brooklyn film festival: the gathering

The 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival featured the largest presence of female directors in the festival’s history, with women accounting for four out of six programmers. Inspired by the acceleration of women’s movements, BFF’s 2019 theme-statement, “The Gathering,” aims to empower filmmakers who are thinking and working in critical systems—outside of the box, and against all odds.

So instead of making a commercial for the festival, we’ve chosen to send a message to Hollywood by releasing a movie – because that is a language we both speak.

“The Gathering” is a short film presented by the Brooklyn Film Festival, inspired by real accounts of alleged sexual misconduct in the film industry. The story is about three actresses who were denied roles due to harassment, and a chance encounter that reveals their shared experience. Combining film genres, tropes and time periods,  the film is an allegory about opportunities lost, and a reminder to Hollywood that every story matters.

Watch the Case study below:

Watch the full film below:

Watch the interview with Director Emily Elizabeth Thomas below: