CASCADIA Laurel

CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival will presents exceptional films directed by women from around the world each year in Bellingham, Washington, and online.

2025 Festival Selections

VIVA VERDI! | Yvonne Russo / USA
BEFORE YOU
| Lauren Melinda / USA
BLUEPRINT | Lada Kopytova / UK
BROKEN FLIGHT | Erika Valenciana & Mitch Wenkus / USA
CLAIMANT | Nadereh Sadat Serki / Iran
DANDELION | Fiona Obertinca / USA
DEATH PAYS FLORA A VISIT | Tanna Frederick / USA
DESYNC | Minerva Navasca / Canada
THE GÉNIE |  Enricka M.H. / France
GONE BEFORE YOUR EYES  |  Cara Yeates / USA
THE MUSE |  Jessica Sherlock / Australia
NAVIDAD DE RESERVA. |  Roberta Cumbiancher / Argentina
SALLY, GET THE POTATOES  |  Danicah Waldo / USA
PLAY DATE  |  Amberlee Colson / USA & Laura Campbell / Ireland
RUPTURE  |  Ariel Bond / Canada
THEY CALL ME THE TATTOO WITCH  |  Lindsay Nyman / USA
THE VOTE  |  Sylvia Ray / USA
WE HAVE SINNED BEFORE YOU  |  Ifat Nener Orgad / Israel
WE SHOULD EAT  |  Shaina Feinberg / USA
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS BLUE  |  Christina Chironna / USA
ALL GOD’S CHILDREN  |  Ondi Timoner / USA
BUTTERFLIES  |  Jenni Toivoniemi / Finland
FOLKTALES  |  Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
MAGIC HOUR  |  Jackie Christy / USA
THE MISSILE  |  Miia Tervo / Finland
THE VILLAGE KEEPER  |  Karen Chapman / Canada
 

2024 Festival Selections

BLOOD LIKE WATER | Dima Hamdan / Palestine
BODILY RENAISSANCE | 
Claudia Lee / UK
CALL OF THE ORCAS |
 Jessica Plumb / USA
CHOICES | Kameishia D. Wooten / USA
EVANESCENCE | Maaman Rezae / USA
FOR ROY | Vivian Cheung / Canada
HAMSTER | Fatima Nofely / Iran
HEMORRHAGE | Ruth Hayes / USA
LA RUSE Johanne Prégent / Canada
MÅNGATA | Maja Costa / Germany
MUSICA QUARANTENA | Lillian T. Mehrel / USA
ROSES | Coral Knights / UK
SAMPO | Marziyeh Riahi / Iran
A SHATTERING | Jan Jalenak / US
SOL SUPERNOVA | Kimberly Mendiola & Alyssa Rodriguez / USA
SPIT IT OUT | Melina Kiyomi Coumas / USA
STITCHED | Lorena Lourenco / USA
[subtext] | Erin Brown Thomas / USA
VIDA | Maria Valdez / USA
LOVE LETTERS | Greta Schiller / USA
MISS YOU ALREADY | Catherine Hardwicke / USA
LAST DANCE | Delphine Lehericey-Switzerland / Belgium
PRECONCEIVED | Sabrine Keane & Kate Dumke / USA
AMA GLORIA | Marie Amachoukeli / France
COWBOY & THE QUEEN | Andrea Nevinse / USA
POWER ALLEY | Lillah Halla / Brazil
WaaPaKe | Jules Koostachin / Canada 

2023 Festival Selections

BIENVENIDOS A LOS ÁNGELES Lisa Cole / USA
THE OUTING 
Joanne Mitchell / UK
ŽIVA  Natasa Pronsenc Stearns / Slovenia
THE CALL / Shireen Ayache / UK
HOLDING MOSES   Rivkah Beth Medow / USA
PEARL IN THE WINDOW / Nil Unerdem / USA
MisTikJules Arita Koostachin / Canada
LES CÂLINS CHEAPS (CHEAP HUGS) Sarah Baskin / Canada
A GHOST STORY Melissa Ann Bruning / USA
BRIDE STONE Guzel Duishenkulova-Kyrgyzstan
JUNG & RESTLESS Joanna Priestley-USA
UNCHARTERED WATERS Molly Dennis-Canada
TAPPING INTO OUR PAST, TAPPING INTO OUR FUTURE: AYODELE CASELJennifer Burton & Ursula Burton-USA
HELLO TO ME IN 100 YEARS Wu-Ching Chang-Taiwan
A FEMINIST LENSPamela French-USA
SUGAR PEOPLE Suzana Dinevski-Macedonia
A LITTLE VACATION Eva Tavares-Canada
NUBECITA  |   Katalin Egely-Hungary
VALKYRIEMaeve E. Andrews-USA
MADE OF FLESHFlorence Rochat & Séréna Robin-France
LA NUIT DES CHASSEURSPascale Arbillot-France
LOVE, BARBARAByrdie O’Connor-USA
MOUTON NOIRDéborah François-France
CINEMA SABAYA |  Florence Rochat & Séréna Robin / France
GUMBO COALITIONBabara Kopple-USA
CALL ME DANCER |  Pip Gilmore & Leslie Shampaine / USA
TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN |  Silvia Carobbio, Catherine Hardwicke, Tarji P. Henson, Mipo O, LucÍa Puenzo, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Leenna Yadav-USA
BONES OF CROWS |  Marie Clements-Canada
HARLAN COUNTY, USA |  Barbara Kopple-USA
WOODSTOCK THEN & NOW |  Barbara Kopple-USA

2022 Festival Selections

2021 Festival Selections

2020 Festival Selections

2019 Festival Selections

2018 Festival Selections

2017 Festival Selections