International Women's Day in Renfrew county celebrated by the Women's Sexual Assuatl centre

This year the Women's Sexual Assault centre celebrated International Women's Day over a period of several evenings and afternoons. "Lunafest" Short Films by , for and about Women was shown in Petawawa, Pembroke and will be shown in Killaloe weather dependent. I was fortunate to view the film festival in Pembroke at Algonquin college.  
This year the ten short films featured stories from Toronto,On., San Fernando CA,  Venice CA, PalaoAlto CA, New York, South Africa,  Bristol UK, Glasgow Scotland,  Jerusalem, and Los Angeles.
"The Translator" focuses on a foreign film translator who imagines peoples relationships by thier body language on a subway line. At the end she decides to "dump" her own date as they are not communicating! This is the only short from Canada.I enjoyed recognising the TTC! (Toronto Transit Commission subway line)
"Getting a Grip" featured Fannie Barnes who became became the first woman cable car  operator in January 1998 at 52 . "Touch" tells of two women who connect- one lady is almost a guardian angel as she persuades a lonely woman not to commit suicide. "Tightly Knit" shows how a group of yarn bombers and social knitters keep an ancient craft alive. Top Spin  focuses on a young table tennis champion working towards becoming one of the top players in the world.