch
Marushka, Drama by Hanna Szentpeteri, Slovenia (F) Watch
Menarche, Drama by Guilherme Candido and Sasph Luccas, Brazil Watch
Monster Bites, Animation by Mackenzie Lancaster, USA (F) Watch
Mothering, Drama by Caru Roelis, Brazil (F) Watch
Mourn, Experimental by Jai Vir Rodgers, United Kingdom Watch
Nieve de limón, Drama by Romina Serna, Mexico (F) Watch
NIGHT, Drama by Joosje Duk, USA (F) Watch
Orlando Gloom I Always the Same, Music Video by Solmund MacPherson, Canada Watch
Our Untold Story - Calm Seas Don't Make Good Sailors, Music Video by Johannes S Karpe and Xander Turian, United Kingdom/Sweden Watch
OUST, Drama by Manon Guimard, France (F) Watch
pas D'yeux, Animation by Thao Dan Nguyen Phan through School of Visual Arts, USA (F) Watch
Paul, Comedy by Nicolas J Capra, USA (N) Watch
Preconceived, Drama by Gershon Sng, USA
Prohibitoria, Drama by Filip Kilián, Czech Republic Watch
Run Rabbit, Horror by Emily Haigh, United Kingdom (F) Watch
Sentier Rouge, Animation by Alexis Coppee, Pierre Bekec and Yohann Palut, France Watch
Shoot, Drama by Vojta Komarek and Ondra Nedvěd, Czech Republic Watch
Since The Time - Behind You, Music Video by Vladislav Udintsev, Russian Federation Watch
Sleepless, Animation by Débora Pinto and Breno Guerreiro, Brazil (F) Watch
THE SNOWBOYS, Comedy by Ignat Kunilov, Russian Federation Watch
Starling, Drama by Caleb Wild, USA Watch
The Station, Comedy by Javier Chacártegui, Spain (Winner!) Watch
Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (Captain What Remix), Music Video by Hunter Harding, USA Watch
TETRAS, Drama by Axel Zeltser, France Watch
Twilight Prophecy, Animation by Joesph Scheidemandel and Enrique Ponce, USA Watch
Tybee, Drama by Jonathan Yoho, USA Watch
Undiscovered, Animation by Sara Litzenberger, USA (F) Watch
Vessel, Drama by Felipe V Ferrufino, USA Watch
The Voyager, Animation by João Gonzalez, Portugal (N) Coming Soon!
Walk of Shame, Experimental by Maisie Buck and Darcie-Mae Smith, United Kingdom (F) Watch
Welcome, Animation by Polina Kutukina, Russian Federation (F, N) Watch
The White Fields, Drama by Kartik Parmar, India Watch
Wire, Drama by Berkay Hasbay, Turkey Watch
Wonder Dog, Animation by Janice Lee, Meg Pangiochi through the School of Visual Arts, USA (F) Watch
You're Next - Dani ep 4, Web Series by Michelle von Hershko, Israel (F)
You're Not Funny, Comedy by Dan Stewart, USA Watch
Youssef, Drama by Fadi Saghbiny, Lebanon (N) Watch
*Screen shot from The Dark Room