WILDsound is proud to showcase the best Female Directed Films from the last year from around the world today.

Thursday April 24th. 7pm SHARP.

Event ends at 9pm.

95 minute program of films. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.

Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

20 Carlton St., Toronto, ON M5B 2H5

(College Street Subway)

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Tickets are FREE or Pay as you like. (Tickets generally sell out. First RSVP. First served.)

Email festival to RSVP tickets@wildsound.ca

Or, text the festival directly at 416-568-9046

See the Full Lineup of Films:

INSECT, 8min, Canada, Fantasy

Directed by Cherelle Ann, Sarah Higgins

In a subterranean prison, a bitter young girl and her supernatural ally hold a strange and beautiful man captive to avenge the crimes he has committed against her.

PORTRAIT OF CONSUMPTION, 8min,. Canada, Experimental

Directed by Gillian Fortin

Expressed in a metaphorical universe; a young woman named Jane

Doe’s entire existence depends on the interactions of her social following as if she is a mere puppet on strings desperately seeking approval through the digital form of likes, comments and emojis. When she is hit with a wave of cyber bullying following a post she made, Jane Doe begins to spiral into a dark descent where the very fabric of her reality begins to fray. In one final act to regain her social status, Jane performs a grand gesture for her audience just as the curtain closes.

DAISY, 11min,. Australia, Romance/Period Drama

Directed by Alyssa Scott

“Daisy,” inspired by the real-life tale of our writer’s great-grandparents in 1930s Australia, unfolds the courageous journey of a young woman who defies societal expectations and risks losing everything as she embarks on a forbidden love affair, challenging the boundaries of family, faith, and the pursuit of true happiness.

.Do .Re .Mi, 9min,. USA, Drama

Directed by Yuan Yao

A girl with a talent for dance is about to face one of the most important auditions of her life, but on that day an accident happens…

NIGHT FEEDING, 6min, USA, Horror

Directed by Sarah K Reimers

Exhaustion and sleep-deprivation begin to take their toll on a new mother, who struggles through the strange, dark stillness of the 4am feeding.

HER LAST DAY, 14min,. China, Drama

Directed by Jiacheng Wang

A woman “Meizi” with her child who has lived in domestic violence for years travels back to her past wedding with her abusive husband while facing the decision to change her marriage.

Afrolistic: Black Healing From Zimbabwe to the Bay, 22min., Zimbabwe, Documentary

Directed by Nekia Wright, Shylet Ndarambwa

Black American healer shares about her practice and explores traditional healing, music, and dance in Zimbabwe.