Hastings Women’s Film Festival with Clare Holman, centre, and Jane Featherstone, second left.

Hastings Women’s Film Festival Awards

On International Women’s Day, Amy Walker of MediaParents reports back from the sell-out Hastings Women’s Film Festival at Kino-Teatr last Sunday night.

Happy International Women’s Day from us all at Media Parents. And huge congratulations to all the filmmakers whose work was screened at yesterday’s Hastings Women’s Film Festival. You can download the Hastings Women’s Film Festival Programme 2022 here, and the filmmakers’ bios and film links. Festival attendees also enjoyed an inspiring and entertaining Q&A session from SISTER CCO Jane Featherstone, chaired by Media Parents Director Amy Walker.

Actor / Director / Writer Clare Holman‘s film Only the Lonely won this year’s Best in Show prize at HWFF. The film, directed by Clare Holman and written by Veronique Christie and Elaine Spires, is set in London and follows Anna Calder-Marshall as Elspeth, a woman on a journey of self-awareness and discovery. Hearty congratulations Clare, and great to see connections being made via Media Parents re further projects.

Anna Calder-Marshall in Director Clare Holman’s film Only The Lonely. The film won Hastings Women’s Film Festival Prize 2022

Director / DOP Diana Olifirova‘s film Quadrality was also given special mention by HWFF speaker Jane Featherstone, CCO SISTER, for its artistry and composition.

Ukrainian Director/ DOP Diana Olifirova’s film Quadrality opened the programme at HWFF

Crystal Marshall in Michaela Hennessy-Vass’s Face It: Leonie

Michaela Hennessy-Vass’s Face It: Leonie, made in lockdown with a BBC/Arts Council/Culture in Quarantine bursary, was singled out for praise.

Many thanks to Festival founder and director Lisa Harmer who set up the festival two years ago to celebrate women in film. Her film Pebbles will be screened at Hastings Rocks festival in April at St Mary-in-the-Castle. Thanks also to Kino-Teatr for hosting the festival.

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