Five Stories. One Conversation.
Laugh, Connect and Spark Conversation
Five original comedy shorts take on the everyday absurdities facing women in STEM.
For All Humankind - During a brainstorming session to imagine a helmet for moon-cave exploration, an early-career female engineer goes to extreme lengths to break into the boys’ club.
Cellular - Drowning in service work and trapped in the cutthroat world of publish or perish, a professor fights for what is rightfully hers—five uninterrupted minutes with the microscope.
ScienTITS - A mechanical engineer seeks a solution to a new problem: using a breast pump at work.
Dress Code - A curly-haired Latina scientist struggles to be herself while dressing the part for a new position at a traditional research institution. Will she go bland or go bold?
There’s Something About Her - When a candidate with an invisible disability applies for a tenure-track game-design faculty position, she must tackle the real demons who come to life in the interview room.
Q&A with Jessica McGaugh and Cat Dale will follow the screening.
The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) welcomes makers and lovers of film from all over the world to the storied seaside village of Coronado, California to celebrate the magical art of visual storytelling. Coronado’s enduring love affair with Hollywood began more than a century ago.