Women are making work, even though there's a financial crunch and there's no funding right now. MadCat has received hundreds of entries from all over the country. Part of me thinks maybe the stuff that women are making is too edgy or too complicated. MadCat features 55 short films, panel discussions and pioneering features that range from earnest feminist polemics to raunchy sexploitation. Ben-Dov has sought to make difficult films accessible to audiences who aren't film buffs or theory nerds by sandwiching them with more straightforward entertainments.
Linear narrative is very much based around the climax.
There's a leading up to a climactic point that's very much like male sexuality. When you get out of that linear structure, you're able to explore more the polymorphous sensuality of the filmic medium. Other films are far more accessible. Local filmmaker Valerie Soe contributes a sharp, funny film about her obsession with Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-Fat that expands into an exploration of Asian male sexuality. Then, of course, there are the features.