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Female Eye Film Festival Celebrating 19 years

The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) founded by Canadian filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles, celebratesits 19th year March 8–28, 2021.  Films from Canada and around the world will be screened on Encore+ and on Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox. 

The Female Eye Film Festivalis an international competitive women’s film festival providing an exclusive showcase for Canadian and international independent filmmakers. FeFF pays tribute to the best and most creative the film and television industry has to offer, bridging the gap between the written, visual, and media arts.  MovieMaker magazine voted FeFF one of the World’s Top Fifty Film Festivals for the ninth consecutive year in 2021. 

FeFF has reinvented itself for 2021, meeting the challenge the pandemic and subsequent lockdown has taken on so many in the cultural sectors. This year FeFF will present a strong slate of female directed films, digitally, while unpacking a powerful series of industry initiatives virtually, and free to the public, you won’t want to miss.  

The Female Eye Film Festival will present a stellar selection of films from across North America with foreign films from Hungary, Taiwan, Japan, Costa Rica, Germany, United Kingdom, Iran, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Russia on digital TIFF Bell Lightbox, March 26 to 28.    

FeFF 201 will commence, March 8th, on International Women’s Day with a special FeFF Best in The Biz Tribute and Maverick Award to be presented to filmmaker, PATRICIA ROZEMA, in partnership with and streamed via the Encore+ YouTube channel. The FeFF Maverick Award celebrates innovation, creativity and perseverance in the film and television industry. Patricia Rozema is an award- winning filmmaker who has blazed a unique and enduring trail in the industry, both nationally and internationally.  

“Encore+ is proud to support the Female Eye Film Festival. Encore+ hosts dozens of iconic Canadian films directed by women and will this year serve as a digital showcase for works selected for the 2021 edition of the FeFF”, says Valerie Creighton, President and CEO of the Canada Media Fund.  “I am delighted that this year’s Honorary Maverick Award will be bestowed upon internationally acclaimed director Patricia Rozema via Encore+, followed by a screening of I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Best First Feature Award and ranked one of 150 essential works in Canadian cinema history by the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016.” 

TIFF tickets are available at digitalTIF.net March 26–28.

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