Women on the Verge

92 min.

Whether on the verge of a breakthrough or breakdown, these women-led stories explore womanhood’s ethos.

Please note: Two of the streaming shorts in this program are restricted to audiences in WA State.

Running Time: 92 min.

Packaged Films

27

France | 2023 | 11 min. | Flóra Anna Buda

After a psychedelic, drunken night, 27-year-old Alice is pressured to reevaluate her life and the inevitable passage to adulthood.

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A.A.

USA | 2023 | 6 min. | Auden Bui

A woman heads to an AA meeting, only for it not to be the AA meeting anyone was expecting.

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Electra

Czech Republic | 2023 | 27 min. | Daria Kashcheeva

Electra reflects on her tenth birthday; mixing memories, dreams, and hidden fantasies into a harrowing, mixed-media collage of a scarred adolescence.

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Female Captive

USA | 2023 | 13 min. | Brit Crawshaw, Josh Hayward

Dive inside the tumultuous mind of a female captive as all the different parts of her fight over what is true and what to do.

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Of Silence and Song

USA | 2023 | 14 min. | Leyi Dai

An Asian American single mother struggles to receive an abortion in Texas. Throughout her daughter’s birthday, secrets are revealed and three generations of women come together.

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The Waves Call You

Puerto Rico | 2024 | 12 min. | Ana Verde

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders abandoning her life on the island to live with her daughter in the United States.

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Winding Path

USA | 2024 | 10 min. | Alexandra Lazarowich (Cree), Ross Kauffman

Jenna, an Eastern Shoshone medical student, questions her dream career in tribal health after her grandfather’s sudden death while facing her own mental health crisis.

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