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POW Film Fest! This Weekend

9/2/2021

Northwest Academy film teacher, Nora Colie, is the managing director of POW Film Fest, a film festival showcasing films by women and non-binary directors.

In its 14th year, POW is happening this weekend from Friday, September 3–6, 2021 both at the Hollywood Theatre on opening night, and then the Clinton Street Theater for three days and nights after.

Please see below some of the highlights of the festival and you can learn more about the whole line up here: https://www.powfilmfest.com/schedule

FEATURE FILMS

Faya Dayi

Friday, September 3rd: 7 pm - The Hollywood Theater

An exploration of Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop, a stimulant leaf called khat. This film weaves a tapestry of intimate stories of the people caught between violent government repression, khat-induced fantasies and treacherous journeys beyond their borders.

INTERVIEW WE DID WITH FILMMAKER: https://vimeo.com/596001703

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/585873312#

Everything in the End

Saturday, September 4th: 7pm - The Clinton Theater

Stranded in a small village during Earth's final days, a man seeks solace in the brief human connections he encounters.

INTERVIEW WE DID WITH FILMMAKER: https://vimeo.com/596079081

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/466741072

Rebel Objects

Sunday, September 5th: 7pm - The Clinton Theater Haunted by the otherworldly mystery of ancient stone spheres, an anthropologist returns to her childhood home of Costa Rica to repair a broken relationship with her father.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6jGZvHOdq8

Chronicles of Her

Monday, September 6th: 4pm - The Clinton Theater

Five heroines from five different, yet similar, worlds face social and systematic oppression and injustice. We follow their journeys as they struggle for hope and a better life.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hUNwV6UNdk

SHORTS

Saturday, September 4th, 2021 at 1:00 pm