GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an ongoing program of short films and video art made by women, as well as non-binary, genderqueer, and trans people. A mix of local, national, and international artists present work from a variety of disciplines: narrative, documentary, experimental, and conceptual. With an emphasis on low budget and DIY, GRRL HAUS is a space for underrepresented voices in the arts today.
*Due to COVID-19 all submissions this year will be considered for our monthly online screenings and our 2021-2022 events*
GRRL HAUS is not your typical film festival, instead of having one big event - we have multiple events throughout the year. Our goal is to show as many quality short films made by women, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans people to an international audience.
We completely celebrate DIY culture and focus on sharing works to all different types of audiences. This can include audiences at international museums or to audiences at underground clubs. We believe that every audience deserves the chance to see these works, rather than just the typical film festival networking crowd. We want to reach all audiences and celebrate the inclusivity of creative and unique work in film.
In Berlin we host monthly screenings at Loophole and also screen with Mobile Kino and IL Kino. We hold our yearly end of the year event is at the historic Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, USA where GRRL HAUS had its inauguration in 2014. At these events, GRRL HAUS Cinema has showcased over 500 filmmakers, including multiple musical performances, video art installations, art exhibitions and local vendors.
In 2019*, we had a total of 22 events including 5 visual art exhibitions at venues - RAW Berlin, Das Giftraum and Oblomov. There were 3 cinema screenings with Mobile Kino, 6 cinema screenings at IL KINO, 7 party screenings (with bands and DJs) at Loophole and lastly our end of the year event at The Brattle Theatre.
In 2018 we had a total of 12 screenings. 2018 venues included : The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers, WORM Rotterdam, Loophole Berlin, IL KINO, Brattle Theatre and Dorchester Art Project.
We have multiple events scheduled for 2020 and are looking for short films for all the events! Submissions are open until November 1, 2020 and are accepted on a rolling basis.
Future screenings in 2020 will take place in -
Berlin, Germany - Mobile Kino
Boston, MA, USA -Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA)
Berlin, Germany - Loophole Berlin
Berlin, Germany - IL KINO
Cambridge, MA, USA - Brattle Theatre
& More TBA
*During 2019, we had over 470 submissions and selected roughly 200 films to screen at different events. We keep archives of all submissions, so even though we might not select your film for a current event, there is always chance that we will select it for a future screening.
The earlier that you submit the better chance you will have to be considered for all the events. As we are constantly planning more screenings, so there will always be more to be considered for!
Rules & Terms- FILMS MUST BE DIRECTED BY women or non-binary or trans person (basically if you are a cis man then you DO NOT qualify)
- Films should be less than 30 min long
- Worldwide submissions accepted
- Films accepted can be documentaries, animation, fiction, narratives, music videos, experimental, video art, adult/erotica and in any language. We are open to everything!
- Films submitted must be in digital format.
- Filmmakers must agree to the use of their film stills and clips of films being included in promotional materials and trailers for the event
-If selected and if film is not in English, films must have subtitles embedded in the file.
Media:
http://grrlhauscinema.com
https://www.facebook.com/GRRLHAUSCINEMA
https://www.instagram.com/grrlhauscinema/
https://vimeo.com/grrlhauscinema
Past and Current Partners, Venues, Curation Teams and Organizations:
Brain Arts
Boston Hassle
Brattle Theatre
Das Giftraum
Dorchester Art Project
DMP Sci-Fi Sleepover
GIF - Girls in Film
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers
IL KINO
Loophole
Love Hotel
Mobile Kino
Oblomov
RAW Berlin
Worm Rotterdam
Verge
Under the Underground
2019 and early 2020 events and curations:
Dreamlike, absurd and surreal shorts - IL KINO - Jan 22, 2019
Takes on family and relationships - IL KINO - Feb 26, 2019
Sex, erotica and fetish - Loophole - March 20, 2019
GRRL HAUS open theme - Loophole - May 15th, 2019
Open theme - IL KINO - May 21, 2019
Pop up video art show - RAW - May 25, 2019
Digital World - Loophole - June 17, 2019
Blood, sweat, tears// my body - IL KINO - June 25, 2019
Summer Mood - Oblomov - July 19, 2019
Open Air, Open theme - Mobile Kino - July 22, 2019
Featured Filmmakers Salon - Oblomov - July 24, 2019
Midsummer Party screening - Loophole - July 26, 2019
Local film showcase - Loophole - Sept 5, 2019
Unruly Body of Migration - Das Giftraum - Sept 5th, 2019
Documentary Shorts - IL KINO - Sept 16th, 2019
Girls in Film + GRRL HAUS - Mobile Kino - Sept 26, 2019
Fear and Madness - IL KINO - Oct 15, 2019
Cult sleaze camp trash rock n roll Halloween - Loophole - Oct 25, 2019
Forget me Knot - Das Giftraum - Nov 8, 2019
Short takes on the future - Loophole - Nov 18, 2019
Best of 2019 - Mobile Kino - Nov 27, 2019
GRRL HAUS CINEMA - Brattle Theatre - Dec 4, 2019
2020
GRRL HAUS // DJ Set - Das Gift - Jan 11, 2020
14 Hour Sci-fi kino marathon - Babylon - Jan 11, 2020
Alchemise It - Loophole - Jan 22, 2020
Stupid Cupid - Loophole - Feb 14, 2020
GRRL HAUS at the ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art Boston - Feb 17, 2020
*Due to COVID-19 all submissions this year will be considered for our monthly online screenings and our 2021-2022 events*
GRRL HAUS is not your typical film festival, instead of having one big event - we have multiple events throughout the year. Our goal is to show as many quality short films made by women, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans people to an international audience.
We completely celebrate DIY culture and focus on sharing works to all different types of audiences. This can include audiences at international museums or to audiences at underground clubs. We believe that every audience deserves the chance to see these works, rather than just the typical film festival networking crowd. We want to reach all audiences and celebrate the inclusivity of creative and unique work in film.
In Berlin we host monthly screenings at Loophole and also screen with Mobile Kino and IL Kino. We hold our yearly end of the year event is at the historic Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, USA where GRRL HAUS had its inauguration in 2014. At these events, GRRL HAUS Cinema has showcased over 500 filmmakers, including multiple musical performances, video art installations, art exhibitions and local vendors.
In 2019*, we had a total of 22 events including 5 visual art exhibitions at venues - RAW Berlin, Das Giftraum and Oblomov. There were 3 cinema screenings with Mobile Kino, 6 cinema screenings at IL KINO, 7 party screenings (with bands and DJs) at Loophole and lastly our end of the year event at The Brattle Theatre.
In 2018 we had a total of 12 screenings. 2018 venues included : The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers, WORM Rotterdam, Loophole Berlin, IL KINO, Brattle Theatre and Dorchester Art Project.
We have multiple events scheduled for 2020 and are looking for short films for all the events! Submissions are open until November 1, 2020 and are accepted on a rolling basis.
Future screenings in 2020 will take place in -
Berlin, Germany - Mobile Kino
Boston, MA, USA -Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA)
Berlin, Germany - Loophole Berlin
Berlin, Germany - IL KINO
Cambridge, MA, USA - Brattle Theatre
& More TBA
*During 2019, we had over 470 submissions and selected roughly 200 films to screen at different events. We keep archives of all submissions, so even though we might not select your film for a current event, there is always chance that we will select it for a future screening.
The earlier that you submit the better chance you will have to be considered for all the events. As we are constantly planning more screenings, so there will always be more to be considered for!
Rules & Terms- FILMS MUST BE DIRECTED BY women or non-binary or trans person (basically if you are a cis man then you DO NOT qualify)
- Films should be less than 30 min long
- Worldwide submissions accepted
- Films accepted can be documentaries, animation, fiction, narratives, music videos, experimental, video art, adult/erotica and in any language. We are open to everything!
- Films submitted must be in digital format.
- Filmmakers must agree to the use of their film stills and clips of films being included in promotional materials and trailers for the event
-If selected and if film is not in English, films must have subtitles embedded in the file.
Media:
http://grrlhauscinema.com
https://www.facebook.com/GRRLHAUSCINEMA
https://www.instagram.com/grrlhauscinema/
https://vimeo.com/grrlhauscinema
Past and Current Partners, Venues, Curation Teams and Organizations:
Brain Arts
Boston Hassle
Brattle Theatre
Das Giftraum
Dorchester Art Project
DMP Sci-Fi Sleepover
GIF - Girls in Film
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers
IL KINO
Loophole
Love Hotel
Mobile Kino
Oblomov
RAW Berlin
Worm Rotterdam
Verge
Under the Underground
2019 and early 2020 events and curations:
Dreamlike, absurd and surreal shorts - IL KINO - Jan 22, 2019
Takes on family and relationships - IL KINO - Feb 26, 2019
Sex, erotica and fetish - Loophole - March 20, 2019
GRRL HAUS open theme - Loophole - May 15th, 2019
Open theme - IL KINO - May 21, 2019
Pop up video art show - RAW - May 25, 2019
Digital World - Loophole - June 17, 2019
Blood, sweat, tears// my body - IL KINO - June 25, 2019
Summer Mood - Oblomov - July 19, 2019
Open Air, Open theme - Mobile Kino - July 22, 2019
Featured Filmmakers Salon - Oblomov - July 24, 2019
Midsummer Party screening - Loophole - July 26, 2019
Local film showcase - Loophole - Sept 5, 2019
Unruly Body of Migration - Das Giftraum - Sept 5th, 2019
Documentary Shorts - IL KINO - Sept 16th, 2019
Girls in Film + GRRL HAUS - Mobile Kino - Sept 26, 2019
Fear and Madness - IL KINO - Oct 15, 2019
Cult sleaze camp trash rock n roll Halloween - Loophole - Oct 25, 2019
Forget me Knot - Das Giftraum - Nov 8, 2019
Short takes on the future - Loophole - Nov 18, 2019
Best of 2019 - Mobile Kino - Nov 27, 2019
GRRL HAUS CINEMA - Brattle Theatre - Dec 4, 2019
2020
GRRL HAUS // DJ Set - Das Gift - Jan 11, 2020
14 Hour Sci-fi kino marathon - Babylon - Jan 11, 2020
Alchemise It - Loophole - Jan 22, 2020
Stupid Cupid - Loophole - Feb 14, 2020
GRRL HAUS at the ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art Boston - Feb 17, 2020
Thank you to everyone who submitted in 2019!
We are super excited for 2020! Here are some films we will be showing.
All of these films were selected during our 2019 submissions via filmfreeway . And all will be screened at some point in 2020✨
Shells - Ais Brady
Turning Ten - Jaylan Auf
No! - Claudia Syhre
Tunnel of Love - Sarah Ann Banks
RED - Amit Shamir
Sparks - Netta Shalev
Others - Grace Rex
Hush - Tin Lee
Discovery Settings - Kat Vivaldi
Junk - Amanda Rosa
Pamçka - Elda Sorra
Radio From The American Sector - Karyn Barnett
Long Live Love! - Cadenza Zhao
à la plage - Daphné Psarros
"M" -Gabriela Gažová
My Island - Lucía Elena Ventura
Al - Cassandra Paige
A Telepathic Film - Broadbent Sisters
The Contest - Giedrė Burokaitė
tenderfluid - Liberty Antonia Sadler
Starry Night - Caoilinn Handley
I don't know -Veronika Bolotina
[the listening heart] - storäe michele
A Time Of Us - Xixi Zhu
Marketa in the Desert - Maddie Gwinn
reading wild lands (dispersal 6-18-048-02 W5) - Alana Bartol
Ambivalence - Olivia Peters
Toni Fitzgerald's Cult Following - Felicity Pickering
The True History of Billie the Kid - Leticia Caceres
EMBRACES & the touch of skin - Sara Koppel
In between - Marie-Josee Archambault
Theory of EVAlution - Eva Justine Torkkola
Bitten - Sarah K Reimers
M LIKE MOBIUS - Faranak Moradi
Kim's Big Date - Claire McFadden
Dada Ship - Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
ECLIPSE - Amanda Kim
The Follower -Stephanie Szerlip
now here - YL Hsueh
Lilith - Erofili Moraiti
Tides - Chloe NiDhuada
this iis sn't - Theo Eliezer
Far - Mariana Stolze
Olympia - Giulia Achenza
Dérive - Margot Roussel
Professional Cuddler - Mika Orr
Same, Old. - Haya Alghanim
A Stroke of Luck - Natália Cruz
Fucked Up Point Blank - Shayna Connelly
BEE - Emily Hagan
Troubled Waters - Gemma Norton
BodyMore - Shannon Shird
Woman of the Night - Cassiah Joski-Jethi
Matches Made - Yin Yee Low
Gub Gub - Nouf Al Sulaiti
The Birds and the bees - Ana Minujin
Thank you to everyone who submitted in 2019 . We will be opening up submissions again soon
We keep all films submitted in our archive, so even if we don't select your films for these events, there is always a chance that we will find a place for your films in our future events!
We are super excited for 2020! Here are some films we will be showing.
All of these films were selected during our 2019 submissions via filmfreeway . And all will be screened at some point in 2020✨
Shells - Ais Brady
Turning Ten - Jaylan Auf
No! - Claudia Syhre
Tunnel of Love - Sarah Ann Banks
RED - Amit Shamir
Sparks - Netta Shalev
Others - Grace Rex
Hush - Tin Lee
Discovery Settings - Kat Vivaldi
Junk - Amanda Rosa
Pamçka - Elda Sorra
Radio From The American Sector - Karyn Barnett
Long Live Love! - Cadenza Zhao
à la plage - Daphné Psarros
"M" -Gabriela Gažová
My Island - Lucía Elena Ventura
Al - Cassandra Paige
A Telepathic Film - Broadbent Sisters
The Contest - Giedrė Burokaitė
tenderfluid - Liberty Antonia Sadler
Starry Night - Caoilinn Handley
I don't know -Veronika Bolotina
[the listening heart] - storäe michele
A Time Of Us - Xixi Zhu
Marketa in the Desert - Maddie Gwinn
reading wild lands (dispersal 6-18-048-02 W5) - Alana Bartol
Ambivalence - Olivia Peters
Toni Fitzgerald's Cult Following - Felicity Pickering
The True History of Billie the Kid - Leticia Caceres
EMBRACES & the touch of skin - Sara Koppel
In between - Marie-Josee Archambault
Theory of EVAlution - Eva Justine Torkkola
Bitten - Sarah K Reimers
M LIKE MOBIUS - Faranak Moradi
Kim's Big Date - Claire McFadden
Dada Ship - Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
ECLIPSE - Amanda Kim
The Follower -Stephanie Szerlip
now here - YL Hsueh
Lilith - Erofili Moraiti
Tides - Chloe NiDhuada
this iis sn't - Theo Eliezer
Far - Mariana Stolze
Olympia - Giulia Achenza
Dérive - Margot Roussel
Professional Cuddler - Mika Orr
Same, Old. - Haya Alghanim
A Stroke of Luck - Natália Cruz
Fucked Up Point Blank - Shayna Connelly
BEE - Emily Hagan
Troubled Waters - Gemma Norton
BodyMore - Shannon Shird
Woman of the Night - Cassiah Joski-Jethi
Matches Made - Yin Yee Low
Gub Gub - Nouf Al Sulaiti
The Birds and the bees - Ana Minujin
Thank you to everyone who submitted in 2019 . We will be opening up submissions again soon
We keep all films submitted in our archive, so even if we don't select your films for these events, there is always a chance that we will find a place for your films in our future events!