The 2016 Artemis Women in Action Film Festival
Artemis Motion Pictures announces the first ever film festival dedicated to honoring female-driven action films, the men and women who pioneered them, those who contributed to the success of the genre, and the undiscovered talent of the future.
FRIDAY 04/22/16
12:00 pm FEMALE MARTIAL ARTISTS: THE WAY OF THE WOMAN - BLOCK 1
SUDDEN MASTER - A girl inherits her father's dojo and is suddenly battling the evil fighters from a competing dojo. Cast: Samantha Wan; Casey Hudecki, Allen Keng. Adult themes and language
NEUNG ROY - The journey of a woman who dedicates a year in Thailand to fight 100 Mauy Thai matches. Cast: Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Actress/Producer, MarQ Piocos - Producer/Director, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu - Co-Producer/DP. Family friendly.
3:15pm ALL STARS OF STUNTS - BLOCK 2
PANEL DISCUSSION - Andy Armstrong, Jenifer Caputo, Zoe Bell, Angela Meryl, Heidi Moneymaker, Maja Aro, Dayna Grant, Jessie Graff, and Indus Alelia will participate in a panel discussion about stunts, women in stunts, and the world of stunts. Hosted by Sheen Metal
5:00pm RED CARPET RADIO SHOW - BLOCK 2A
THE SHEENA METAL EXPERIENCE - The Sheena Metal Experience Broadcasts live from the festival. Radio legend, Sheena will interview our honorees and select red carpet guests on her live, drive time radio show. Sheena's rapier wit and humorous interview style is certain entertainment!
7:15 pm RED CARPET GALA + HEADLINING SHORTS & FEATURE - BLOCK 3
HONOREE AWARDS
NO TOUCHING - On a lark, two women go into a haunted house and end up battling very real men and monsters. Cast: Written & Directed by: Will Corona Pilgrim & Adam Davis, Produced by: Zoë Bell, Heidi Moneymaker, Will Corona Pilgrim, Adam Davis, Jason Rostovsky, Starring: Zoë Bell, Heidi Moneymaker, Jake Busey, Kevin Daniels, Tracie Thoms, Doug Jones, Jackson Spidell, Cale Schultz, Dennis Keiffer. Fight action violence.
FIGHT VALLEY - A woman enters the brutal world of underground fighting to discover her sister's killer. Cast: Erin O'Brien, Miesha Tate, Kari J. Kramerl Holly Holm; Cristiane Cyborg Justino. Graphic fight violence and language.
NEVER LET GO - A woman's baby is kidnapped in a remote area of the world. She battles everyone in her way as she relentlessly pursues the kidnappers. Cast: Director - Howard J. Ford, Angela Dixon, Nigel Whitmey, Lisa Eichhorn. Graphic language and violence.
SATURDAY 04/23/16
10:00 am SWORDSWOMEN AND SUPERHEROINES: THE SWORD AND THE CAPE - BLOCK 4
SILENT JONES - Self-proclaimed superhero Lady V fights for justice, starting with a serial killer terrorizing her neighborhood. Adult themes.
SUPER KNOCKED UP - Female supervillain becomes pregnant with a child of her superhero arch rival.
HEROES OF THE REALM - A pizza delivery girl enters a video game's reality and ends up saving the world. Cast: Kate Le. Family friendly.
MONSTER HUNTERS - A startup company of monster hunters takes on some trouble-making Leprachauns as their first case. Cast: Mary McDonough; Richard McGonagle; Sarah Brown, Writer/Director/Producers - Michael J. McDonough, David Nathan Schwartz. Family friendly.
BATTLERS - A deadly sword fight between a woman seeking revenge and the master who killed her brother. Cast: Siobhan Richardson; Andre Sills. Violence.
HEART OF SWORD - In ancient Japan, a young girl is desperate to find a way out of her arranged marriage and kempo is her only resort. Family friendly.
11:40 am WARRIOR WOMEN - BLOCK 5
WOMEN WARRIORS: A VISION OF VALOR - This documentary follows the evolution of women's roles in the US military. It shows how important women have been in the military despite what history books may say. Family friendly.
WINGS OF SILVER: VI COWDEN STORY - Women Airforce Service Pilots (W.A.S.P.) were crucial to the war effort during World War II and then forgotten when the war ended. Cast: Vi Cowden, Mark Bonn – Director, Editor, Christine Bonn – Producer, Co-Director. Family friendly.
1:30 pm WARRIORS FROM ANTIQUITY TO TODAY - BLOCK 6
WOMEN WARRIORS PANEL
2:40 pm WOMEN VS. THE ELEMENTS: OUTDOOR SPORTSWOMEN - BLOCK 7
WILL TO FLY -The life and tumultuous sport career of Lydia Lassila and the Australian aerial ski team. Family friendly.
4:45 pm HEARTS OF CHAMPS: FEMALE FIGHTERS - BLOCK 8
THE WORLD'S OLDEST - A comedy mockumentary about the life of the world's oldest female boxer. Cast: Alicia Ashley, Melissa Smith
BAM BAM - The training routine and fight-night process of a 50 year old, female boxer. Adult themes.
HONOR SONG - A young Native American fights her tribe's traditions to become a boxer and warrior. Family friendly.
GIRL FIGHT: A MUAY THAI STORY - The story of Prairie Rugilo, who created an all-female Muay Thai kickboxing gym in 2009 - battling personal demons to become a fighter and hurricanes to create a successful gym. Cast: Prairie Rugilo. Some language and adult themes.
7:00 pm BADASS WOMEN: DEADLIER THAN THE MALE - BLOCK 9
WOMAN POWER - Poetry video about the power of women and what they can accomplish. Cast: Helen Oakleigh; Toy Li. Fight violence.
BRIX & THE BITCH - Trapped in a seedy and illegal fight club, one woman's on chance for escape is to win a gruesome brawl against the one woman she refuses to harm. Cast: Alex Marshall-Brown, David Carey Foster, Director/Writer: Nico Raineau, Producers: Kristen Murtha, Russell Hadaya, Nico Raineau, Cinematography: John Gardiner. Graphic fight violence, adult language and themes.
FREEFALL - An extraordinary fighter battles her way past guards and killers, fighting her way into a secured building. Fight action violence.
ELIZA - In one violent night, a woman goes on a rampage against the men who killed her husband. Cast: Mikko Löppönen, Anton Jokikunnas, Jesse Liskola, Jessica Wolff, Ville Lumioksa. Graphic bloody violence.
INTERLOAFER - A struggling new mother battles drug dealers posing as mothers at her neighborhood coffee house. Cast: Director Aidee Walker, Producer Morgan Leigh Stewart, Writer/Editor Roseanne Liang, Writer Shoshana McCallum, Actress Ally Xue, Actress Kate McGill. Fight violence, graphic language.
REDEEM THE BEGINNING - A woman is murdered and stuns her killers by coming back for revenge. Cast: Moa Malan; Tim Greenlee; Raymond Teibl; Combat the Dog; Johan Skålberg. Adult themes, graphic fight violence.
ZONE 2 - At what seems to be the end of the world, a Mother takes care of her invalid son in a bunker. Cast: Anne Ramsay, Connor Linnerooth, Director - Anna Elizabeth James, Writer - Lydia Mulvey, Producers - Sandra Leviton & Miranda Sajdak. Adult themes.
MISS NOBODY - Talia, a former assassin, seeks revenge against the man who killed her family. Cast: Adam Hodge-Writer/Director/Editor/Producer; Gia Franzia - Producer; Thomas Rose - Director of Photography; Kate Frey - Special Effect make-up; Robb Padgett - Music; Gia Franzia, Jim Nieb, Isabella Bazler, Johnny Alexander, Antonio Aaron, James Molina, Wayne Stemmler. Graphic language, fight violence.
FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT - A team of female assassins attack a well-guarded mansion. Cast: Ted Neff. Violence, adult themes.
8:50 pm ACTION AND HORROR, Block 1 of 2 - BLOCK 10
CRAWL OR DIE - In the bleak future, Tank, the toughest of soldiers, leads her elite team through an intricate underground tunnel system to escape a pursuing army and then have to battle a bloodthirsty monster living there. Cast: Director/Writer/Editor - Oklahoma Ward, TANK/Sound Design/Score - Nicole Alonso, Creature FX and Creation - Matthew Crabtree, SNIPER - David Paul Baker. Graphic violence and language.
10:45 pm ACTION AND HORROR, Block 2 of 2 - BLOCK 11
BOOM BOOM GIRLS OF WRESTLING - 6 women form a wrestling team, ending up stuck in a ghost town where they start being killed one by one. Cast: Carolin von Petzholdt. Graphic language, bloody violence.
SUNDAY 04/24/16
10:00 am ACTION FOR GIRLS! - BLOCK 12
REAL ACTIVE WOMEN - Both a movement and TV show that brings female athletes into the spotlight. Cast: Annie Laurie Medonis. Family friendly.
PRETTY TOUGH - Pilot: two competitive sisters join the high school soccer team. Cast: Adelaide Kane, Krystal Young.
FLYING QUEENS: A BASKETBALL DYNASTY - The story of the 1950s Hutcherson Flying Queens. In a time when women were pressured to be homemakers, this team would become famous for their basketball wizardry making them the most winning collegiate amateur basketball team in US history-male or female! Family friendly.
12:05 pm EXCEPTIONAL SPORTS WOMEN - BLOCK 13
MATTERHORN - A woman makes her dream of being the first wingsuit pilot to jump from the top of the Matterhorn a reality. Family friendly.
1:05 pm WOMEN AND NATURE - BLOCK 14
EPIPHANY - An ocean photographer faces her fears by swimming with whales and sharks. Cast: Ellen Cuylaerts lead talent, writer, co-director Michael Maes director of photography, producer, post production. Adult themes.
WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND - Fifty years ago, U.S Outward Bound wilderness school was created to help prepare men for war-the ultimate obstacle course. Women were not allowed. In 1965, 24 women broke that barrier and successfully completed this impossible challenge. Family friendly.
3:55 pm WOMEN IN ACTION SAVING ANIMALS - BLOCK 15
SMART - The story of the unique Animal Rescue Team in Southern Cal, rescuing animals stuck in horrible situations. This is the first and for now only team like it in the world. Graphic adult language. Intense animal situations. Cast: Kimberly Rose Zimmerman, Executive Producer, Director and Cinematographer Justin Zimmerman, Annette Ramirez, Armando Navarrete, Dr. Leslie Irvine. And Director. Not for children. For teenagers and adults.
5:45 pm ACTION AND THE ARTS - BLOCK 16
BULLETS AT THE BALLET - After a hit goes wrong, an aging ballerina who moonlights as an assassin must fight her way back to the theater to perform. Cast: Christine Perkins, Olga Wilhelmine, Emelia Perkins, Sam Cobean, Drew Evans, Zollie Guidry, Director: Rachel Perlis, Choreographer: Susan Perlis, Director of Photography: Jimi Covert. Adult themes.
HUNTED: WOMEN OF WILL - A female Shakespeare company takes on a vampire who breaks into their rehearsal! Cast: Adeye Sahran; Dawn Alden; Jean Lupien; Jen Albert; Lacy Altwine; Melissa Johnston; Sarah Wahl; Talia K. Dillingham, Director - Dawn Alden, DP & Editor - Jason Ferrell, Co-Producer - Danielle Reierson, Stunt Coordinator - Dawn Alden. Fight action violence and some adult language.
OXD - Elizabeth Streb’s Brooklyn-based Extreme Action Company trains for a series of breathtaking spectacles in London. Cast: Elizabeth Streb, Writer/Director - Craig Lowy; Co-Producer - Michel Negroponte and Lana Crow, DP - Lucas P. Smith and Raul Santos. Family friendly.
8:15 pm INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF POWER - BLOCK 17
POWER - In India, where violence against women in rampant, one woman travels the country teaching young girls self-defense and self-empowerment. Cast: Debi Steven; A film by Jeanny Gering. Adult themes.
INDIA'S DAUGHTER - The rape and the abuse of women has reached epidemic proportions in the Indian subcontinent. This documentary focuses on the gang rape and murder of a young Indian woman as a springboard to explore India’s patriarchical values and how that bias has led to widespread sexual violence. Cast: A film by Leslee Udwin; Lorna Auerback, Exec. Producer. Adults only.
10:45 pm FILM COMPETITION AWARDS - CLOSING CEREMONY
FRIDAY 04/22/16
12:00 pm FEMALE MARTIAL ARTISTS: THE WAY OF THE WOMAN - BLOCK 1
SUDDEN MASTER - A girl inherits her father's dojo and is suddenly battling the evil fighters from a competing dojo. Cast: Samantha Wan; Casey Hudecki, Allen Keng. Adult themes and language
NEUNG ROY - The journey of a woman who dedicates a year in Thailand to fight 100 Mauy Thai matches. Cast: Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - Actress/Producer, MarQ Piocos - Producer/Director, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu - Co-Producer/DP. Family friendly.
3:15pm ALL STARS OF STUNTS - BLOCK 2
PANEL DISCUSSION - Andy Armstrong, Jenifer Caputo, Zoe Bell, Angela Meryl, Heidi Moneymaker, Maja Aro, Dayna Grant, Jessie Graff, and Indus Alelia will participate in a panel discussion about stunts, women in stunts, and the world of stunts. Hosted by Sheen Metal
5:00pm RED CARPET RADIO SHOW - BLOCK 2A
THE SHEENA METAL EXPERIENCE - The Sheena Metal Experience Broadcasts live from the festival. Radio legend, Sheena will interview our honorees and select red carpet guests on her live, drive time radio show. Sheena's rapier wit and humorous interview style is certain entertainment!
7:15 pm RED CARPET GALA + HEADLINING SHORTS & FEATURE - BLOCK 3
HONOREE AWARDS
NO TOUCHING - On a lark, two women go into a haunted house and end up battling very real men and monsters. Cast: Written & Directed by: Will Corona Pilgrim & Adam Davis, Produced by: Zoë Bell, Heidi Moneymaker, Will Corona Pilgrim, Adam Davis, Jason Rostovsky, Starring: Zoë Bell, Heidi Moneymaker, Jake Busey, Kevin Daniels, Tracie Thoms, Doug Jones, Jackson Spidell, Cale Schultz, Dennis Keiffer. Fight action violence.
FIGHT VALLEY - A woman enters the brutal world of underground fighting to discover her sister's killer. Cast: Erin O'Brien, Miesha Tate, Kari J. Kramerl Holly Holm; Cristiane Cyborg Justino. Graphic fight violence and language.
NEVER LET GO - A woman's baby is kidnapped in a remote area of the world. She battles everyone in her way as she relentlessly pursues the kidnappers. Cast: Director - Howard J. Ford, Angela Dixon, Nigel Whitmey, Lisa Eichhorn. Graphic language and violence.
SATURDAY 04/23/16
10:00 am SWORDSWOMEN AND SUPERHEROINES: THE SWORD AND THE CAPE - BLOCK 4
SILENT JONES - Self-proclaimed superhero Lady V fights for justice, starting with a serial killer terrorizing her neighborhood. Adult themes.
SUPER KNOCKED UP - Female supervillain becomes pregnant with a child of her superhero arch rival.
HEROES OF THE REALM - A pizza delivery girl enters a video game's reality and ends up saving the world. Cast: Kate Le. Family friendly.
MONSTER HUNTERS - A startup company of monster hunters takes on some trouble-making Leprachauns as their first case. Cast: Mary McDonough; Richard McGonagle; Sarah Brown, Writer/Director/Producers - Michael J. McDonough, David Nathan Schwartz. Family friendly.
BATTLERS - A deadly sword fight between a woman seeking revenge and the master who killed her brother. Cast: Siobhan Richardson; Andre Sills. Violence.
HEART OF SWORD - In ancient Japan, a young girl is desperate to find a way out of her arranged marriage and kempo is her only resort. Family friendly.
11:40 am WARRIOR WOMEN - BLOCK 5
WOMEN WARRIORS: A VISION OF VALOR - This documentary follows the evolution of women's roles in the US military. It shows how important women have been in the military despite what history books may say. Family friendly.
WINGS OF SILVER: VI COWDEN STORY - Women Airforce Service Pilots (W.A.S.P.) were crucial to the war effort during World War II and then forgotten when the war ended. Cast: Vi Cowden, Mark Bonn – Director, Editor, Christine Bonn – Producer, Co-Director. Family friendly.
1:30 pm WARRIORS FROM ANTIQUITY TO TODAY - BLOCK 6
WOMEN WARRIORS PANEL
2:40 pm WOMEN VS. THE ELEMENTS: OUTDOOR SPORTSWOMEN - BLOCK 7
WILL TO FLY -The life and tumultuous sport career of Lydia Lassila and the Australian aerial ski team. Family friendly.
4:45 pm HEARTS OF CHAMPS: FEMALE FIGHTERS - BLOCK 8
THE WORLD'S OLDEST - A comedy mockumentary about the life of the world's oldest female boxer. Cast: Alicia Ashley, Melissa Smith
BAM BAM - The training routine and fight-night process of a 50 year old, female boxer. Adult themes.
HONOR SONG - A young Native American fights her tribe's traditions to become a boxer and warrior. Family friendly.
GIRL FIGHT: A MUAY THAI STORY - The story of Prairie Rugilo, who created an all-female Muay Thai kickboxing gym in 2009 - battling personal demons to become a fighter and hurricanes to create a successful gym. Cast: Prairie Rugilo. Some language and adult themes.
7:00 pm BADASS WOMEN: DEADLIER THAN THE MALE - BLOCK 9
WOMAN POWER - Poetry video about the power of women and what they can accomplish. Cast: Helen Oakleigh; Toy Li. Fight violence.
BRIX & THE BITCH - Trapped in a seedy and illegal fight club, one woman's on chance for escape is to win a gruesome brawl against the one woman she refuses to harm. Cast: Alex Marshall-Brown, David Carey Foster, Director/Writer: Nico Raineau, Producers: Kristen Murtha, Russell Hadaya, Nico Raineau, Cinematography: John Gardiner. Graphic fight violence, adult language and themes.
FREEFALL - An extraordinary fighter battles her way past guards and killers, fighting her way into a secured building. Fight action violence.
ELIZA - In one violent night, a woman goes on a rampage against the men who killed her husband. Cast: Mikko Löppönen, Anton Jokikunnas, Jesse Liskola, Jessica Wolff, Ville Lumioksa. Graphic bloody violence.
INTERLOAFER - A struggling new mother battles drug dealers posing as mothers at her neighborhood coffee house. Cast: Director Aidee Walker, Producer Morgan Leigh Stewart, Writer/Editor Roseanne Liang, Writer Shoshana McCallum, Actress Ally Xue, Actress Kate McGill. Fight violence, graphic language.
REDEEM THE BEGINNING - A woman is murdered and stuns her killers by coming back for revenge. Cast: Moa Malan; Tim Greenlee; Raymond Teibl; Combat the Dog; Johan Skålberg. Adult themes, graphic fight violence.
ZONE 2 - At what seems to be the end of the world, a Mother takes care of her invalid son in a bunker. Cast: Anne Ramsay, Connor Linnerooth, Director - Anna Elizabeth James, Writer - Lydia Mulvey, Producers - Sandra Leviton & Miranda Sajdak. Adult themes.
MISS NOBODY - Talia, a former assassin, seeks revenge against the man who killed her family. Cast: Adam Hodge-Writer/Director/Editor/Producer; Gia Franzia - Producer; Thomas Rose - Director of Photography; Kate Frey - Special Effect make-up; Robb Padgett - Music; Gia Franzia, Jim Nieb, Isabella Bazler, Johnny Alexander, Antonio Aaron, James Molina, Wayne Stemmler. Graphic language, fight violence.
FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT - A team of female assassins attack a well-guarded mansion. Cast: Ted Neff. Violence, adult themes.
8:50 pm ACTION AND HORROR, Block 1 of 2 - BLOCK 10
CRAWL OR DIE - In the bleak future, Tank, the toughest of soldiers, leads her elite team through an intricate underground tunnel system to escape a pursuing army and then have to battle a bloodthirsty monster living there. Cast: Director/Writer/Editor - Oklahoma Ward, TANK/Sound Design/Score - Nicole Alonso, Creature FX and Creation - Matthew Crabtree, SNIPER - David Paul Baker. Graphic violence and language.
10:45 pm ACTION AND HORROR, Block 2 of 2 - BLOCK 11
BOOM BOOM GIRLS OF WRESTLING - 6 women form a wrestling team, ending up stuck in a ghost town where they start being killed one by one. Cast: Carolin von Petzholdt. Graphic language, bloody violence.
SUNDAY 04/24/16
10:00 am ACTION FOR GIRLS! - BLOCK 12
REAL ACTIVE WOMEN - Both a movement and TV show that brings female athletes into the spotlight. Cast: Annie Laurie Medonis. Family friendly.
PRETTY TOUGH - Pilot: two competitive sisters join the high school soccer team. Cast: Adelaide Kane, Krystal Young.
FLYING QUEENS: A BASKETBALL DYNASTY - The story of the 1950s Hutcherson Flying Queens. In a time when women were pressured to be homemakers, this team would become famous for their basketball wizardry making them the most winning collegiate amateur basketball team in US history-male or female! Family friendly.
12:05 pm EXCEPTIONAL SPORTS WOMEN - BLOCK 13
MATTERHORN - A woman makes her dream of being the first wingsuit pilot to jump from the top of the Matterhorn a reality. Family friendly.
1:05 pm WOMEN AND NATURE - BLOCK 14
EPIPHANY - An ocean photographer faces her fears by swimming with whales and sharks. Cast: Ellen Cuylaerts lead talent, writer, co-director Michael Maes director of photography, producer, post production. Adult themes.
WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND - Fifty years ago, U.S Outward Bound wilderness school was created to help prepare men for war-the ultimate obstacle course. Women were not allowed. In 1965, 24 women broke that barrier and successfully completed this impossible challenge. Family friendly.
3:55 pm WOMEN IN ACTION SAVING ANIMALS - BLOCK 15
SMART - The story of the unique Animal Rescue Team in Southern Cal, rescuing animals stuck in horrible situations. This is the first and for now only team like it in the world. Graphic adult language. Intense animal situations. Cast: Kimberly Rose Zimmerman, Executive Producer, Director and Cinematographer Justin Zimmerman, Annette Ramirez, Armando Navarrete, Dr. Leslie Irvine. And Director. Not for children. For teenagers and adults.
5:45 pm ACTION AND THE ARTS - BLOCK 16
BULLETS AT THE BALLET - After a hit goes wrong, an aging ballerina who moonlights as an assassin must fight her way back to the theater to perform. Cast: Christine Perkins, Olga Wilhelmine, Emelia Perkins, Sam Cobean, Drew Evans, Zollie Guidry, Director: Rachel Perlis, Choreographer: Susan Perlis, Director of Photography: Jimi Covert. Adult themes.
HUNTED: WOMEN OF WILL - A female Shakespeare company takes on a vampire who breaks into their rehearsal! Cast: Adeye Sahran; Dawn Alden; Jean Lupien; Jen Albert; Lacy Altwine; Melissa Johnston; Sarah Wahl; Talia K. Dillingham, Director - Dawn Alden, DP & Editor - Jason Ferrell, Co-Producer - Danielle Reierson, Stunt Coordinator - Dawn Alden. Fight action violence and some adult language.
OXD - Elizabeth Streb’s Brooklyn-based Extreme Action Company trains for a series of breathtaking spectacles in London. Cast: Elizabeth Streb, Writer/Director - Craig Lowy; Co-Producer - Michel Negroponte and Lana Crow, DP - Lucas P. Smith and Raul Santos. Family friendly.
8:15 pm INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF POWER - BLOCK 17
POWER - In India, where violence against women in rampant, one woman travels the country teaching young girls self-defense and self-empowerment. Cast: Debi Steven; A film by Jeanny Gering. Adult themes.
INDIA'S DAUGHTER - The rape and the abuse of women has reached epidemic proportions in the Indian subcontinent. This documentary focuses on the gang rape and murder of a young Indian woman as a springboard to explore India’s patriarchical values and how that bias has led to widespread sexual violence. Cast: A film by Leslee Udwin; Lorna Auerback, Exec. Producer. Adults only.
10:45 pm FILM COMPETITION AWARDS - CLOSING CEREMONY