The 23rd Annual St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival films!
You can now buy passes and tickets to all screenings at the LSPU Hall on the LSPU Hall website here.
All other ticket information is here.
Download a .pdf version of the schedule here.
For a list of the Newfoundland films and filmmakers in this year’s festival, click here.
Films by screening date
Tuesday, October 16th
Opeing Night Gala, Arts and Culture Centre, 7:30 p.m.
Midnight’s Children, Deepa Mehta (Canada)
Wednesday, October 17th
Doc Lunch, LSPU Hall, 12:30 p.m.
Just Himself: The Story of Don Jamieson, Joshua Jamieson (Canada)
Doc Afternoon, LSPU Hall, 3:30 p.m.
The Other Side of Silence: The Untold Story of Ruby McCollum, Claudia Johnson (U.S.A.)
In It For The Short Haul #1, LSPU Hall, 7 p.m.
Assembly, Jenn Strom (Canada)
Girl, Fijona Jonuzi (Sweden)
Desperate Scribbles, Martine Blue (Canada)
Shirin, Stephen Fingleton (UK)
Chef de Meute/Herd Leader, Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
Le Grand Ailleurs et le Petit Ici/Here and the Great Elsewhere, Michèle Lemieux (Canada)
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, Stephen Dunn (Canada)
Feature Presentation, The Quidi Vidi Village Plantation, 8 p.m.
Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo, Mary Lance (U.S.A.)
Feature Presentation, LSPU Hall, 9:30 p.m.
Turn Me On, Damnit!, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (Norway)
Thursday, October 18th
Doc Lunch, LSPU Hall, 12:30 p.m.
It’s a Girl Thing: MKA and the Explosion of the Girls Tween Market, Shannon Silva (U.S.A.)
Doc Afternoon, LSPU Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Safe Home, Rosemary House (Canada)
Return to Reichenbauch, Maureen Kelleher (Canada, Poland, Germany)
MUN Cinema Feature Presentation, Empire Theatres Studio 12, 7 p.m.
Las Malas Intenciones (Bad Intentions), Rosario Garcia-Montero (Peru, Argentine, Germany)
Feature Presentation, LSPU Hall, 7 p.m.
Belly, Julia Pott (UK)
Indie Game: The Movie, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky (Canada)
Feature Presentation, LSPU Hall, 9:30 p.m.
The World Before Her, Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
What Lurks in the Night — Midnight Screening, 12 a.m., LSPU Hall
Goths! On the Bus!, Jaimz Asmundson and Karen Asmundson (Canada)
The Tentacle’s Claw, Michael Rigler (Canada)
Friday, October 19th
Doc Lunch, LSPU Hall, 12:30 p.m.
My Country, Lalita Krishna (Canada)
A Look At Winter – Afternoon Docs at Geo Centre, 2 p.m., Johnson Geo Centre
Off Route 2, Amanda Dawn Christie (Canada)
Life Below Zero, Josh Freed (Canada)
Keep Your Stick On The Ice Doc Afternoon, 3:30 p.m., LSPU Hall
Hockeyheart, Kim Faires (Canada)
Lace Bite, Sharron Bates and Carmen Klotz (Canada)
Up on the Edge – Experimental Films at The Rooms, 7 p.m., The Rooms — FREEE SCREENING
Vernal Equinox, Haiwei Hou (Canada)
FOGO, Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, Canada)
In It For The Short Haul #2, 7 p.m., LSPU Hall
Bruises, Cake & Cigarettes, Mariana Jukica (Germany)
Bagong Silang, Zena Merton (UK)
The Stolen, Karen Lam (English)
The Summer Home, Kris Boustedt and Lindy Boustedt (U.S.A.)
Under Pressure, Kate Lefoe (Australia)
Imaginary Heroine, Sherry White (Canada)
Le Banquet de la Concubine/The Banquet of the Concubine, Héfang Wei (Canada)
Better People, Mark O’Brien (Canada)
Seconds, Jordan Canning (Canada)
Feature Presentation, LSPU Hall, 9:30 p.m.
The Disappeared, Shandi Mitchell (Canada)
Feature Presentation, The Rooms 9 p.m. — FREE SCREENING
Dust: A Sculptor’s Journey, Jeanne Pope and Ying Wang (UK, Canada)
Saturday, October 20th
Doc Lunch, LSPU Hall, 12 p.m.
Big Mouth, Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
Auditioning Fanny, Mia Kate Russell (Australia)
Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (U.S.A.)
In It For The Short Haul #3, LSPU Hall, 2 p.m.
Winners, Elsa Morena (Canada)
The Other Side, Khen Shalem (Isreal)
FRAMED, various (Canada)
Feature Presentation, LSPU Hall, 4 p.m.
Justice For Sale, Ilse van Velzen & Femke van Velzen (Netherlands, Congo)
Closing Night Gala, Arts and Culture Centre, 8 p.m.
Seconds, Jordan Canning (Canada)
Two Square Feet, Ruth Lawrence (Canada)
Hard Light, Justin Simms (Canada)
Alphabetical list
Assembly, Jenn Strom (Canada)
Auditioning Fanny, Mia Kate Russell (Australia)
Bagong Silang, Zena Merton (UK)
Le Banquet de la Concubine/The Banquet of the Concubine, Héfang Wei (Canada)
Belly, Julia Pott (UK)
Better People, Mark O’Brien (Canada)
Big Mouth, Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo, Mary Lance (USA)
Bruises, Cake & Cigarettes, Mariana Jukica (Germany)
Chef de Meute/Herd Leader, Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
Desperate Scribbles, Martine Blue (Canada)
The Disappeared, Shandi Mitchell (Canada)
Dust: A Sculptor’s Journey, Jeanne Pope and Ying Wang (UK, Canada)
FOGO, Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, Canada)
Le Grand Ailleurs et le Petit Ici/Here and the Great Elsewhere, Michèle Lemieux (Canada)
Girl, Fijona Jonuzi (Sweden)
Goths! On the Bus!, Jaimz Asmundson and Karen Asmundson (Canada)
Hockeyheart, Kim Faires (Canada)
Hard Light, Justin Simms (Canada)
Imaginary Heroine, Sherry White (Canada)
Indie Game: The Movie, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky (Canada)
It’s a Girl Thing: MKA and the Explosion of the Girls Tween Market, Shannon Silva (U.S.A.)
Just Himself: The Story of Don Jamieson, Joshua Jamieson (Canada)
Justice For Sale, Ilse van Velzen & Femke van Velzen (Netherlands, Congo)
Lace Bite, Sharron Bates and Carmen Klotz (Canada)
Las Malas Intenciones (Bad Intentions), Rosario Garcia-Montero (Peru, Argentine, Germany)
Le Grand Ailleurs et le Petit Ici/Here and the Great Elsewhere, Michèle Lemieux (Canada)
Life Below Zero, Josh Freed (Canada)
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, Stephen Dunn (Canada)
Midnight’s Children, Deepa Mehta (Canada)
My Country, Lalita Krishna (Canada)
Off Route 2, Amanda Dawn Christie (Canada)
The Other Side, Khen Shalem (Isreal)
The Other Side of Silence: The Untold Story of Ruby McCollum, Claudia Johnson (U.S.A.)
Return to Reichenbauch, Maureen Kelleher (Canada, Poland, Germany)
Safe Home, Rosemary House (Canada)
Seconds, Jordan Canning (Canada)
Shirin, Stephen Fingleton (UK)
The Stolen, Karen Lam (Canada)
The Summer Home, Kris Boustedt and Lindy Boustedt (U.S.A.)
The Tentacle’s Claw, Michael Rigler (Canada)
Turn Me On, Damnit!,Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (Norway)
Two Square Feet, Ruth Lawrence (Canada)
Under Pressure, Kate Lefoe (Australia)
Vernal Equinox, Haiwei Hou (Canada)
Winners, Elsa Morena (Canada)
Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (U.S.A.)
The World Before Her, Nisha Pahuja (Canada)