Ain’t I A Woman?
On Women's Empowerment
Women’s bodies and voices have long been sites of struggle, contested, and controlled, yet continually resisting. This forum listens to stories that challenge patriarchy and affirm women’s place at the center of shaping just and equal futures.
Schedule
Short Films
Primetime Mother
By Sonny Calvento
Fiction | 2023 | 15 mins | Philippines
LOGLINE
The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.
Lemongrass Girl
By Pom Bunsermvicha
Fiction | 2021 | 18 mins | Thailand
LOGLINE
According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. This belief remains prevalent to this day. As clouds begin to gather, Piano, the young production manager on a film set, is tasked to carry out this tradition. As her fellow female co-workers shy away from the duty, Piano is left with no choice but to take on the burden of becoming the lemongrass girl.
Sweet, Salty
By Duong Dieu Linh
Fiction | 2019 | 13 mins | Vietnam
LOGLINE
Ha, who is 40 and pregnant, decides to confront her husband’s secret lover but the showdown leads to a sticky situation that leaves her with a bittersweet realization.
Kiyaw
By Jericho Jeriel
Fiction | 2024 | 11 mins | Philippines
LOGLINE
On the blood-stained ruins of a seedy 1945 Manila. Horrors unfold in the eyes of a mother from a farming village after being enslaved to satisfy the Japanese Soldiers’ fetish for the interplay of sex and violence. Her daring Iron Will led her to fight and resist in order to survive.
Champ Green
By Clyde Gamale
Fiction | 2025 | 20 mins | Philippines
LOGLINE
In a small farming town, a graduating high school girl struggles to convince her distrustful father to allow her to continue her studies in college after her older sister gets pregnant while being sent to the same university.
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