Sat September 16, 2017
UN Women Global Voices Film Festival
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at LucasFilm Premiere Theater
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Unique Voices. Innovative Stories.
Sept. 14 | NEW: Women in VR Showcase at GoPro | Buy ticketsSept. 16 | Film Screening Session 1 at Lucasfilm (12-2:30 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Film Screening Session 2 at Lucasfilm (3:15-6 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Filmmaker Awards Afterparty at Lyft (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Watch as women take center stage at the UN Women Global Voices Film Festival on Sept. 16. The festival will showcase 10 new independent films—two feature-length films and eight shorts—produced, written and directed by women. You'll hear fresh voices, innovative story-telling and narratives that explore the diverse and complicated experiences of women from across the world. Best of all, you'll be supporting women filmmakers and raise funds for UN Women's life-changing programs.
Cap off the festival on a high note by joining us at the Filmmaker Awards Afterparty, co-hosted by Lyft, where you'll mingle with industry insiders, film aficionados and the filmmakers. Honor their bold vision and hear the filmmakers discuss how we can change the representation of gender in film. Dinner and drinks included.
Keynotes and panelists to be announced.
Our mission
Global Voices Film Festival is a fundraiser sponsored by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. The goal of the festival is to raise money and awareness for the work of UN Women, the UN body tasked with advancing gender equality and women’s development worldwide. 100% of net proceeds will benefit UN Women programs and initiatives, which advance the economic, social, and political well-being of women in developing countries.
Festival Lineup
Film Screening Session 1 (12-2:30 p.m.)
Driving with Selvi
Selvi, like so many girls surviving India’s patriarchal culture, is a child bride in a violent marriage. One day she escapes, and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. Watch this young woman defy all expectations.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Elisa Paloschi. Runtime: 78 min.
Primary Colors
A cinepoem by Sudanese-Canadian artist Roua Aljied, aka Philosi-fire, about the realities of domestic violence and how each step a woman takes is a new colour to paint on the canvass of her life.
SF PREMIERE. Produced by Emily Ramsay. Runtime: 3 min.
The Sandman
A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Lauren Knapp. Runtime: 19 min.
Girls Level Up
A young woman who grew up in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in the Middle East founds a summer camp in California where girls are given three weeks to make their own video game demo.
SF-BAY AREA PREMIERE. Directed by Anne Edgar. Runtime: 9 min.
All of Me
Viv, a talented musician, faces late stage Leukemia that threatens the life she's built. Her best hope is a bone marrow transplant from her estranged family, but reconnecting means confronting a difficult past.
Directed by Daphne Schmon. Runtime: 14 min.
Film Screening Session 2 (3:15-6 p.m.)
What Tomorrow Brings
Inside the first school for girls in one Afghan village, students and teachers are making possible what was once unthinkable. Girls’ lives and traditional attitudes are changed in unexpected ways.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Beth Murphy. Runtime: 76 min.
Surviving International Boulevard
Surviving International Boulevard reveals the complex reality of domestic child sex trafficking through the experiences of two women from Oakland, California.
Directed by Sian Taylor Gowan. Runtime: 22 min.
Faithful
Lauralie and her best friend and roommate, Marylu, experience the joys and pains that any couple in a committed relationship might have –– but with the addition of being fully committed Mormons, a religion that is largely defined by heterosexuality.
WORLD PREMIERE. Produced by Jenn Lee Smith and directed by Dane Christensen. Runtime: 16 min.
He Said
A wealthy young woman is brought to court after a man she spent one night with contracts HIV. It should be an open and shut case, so why isn't it?
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Tara Lynn Orr. Runtime: 14 min.
Iridescence
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Ãlodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used.
USA PREMIERE. Directed by Eileen Byrne. Runtime: 6 min.
Thank you to our sponsors
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Sept. 14 | NEW: Women in VR Showcase at GoPro | Buy ticketsSept. 16 | Film Screening Session 1 at Lucasfilm (12-2:30 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Film Screening Session 2 at Lucasfilm (3:15-6 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Filmmaker Awards Afterparty at Lyft (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Watch as women take center stage at the UN Women Global Voices Film Festival on Sept. 16. The festival will showcase 10 new independent films—two feature-length films and eight shorts—produced, written and directed by women. You'll hear fresh voices, innovative story-telling and narratives that explore the diverse and complicated experiences of women from across the world. Best of all, you'll be supporting women filmmakers and raise funds for UN Women's life-changing programs.
Cap off the festival on a high note by joining us at the Filmmaker Awards Afterparty, co-hosted by Lyft, where you'll mingle with industry insiders, film aficionados and the filmmakers. Honor their bold vision and hear the filmmakers discuss how we can change the representation of gender in film. Dinner and drinks included.
Keynotes and panelists to be announced.
Our mission
Global Voices Film Festival is a fundraiser sponsored by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. The goal of the festival is to raise money and awareness for the work of UN Women, the UN body tasked with advancing gender equality and women’s development worldwide. 100% of net proceeds will benefit UN Women programs and initiatives, which advance the economic, social, and political well-being of women in developing countries.
Festival Lineup
Film Screening Session 1 (12-2:30 p.m.)
Driving with Selvi
Selvi, like so many girls surviving India’s patriarchal culture, is a child bride in a violent marriage. One day she escapes, and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. Watch this young woman defy all expectations.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Elisa Paloschi. Runtime: 78 min.
Primary Colors
A cinepoem by Sudanese-Canadian artist Roua Aljied, aka Philosi-fire, about the realities of domestic violence and how each step a woman takes is a new colour to paint on the canvass of her life.
SF PREMIERE. Produced by Emily Ramsay. Runtime: 3 min.
The Sandman
A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Lauren Knapp. Runtime: 19 min.
Girls Level Up
A young woman who grew up in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in the Middle East founds a summer camp in California where girls are given three weeks to make their own video game demo.
SF-BAY AREA PREMIERE. Directed by Anne Edgar. Runtime: 9 min.
All of Me
Viv, a talented musician, faces late stage Leukemia that threatens the life she's built. Her best hope is a bone marrow transplant from her estranged family, but reconnecting means confronting a difficult past.
Directed by Daphne Schmon. Runtime: 14 min.
Film Screening Session 2 (3:15-6 p.m.)
What Tomorrow Brings
Inside the first school for girls in one Afghan village, students and teachers are making possible what was once unthinkable. Girls’ lives and traditional attitudes are changed in unexpected ways.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Beth Murphy. Runtime: 76 min.
Surviving International Boulevard
Surviving International Boulevard reveals the complex reality of domestic child sex trafficking through the experiences of two women from Oakland, California.
Directed by Sian Taylor Gowan. Runtime: 22 min.
Faithful
Lauralie and her best friend and roommate, Marylu, experience the joys and pains that any couple in a committed relationship might have –– but with the addition of being fully committed Mormons, a religion that is largely defined by heterosexuality.
WORLD PREMIERE. Produced by Jenn Lee Smith and directed by Dane Christensen. Runtime: 16 min.
He Said
A wealthy young woman is brought to court after a man she spent one night with contracts HIV. It should be an open and shut case, so why isn't it?
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Tara Lynn Orr. Runtime: 14 min.
Iridescence
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Ãlodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used.
USA PREMIERE. Directed by Eileen Byrne. Runtime: 6 min.
Thank you to our sponsors
Unique Voices. Innovative Stories.
Sept. 14 | NEW: Women in VR Showcase at GoPro | Buy ticketsSept. 16 | Film Screening Session 1 at Lucasfilm (12-2:30 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Film Screening Session 2 at Lucasfilm (3:15-6 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Filmmaker Awards Afterparty at Lyft (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Watch as women take center stage at the UN Women Global Voices Film Festival on Sept. 16. The festival will showcase 10 new independent films—two feature-length films and eight shorts—produced, written and directed by women. You'll hear fresh voices, innovative story-telling and narratives that explore the diverse and complicated experiences of women from across the world. Best of all, you'll be supporting women filmmakers and raise funds for UN Women's life-changing programs.
Cap off the festival on a high note by joining us at the Filmmaker Awards Afterparty, co-hosted by Lyft, where you'll mingle with industry insiders, film aficionados and the filmmakers. Honor their bold vision and hear the filmmakers discuss how we can change the representation of gender in film. Dinner and drinks included.
Keynotes and panelists to be announced.
Our mission
Global Voices Film Festival is a fundraiser sponsored by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. The goal of the festival is to raise money and awareness for the work of UN Women, the UN body tasked with advancing gender equality and women’s development worldwide. 100% of net proceeds will benefit UN Women programs and initiatives, which advance the economic, social, and political well-being of women in developing countries.
Festival Lineup
Film Screening Session 1 (12-2:30 p.m.)
Driving with Selvi
Selvi, like so many girls surviving India’s patriarchal culture, is a child bride in a violent marriage. One day she escapes, and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. Watch this young woman defy all expectations.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Elisa Paloschi. Runtime: 78 min.
Primary Colors
A cinepoem by Sudanese-Canadian artist Roua Aljied, aka Philosi-fire, about the realities of domestic violence and how each step a woman takes is a new colour to paint on the canvass of her life.
SF PREMIERE. Produced by Emily Ramsay. Runtime: 3 min.
The Sandman
A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Lauren Knapp. Runtime: 19 min.
Girls Level Up
A young woman who grew up in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in the Middle East founds a summer camp in California where girls are given three weeks to make their own video game demo.
SF-BAY AREA PREMIERE. Directed by Anne Edgar. Runtime: 9 min.
All of Me
Viv, a talented musician, faces late stage Leukemia that threatens the life she's built. Her best hope is a bone marrow transplant from her estranged family, but reconnecting means confronting a difficult past.
Directed by Daphne Schmon. Runtime: 14 min.
Film Screening Session 2 (3:15-6 p.m.)
What Tomorrow Brings
Inside the first school for girls in one Afghan village, students and teachers are making possible what was once unthinkable. Girls’ lives and traditional attitudes are changed in unexpected ways.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Beth Murphy. Runtime: 76 min.
Surviving International Boulevard
Surviving International Boulevard reveals the complex reality of domestic child sex trafficking through the experiences of two women from Oakland, California.
Directed by Sian Taylor Gowan. Runtime: 22 min.
Faithful
Lauralie and her best friend and roommate, Marylu, experience the joys and pains that any couple in a committed relationship might have –– but with the addition of being fully committed Mormons, a religion that is largely defined by heterosexuality.
WORLD PREMIERE. Produced by Jenn Lee Smith and directed by Dane Christensen. Runtime: 16 min.
He Said
A wealthy young woman is brought to court after a man she spent one night with contracts HIV. It should be an open and shut case, so why isn't it?
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Tara Lynn Orr. Runtime: 14 min.
Iridescence
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Ãlodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used.
USA PREMIERE. Directed by Eileen Byrne. Runtime: 6 min.
Thank you to our sponsors
read more
Sept. 14 | NEW: Women in VR Showcase at GoPro | Buy ticketsSept. 16 | Film Screening Session 1 at Lucasfilm (12-2:30 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Film Screening Session 2 at Lucasfilm (3:15-6 p.m.)Sept. 16 | Filmmaker Awards Afterparty at Lyft (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Watch as women take center stage at the UN Women Global Voices Film Festival on Sept. 16. The festival will showcase 10 new independent films—two feature-length films and eight shorts—produced, written and directed by women. You'll hear fresh voices, innovative story-telling and narratives that explore the diverse and complicated experiences of women from across the world. Best of all, you'll be supporting women filmmakers and raise funds for UN Women's life-changing programs.
Cap off the festival on a high note by joining us at the Filmmaker Awards Afterparty, co-hosted by Lyft, where you'll mingle with industry insiders, film aficionados and the filmmakers. Honor their bold vision and hear the filmmakers discuss how we can change the representation of gender in film. Dinner and drinks included.
Keynotes and panelists to be announced.
Our mission
Global Voices Film Festival is a fundraiser sponsored by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for UN Women, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. The goal of the festival is to raise money and awareness for the work of UN Women, the UN body tasked with advancing gender equality and women’s development worldwide. 100% of net proceeds will benefit UN Women programs and initiatives, which advance the economic, social, and political well-being of women in developing countries.
Festival Lineup
Film Screening Session 1 (12-2:30 p.m.)
Driving with Selvi
Selvi, like so many girls surviving India’s patriarchal culture, is a child bride in a violent marriage. One day she escapes, and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. Watch this young woman defy all expectations.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Elisa Paloschi. Runtime: 78 min.
Primary Colors
A cinepoem by Sudanese-Canadian artist Roua Aljied, aka Philosi-fire, about the realities of domestic violence and how each step a woman takes is a new colour to paint on the canvass of her life.
SF PREMIERE. Produced by Emily Ramsay. Runtime: 3 min.
The Sandman
A doctor walks the line of his own morality as he participates in executions, while personally opposing capital punishment.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Lauren Knapp. Runtime: 19 min.
Girls Level Up
A young woman who grew up in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in the Middle East founds a summer camp in California where girls are given three weeks to make their own video game demo.
SF-BAY AREA PREMIERE. Directed by Anne Edgar. Runtime: 9 min.
All of Me
Viv, a talented musician, faces late stage Leukemia that threatens the life she's built. Her best hope is a bone marrow transplant from her estranged family, but reconnecting means confronting a difficult past.
Directed by Daphne Schmon. Runtime: 14 min.
Film Screening Session 2 (3:15-6 p.m.)
What Tomorrow Brings
Inside the first school for girls in one Afghan village, students and teachers are making possible what was once unthinkable. Girls’ lives and traditional attitudes are changed in unexpected ways.
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Beth Murphy. Runtime: 76 min.
Surviving International Boulevard
Surviving International Boulevard reveals the complex reality of domestic child sex trafficking through the experiences of two women from Oakland, California.
Directed by Sian Taylor Gowan. Runtime: 22 min.
Faithful
Lauralie and her best friend and roommate, Marylu, experience the joys and pains that any couple in a committed relationship might have –– but with the addition of being fully committed Mormons, a religion that is largely defined by heterosexuality.
WORLD PREMIERE. Produced by Jenn Lee Smith and directed by Dane Christensen. Runtime: 16 min.
He Said
A wealthy young woman is brought to court after a man she spent one night with contracts HIV. It should be an open and shut case, so why isn't it?
SF PREMIERE. Directed by Tara Lynn Orr. Runtime: 14 min.
Iridescence
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Ãlodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used.
USA PREMIERE. Directed by Eileen Byrne. Runtime: 6 min.
Thank you to our sponsors
show less
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