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The Female Gaze

This program is only available to viewers in Southern California (excluding San Diego County) from October 1, 2020 at 12pm PT to October 31, 2020 at 11:59pm PT. Click here to watch the program on Eventive.

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What happens when women make films about women? This eclectic collection of films show both the pleasure and pain of the lived female experience, reminding us of the nuanced storytelling we get when women lead the charge. — Dorothy Xiao

Join us on Friday, October 2, 2020 at 1pm PT for C3: The Female Gaze, an artist conversation featuring the filmmakers and special guests. RSVPs open the Thursday before the event. Click here to learn more.

Did you miss the live conversation? Watch the artist conversation featuring the filmmakers in this program below, as we discuss their creative journeys behind making their films.

In this program


A YEAR

Directed by Jisun Jamie Kim

A Himalayan village woman yearns to provide a better life for her young daughters, but the only possible option she sees becomes a searing dilemma.

GAMERS

Directed by Searit Huluf

A gamer is given a once in a lifetime opportunity to try out for a pro league gaming team, only to be repressed by self-doubt.

I KNOW HER

Directed by Fawzia Mirza

In the afterglow of a seemingly fated hookup, two women realize that perhaps they have a little too much in common.

MIRROR

Directed by Christina Yoon

A Korean immigrant with a severely scarred face visits a black market hospital in Queens to seek plastic surgery.

PARACHUTE

Directed by Katherine Tolentino

A Chinese teenager struggles to adapt to her new American life.

THE 90 DAY PLAN

Directed by Gabriela Garcia Medina

To save her grandma from losing her home, a high school student obsessed with heist movies convinces her friend to rob a bank.

WERE YOU GAY IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Directed by Niki Ang

Two queer women recall their awkward, closeted high school days of kissing boys and straight-girl crushes.

YOU WIN USA VACATION RESORT

Directed by Georgia Fu

A pregnant Chinese woman escapes an ICE raid on her maternity hotel, only to find herself forced to look after a little Chinese boy.

Precedes

C3: The Female Gaze

Join us for an artist conversation with the female filmmakers featured in the short film program “The Female Gaze,” as we discuss their nuanced storytelling about the pleasure and pain of the lived female experience.

Dates & Times

Past

Online

Thu, Oct 1
12:00 pm

Online

Fri, Oct 2
1:00 pm