This eighth annual event, a benefit for the Women's Crisis Center of Windham County, features more than two dozen features, short films and documentaries as well as artwork by regional female artists. Featured films will include Show Me Love , the controversial Swedish film that puts a twist on young love in the story of two teenage girls' relationship and its effect on the social fabric of their small town in Sweden. Earth , the second film in a trilogy by Deepa Mehta, the acclaimed director of Fire, will see its area premiere on the festival's final weekend. Earth is set during the partition of Indian in 1947 as India struggles to win its independence from Great Britan. I, Doll , Cauleen Smith's exploration of black urban landscapes, Drylongso , and Telluride Film Festival crowd favorite Me, Myself, I .
Film screenings begin with two takes on women in traditionally male industries.
Righteous Babes offers an inside look at being female in the rock and roll world. It's followed by No Man's Land , a documentary about women correspondents on the front line.