Black Women Film Network Announces 2022 Short Film Festival Selections

1/31/2022

BLACK WOMEN FILM NETWORK PARTNERS WITH KWELI TV FOR ANNUAL BWFN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL; ANNOUNCES 2022 FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Streaming Saturday, February 12
Purchase your tickets HERE today!

BWFN Short Film Festival

Black Women Film Network, celebrating 25 years of preserving the stories of Black women, is proud to announce the annual BWFN Short Film Festival will take place Saturday, February 12, 2022 in partnership with Kweli TV, a Black woman-owned streaming platform featuring hundreds of curated independent films, documentaries, web series, kids programming and more.

For 24 hours, festival ticketholders can stream the 2022 film selections at Kweli.tv or through streaming devices and smart TVs. Tickets to access the virtual festival can be purchased HERE.

The following shorts have been selected for the 2022 festival:

Ethan Art Venture: Ethan’s Art-Venture is a short film about an autistic, illustrator who on his 9th birthday, is given a gift that allows him access to a powerful, imaginative, inner realm: a completely animated world. Every year, Ethan represents the school at the National Art Conference. However, this year there is a new, skillful artist competing who Ethan sees as a threat to his title as “best artist.” With determination to prove his artistic abilities, he is armed with only his trusty pencil to help him reclaim his prize.

Director: Nuria Dixon

Everything's Fine: After a tough day navigating the worries and stresses of her loved ones, an empathetic young woman struggles to find space for her own care.

Mercy spends the day helping those around her. While her care and empathy may seem endless to them, her decision to put others’ needs before her own is a constant drain of energy that comes at a personal cost.

Director: Funke Alafiatayo

Humanity: After an explosion rocks a small town, Lady M is abandoned and bullied by the company that took everything from her. Left with no options, she takes matters into her own hands. There is only one person that can stop her. Revenge is Justice.

Director: Kanithea Powell

**STUDENT SELECTION**

Isolation: Two teenagers must face the most difficult time of their lives in solitude while the world grapples with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Diana M. Torres

Ivar Tunnel: Shook Ones: 'Ivar Tunnel: Shook Ones' is a darkly comedic social thriller that glimpses into the psyche and isolation of a black woman. Leigh Jones has moved into a new neighborhood in Hollywood, just beyond the Ivar Tunnel. Since moving, Leigh is met with icy glares and chilling shrieks from her neighbors. Simultaneously, Leigh is bombarded with notifications from the ‘Neighorlie’ app about the insidious happenings in Holly-hood.

Director: Akilah Walker

Not Just a Name: Not Just a Name explores the stigma and racial bias experienced by African-Americans with unique sounding names, as well as the historical origin of these names in America.

Director: De'Onna "Tree" Young-Stephens

Suga: A young southern baker uses reverie to sweeten her sour circumstances.

Director: Anndi Jinelle Liggett

The Multi: An isolated Black Deaf woman has constructed a world of order to keep a childhood trauma buried deep in her psyche. Then an unexpected turn of events forces her to confront her demons from the past who threaten to destroy everything she has built. She tries to keep control of her life before it's too late.

Director: Storm Smith

**STUDENT SELECTION**

Woody Spike Stuck in the Spring: A critique of the male gaze. An ode to the Black female southern oppositional gaze.

Director: Kennedy Dunning

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