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Our Women in Film showcase, presented by Live Wire Productions, is part of our efforts to empower and celebrate women in film - breaking down industry barriers by elevating the work of female filmmakers.

For this year's Milwaukee Film Festival, we're thrilled that we have 34 features and 59 short films that have been directed or co-directed by women.

Here's the list we posted earlier of the 34 feature films, and these are the short films in our showcase:

3feet
Dir. Giselle Geney

A Galaxy Sits in the Cracks
Dir. Amber Love

A Lynx in the Town
Dir. Nina Bisiarina

A Portrait of Frances, Enclosed
Dir. Katie Schiller

Ailin on the Moon (Ailin en la luna)
Claudia Ruiz

Akashinga: The Brave Ones
Dir. Maria Wilhelm

And yet we are not super-heroes (On est pas près d'être des super héros)
Dir. Lia Bertels

Average Happiness
Dir. Maja Gehrig

Black Boy Joy
Dir. Martina Mossell Lee

Blocks
Dir. Bridget Moloney

Boriya
Dir. Min Sung Ah

Diabla
Dir. Ashley George

Echoes of a Winter Sunshine
Dir. Oniffee White

En Route
Dir. Marit Weerheijim

Hannahs
Dir. India Donaldson

Happy
Dir. Ahmadreza Mousavi

Healing Me
Dir. Lauren Neal

He's the One
Dir. Jessie Kahnweiler

Homecoming
Dir. Cynthia Eggert Johnson

I've Been Afraid
Dir. Cecelia Condit

Junebug
Dir. Winter Dunn

La Gloria
Dir. Mary Evangelista

Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe
Co-dir. Valerie Lazalier

Lobster Tits
Dir. Jessica Guerra

Lunch Date
Dir. Jenny Higgins

Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Dirs. Emilie Mannering, Carmine Pierre-Dufour

Marcy Learns Something New
Dir. Julia Kennelly

Nasty Heaven
Dir. Cecilia Elsbernd

Northern Lights
Dir. Caroline Attia

Queenie
Dir. Cai Thomas

Ray Nitti Presents "Champion Style: A Jade Charon Dance Film"
Dir. Jade "Charon" Robertson

ShalaBonBon
Dir. Yoki Yuki

Shy & Ketchup
Dir. Teresa Romo

Single
Dir. Ashley Eakin

Solarity
Dir. Marianne Verrone

Sold Down the River
Dir. Karen Erbach Lawlor

Something to Remember
Dir. Niki Londroth von Bahr

Space Clouds
Dir. Tally Abecassis

Speak Easy, B
Dirs. Becca Park, Jun Shimizu

Sundays at the Triple Nickel
Dir. Jess Colquhoun

Tapes
Dirs. Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney

Tender
Dir. Felicia Pride

The Blue Cape (La Capa Azul)
Dir. Alejandra Lopez

The Butterfly Affect
Dir. Stephanie Blakey

The Coin
Dir. Siqi Song

The Cypher
Dir. Letia Solomon

The Little Wide-Mouthed Frog
Dir. Celia Tocco

The Magic of Chess
Dir. Jenny Schweitzer Bell

The Missfits
Dir. Ellie Wen

The Shawl
Dir. Sara Kiener

Wally Wenda
Dir. Diane Russo

Wash Day
Dir. Jaida Salmon

Welcome to a Bright White Limbo
Dir. Cara Holmes

Where My Girls
Dir. Mads Engel

Wild Lea
Dir. Maria Teresa Salcedo Montero

Wild Woman
Dir. Vanessa Sweet

winter
Dir. Gurli Bachmann

Your Monster
Dir. Caroline Lindy

Zoe and Hanh
Dir. Kim Tran


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Posted by: Karina Henderson