In line with other similarly inclusive events
Oooooooooh an all-female film festival!
Sheffield’s first all female film festival
Ok then! Mark your calendars: it’s November 24 at the Showroom Cinema.
Highlighting the work of women and women’s achievements in all incarnations of cinema. Inspired by events showcasing films made by women (such as Scotland’s Femspectives), we want to recentre the focus of film history and the future of the industry on projects creatively led by women. Sheffield has a rich cultural history and we hope to further develop the city’s reputation as a hub for excellence supporting diversity in film in the North of England.
The aim of FFStival is to provide an intersectional platform highlighting the work of women, female presenting and non binary people’s achievements in all incarnations of cinema.
Oh. Thud. So it’s not an all female film festival. It’s that other thing: the sneering taunting smirking claim to be all-female while in fact including men. It’s not an all female festival but rather a calculated insult to women. How cute. How “intersectional.”
Aims:
In line with other similarly inclusive events, we aim to:
- Provide a platform for films made by female-identifying and non-binary people, accessible to everyone.
- Provide a safe space for discussion that recognizes differences in experience, outlooks, privilege and barriers.
- Create a place for honest and open discussion, learning and debate while acknowledging similarities and the need for solidarity.
- Highlight marginalized and underprivileged voices.
So it turns out it’s not just not all-female, it’s all-not-female. It’s not about women, it’s about men who pretend to be women and think they’re “marginalized” and “underprivileged” because we know they’re men.
I wonder how “honest and open” they’ll allow the discussion to be. Will they allow participants to honestly and openly point out that some of the films were in fact made by men?
A “safe space for discussion that recognizes differences in experience, outlooks, privileges, and barriers” is the opposite of a place where the discussion is “honest and open.” It usually means it’s a crafted environment focused on protecting and promoting the status of anyone believed to be labeled “low status” by a cruel, unfeeling world. That ultimately leads to constant self-censoring in a climate of fear, creating little monsters.
Also, by including non-binary people it isn’t even about including men claiming to be women. It includes men not claiming to be women and men not not claiming to be women. It would. E more accurate to say it’s a film festival for everyone except men and trans men, except phrasing it like that would break the law.
They call it “Females/Film/Screens”, FFS. Not limited to females, apparently. Another interpretation of FFS comes immediately to mind. Oh, I see they expand that to FFStival, cute.