{"id":1707,"date":"2025-02-20T12:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:42:46","slug":"award-winner-announced-wake-her-up-female-filmmakers-film-at-direct-monthly-online-film-festival-%f0%9f%8e%89%f0%9f%94%a5%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/?p=1707","title":{"rendered":"Award Winner announced, Wake her up\u2013 Female Filmmakers Film at Direct Monthly Online Film Festival. &#x1f389;&#x1f525;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pt2024_11_08_22_02_40_mh1731065559637-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the first step in Melbourne&#8217;s cross-cultural modern fantasy film and drama IP series, the film explores themes of magic, good versus evil, love, redemption, and the rise of a female hero, leading a trend towards contemporary cross-cultural fantasy romance between the East and West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by the first Chinese-Australian performing arts organisation Cross Encounters, we are very happy for all the women who worked on this project team, this award goes to them, it is your talent and hard work that made this part of the film, and we are very proud that the main creative team of this film is mostly women, your power is huge, congratulations, thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4880.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4880.jpg 895w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4880-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crossencounters.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4880-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/FemaleFilmmakersFilm\/\">@FemaleFilmmakersFilm<\/a>&nbsp;! We\u2019re excited for the news, We would also like to thank all team members and every effort you\u2019ve made throughout our filming period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned, more news coming soon. 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