The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is excited to present our 7th annual Women In Film Festival (WIFF) at the MV Film Center. WIFF is a celebration of women in film: both in front of and behind the camera. This festival features stories that have not usually been told from a woman’s perspective.

Although women make up over half the country’s population, less than 20 percent of film directors are female. Women make up a minority of film producers, composers, editors, and writers. WIFF seeks to shed a light on the work of female creators.

On the big screen, WIFF will include six films featuring female characters who break the mold in as many genres as possible.

WIFF seeks to empower moviegoers through screenings and panels that will turn an authentic spotlight on women in the industry. The festival will include a diverse selection of films in an effort to bring visibility and allow unheralded voices to showcase their art.

Schedule:

Friday, October 17, 2025

4:00pm: GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance; but her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come-of-age herself.

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7:30pm: ONE STUPID THING

Followed by a ZOOM discussion with director Linda Yellen

A harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives change forever. They keep what they did a secret until the following winter break when they meet a girl who helps them uncover what really happened that night.

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

5:00pm: THE STAR I LOST

What would you do if you had the opportunity to shape the perfect mother you always dreamed of having?

While the renowned actress Norma Reyes (76) rehearses a very bad and mediocre commercial play, where she must play an old woman with Alzheimer’s; her daughter Celeste, always overshadowed by her mother’s star, decides to move out of the house. Despite the stress of rehearsals and the pain of her daughter’s absence, Norma continues to push forward, but an unfortunate event will put both of their plans on hold. Her daughter Celeste will take this opportunity to mold from scratch the mother she always dreamed of having.

Luz Orlando Brennan is an Argentine filmmaker and theater director, born and based in Buenos Aires. Her work has been showcased at numerous prestigious festivals worldwide, including Berlinale, San Sebastián, Viennale, AFI Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, BFI London, and Zurich Film Festival.

The Star I Lost, her debut feature, premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival (USA) and has since been selected for BAFICI (Buenos Aires, Argentina), SANFIC (Santiago, Chile), FAM (Florianópolis, Brazil) — where Mirta Busnelli received a Special Mention for Best Actress —, the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival (USA), the St. Louis International Film Festival (USA), the Chelsea Film Festival (New York, USA), the Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival (USA), the Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), and the Imago Film Festival (Italy), where Busnelli also won Best Actress.  The film received the award for Best Narrative Feature at both the Spokane International Film Festival (Washington, USA) and Cine Las Américas (Austin, USA).

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7:30pm: HONEYJOON

A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, life-affirming film.

Lela and her sensual daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores after their big loss - with opposite ideas about how to grieve, how to live, and how tiny June’s bikini should be.  Between honeymooners, Woman Life Freedom, and their hot philosophical-surfer tour guide João, they find each other-coming back to life.

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Sunday, October 19, 2025 

4:00pm: THE TALE OF SILYAN

From the Oscar-nominated director of ‘Honeyland’ comes a poignant and visually arresting story set in the heart of rural Macedonia. Nikola, a farmer grappling with the harsh realities of new government policies, finds himself unable to sell his land or crops. When his family leaves in search of a better life abroad, Nikola takes a job as a landfill attendant, where he encounters the injured white stork Silyan. As he nurses the bird back to health, an unlikely bond forms between man and animal. The result is a deeply moving film that touches on climate change, economic migration, resilience and the quiet power of connection. 

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7:30pm: FLY WITH ME

Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a “stewardess,” as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace. Featuring firsthand accounts, personal stories and a rich archival record, the film tells the lively and important but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.

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Date: October 17-19, 2025

Location: Martha's Vineyard Film Center, 79 Beach Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568

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