Official Schedule Fourth Annual
Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival
Due to Corona Virus Concerns Showcase 2 at Echo Park Film Center has been rescheduled for June. See details below. As of 3/12 Showcase 1 at the Egyptian Theatre will continue as regularly scheduled.
Showcase 1|Spielberg Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 |March 21| 1:00pm-9:30pm | Tickets at the Door
PORTRAITS OF PARADISE | 1:00PM-3:30PM
PSYCHOTROPIC CINEMA | 1:00PM-3:30PM
Intermission, Red Carpet, Vendors |4:00PM- 5:00PM | Free Lush Products to first 50 people. Claim at end of Red Carpet during Intermission
Showcase 2|Spielberg Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 |March 21| 1:00pm-9:30pm | Tickets at the Door
GORE GAL-ORE | 5:00PM- 7:30PM
Bella Donna of Madness | 5:00PM- 7:30PM
Rescheduled Showcase 2|Echo Park Film Center 1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026 |June 12-13| 5:30pm-9:30pm
$5.00 suggested donation| CASH ONLY
WOMXN'S SEXUALITY: SeXual ReduXXX | 5:30PM-9:30PM
Youth and Altered States | 5:30PM-9:30PM
7:30PM- 9:30PM | Closing Night Reception and Raffle Prizes | Free drink with Entrance
Jury & Special Guests
What Happened to Her - Kristy Gueva
"What Happened to Her" is a forensic exploration of our cultural obsession with images of the dead woman on screen. Interspersing found footage from films and police procedural television shows and one actor’sexperience of playing the part of a corpse, the film offers a meditative
critique on the trope of the dead female body. (15:00)
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Olga's Self Insert Fanfiction - Ella
Olga is bored of the monotony of her life. When she finds an escape through her fanfiction, her fantasies run wild, becoming increasingly power hungry and ridiculous. Today, fanfiction.net. Tomorrow, the world. Why would she ever go back to reality? (4:00)Terror Fervor - Phoebe Parsons
Informed by experimental films from the 1960s and 70s, Terror Fervor takes the viewer on a psychedelic non-linear journey through the vices of seven characters. The wordless journey of Terror Fervor plunges the viewer into an experience that is hard to classify and hard to forget. (6:00)Black Metal Barbie - Gwenmarie White
"Daughters of Northern Darkness", a celebration and satirization of 80s and 90s Barbie commercials. It utilizes humor to create space for femmes and amplified elements of femininity within the world of black metalwhile imagining the possibility of an extreme mainstreaming and
commodification of the subgenre. (1:30)
Womxn - Adrien Gystere Peskine & Ed
Jane Dark lives and studies in the Noir-Et-CherWhenever her community is harassed by Europe Normale Police. She
turns into the super shero WOMXN helped by her mate: a womanoïd Dolphin in a spaceship called the KORA Mother (5:00)
Hot Flash: The Chronicles of Lara T
The story of woman going through the change who must learn to harnessthe symptoms of menopause as a source of power, as a way to combat evil, as a way to get through it. (16:53)
In Conversation with a Goddess - Fl
A bloody little short challenging today's views on body politics. (4:23)Buffalo & Trout - Presley Paras
Two female addicts, Buffalo and Trout, are hired to rob a white supremacists house. Once arriving to the house they are faced with a decision; either take the money and call it a job well done, or stay and rescue the young kidnapped couple being tortured by a group of white supremacists. (13:00)Show More
Trapped Women - Nataly Vergara Adri
A woman is born into a completely white world full of light. She begins to explore, feel and live through a dance. She is happy, she feels free. The music guides her through the space she is in, it belongs to her. A red rose catches her attention. (8:52)Infanticide - Panteha Abareshi
Infanticide is a performative essay film that queer visual and performance artist Panteha Abareshi created to address a genetic disease that she inherited from her mother. (4:03)Ms. Hart's School for Young Women -
A coming-of-age channel surfing fever dream fraught with identity crisis, sexual shame, and the inevitability of suburban motherhood. (6:52)For the woman on the floor - Livia
After a traumatizing assault on her body, a woman hides within a quiet world of clean sheets. Ms. Yarn must reveal the pain she has buried deep within. (8:21)Sara’s Intimate Confessions - Emili
After being confronted with her fear of being too big, Sara, who’s 181 cm tall and heavily built, begins to explore her perception of femininity, with her talking vulva. (22:00)Wunderkammer - Jennifer Linton
Madelaine’s cabinet of curiosities contained a collection of wonders to both delight and horrify. One day, a mysterious item in her cabinet captures her attention. A darkly-tinged, animated fantasy that explores the erotic-grotesque. (5:36)Flow - Gigi Bennett
Flow is an exploration of the female body, expression of human connection to nature, and acknowledgement of the history of female creation told through the birth of our world through Mother Nature’s menstrual blood. (3:59)Period Piece - Sylvia Ray
A Period Piece is a female empowerment film about a young woman who puts in a tampon for the first time. Partially shot on super 8 film to give audiences a nostalgic feeling of one's memory of their first attempt at putting on a tampon. (05:18)Lili - Yfke van Berckelaer
Lili (Lisa Smit – Netflix’s Ares) knows she has to nail this audition. The Man (Derek de Lint – Soldier of Orange/The Unbearable Lightness of Being) she auditions for, knows this too. Thus starts an uncomfortable cat and mouse game in this single-shot #metoo horror, about power, the misuse of power and female empowerment. (8:35)Show More
Boo - Rakefet Abergel
A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, withouther worried fiancé uncovering the truth. Over the course of a rough night, Devi, 7 years sober, must make a difficult choice between WHO she
loves and WHAT she loves. (15:00)
Dead Winter - Jason Winn, Written by
Audrey, a young woman living in the post-apocalyptic American south,spends every day of her life fighting for the remnants of her family.
However, her grandmother wants nothing more than for Audrey to move on and try to have a better life. (15:35)
Escondidas - Carlos Matienzo Serment
Ana is a curious girl while playing hide and seek she founds the death: a girl of the same age. But playing hide and seek with the death could be fatal. (22:03)The Boogeywoman - Erica Scoggins
The Boogeywoman is a coming of age story about the horrors and wonders of becoming a woman: the evolution of our bodies, our perceived inadequacies, our stereotypes. The continued secrecy and shame surrounding the most natural and marked change in a girl's life is here transformed into an experience of newfound power and agency.(17:57)Show More
Opening Night - Margaret Bialis
Look within. Then dance it out.A man reflects on formative conflicts from his past with optimism, gratitude, and a little music. (4:55)Lilith - Nicole McBride
Based on the real myth, Lilith, Adam's first wife before Eve, rejects the role fate has chosen for her. (3:10)WAAAH - Sawako Kabuki
I synchronized the irritation of baby cries and the frustration I have ever experienced. Everyone was born while crying, and grew crying. I grew up to be an adult, but I strongly want to be a baby again. (1:14)Happy Womanhood! - Juwon Jun
A young girl dreadfully awaits for her womanhood to arrive in a vacuous banquet room. (1:36)The Desire of Mermaids - Hannah Hama
Plunge deep below the surface of the water to encounter women in the process of a transformation. Women turn to the pressure of the water to find reprieve from the expectation to be something other than what they are. (6:17)Simbiosis Carnal - Rocío Álvarez
A poetic journey through the history of desire and sexuality where the female pleasure, long ignored and repressed, takes pride of place (10:00)The Porous Body - Sofia El Khyari
A young woman who lives in her thoughts goes back to the sea to centre herself. As she dives into the water, she dives under her skin and penetrates her psychological wrapping. (6:15)The Astronaut's Journal - Marina Be
Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.” (5:19)Just a Small - Na Kyung Kim
Just like ancient mural paintings, a painting drawn on six of 30 inches * 40 inches panels has a story to tell. It is a story of a small eel wishing to become something greater than itself. (4:41)Tides - Mihaela C Slabe
Obviously drained from the task of living, a woman submerges herself beneath her bathwater to explore the shadows of the feminine psyche. After a brief encounter with the moon, she begins to comprehend the cycles of her body and mind, and the shifting tides of her emotions. An exploration of the relationship between lunar cycles and the effects on the female subconsious. (4:21)Show More
Cleanse - Maggie Burger
A lonely Pranic healer - a form of energy healing - continues to pushher body and her spiritual health to the brink when she is confronted
with an especially horrific and spiritually-trying healing session. (11:45)
Eat Me - Helena Aguilera
Late at night, two policemen attack the owner of a local restaurant. Her sister steps in, however, and soon the secret ingredient of their sandwiches is revealed. It’s to die for! (9:00)Pozole - Jessica Mendez Siqueiros
When Maia, a mixed race Latina woman, sets out to reconnect with her traditional Mexican roots on her Nana's 100th birthday, things go terribly wrong. (10:06)Little Con Lili - Gabriela Garcia
Lili, is a 10 year old girl enjoys a leisurely afternoon listening to her favorite band. All's well, until her mother comes home from work earlier than expected. (9:40)The Suburbanight - Eva Colmers
Aria Lefler just wants to feed her hungry kid and have a quiet night at home. When her bothersome neighbor continually interrupts their family time, Aria finds the perfect solution to both problems. (11:07)Water Horse - Sarah Wisner and Sean
A secluded family encounters a dreadful presence emerging from the water. (7:56)Show More