With birds, butterflies, cats, dogs, cows and one surprising creature to catch you unawares, these shorts look at our animal friends up close and personal. Please select a title on the right to learn about each film included in this programme.

Linda gets a job in a post office, but her tall tales soon raise suspicions. WOFFF connection: Lead actor Janice Connolly

Linda

People walking in the forest hear the call of the cranes. They gather in a field and dance in response. A film made in collaboration with older people in the “Memory Gang” of Kanta-Häme Memory Association in Finland. WOFFF connection: Experimental film subject &amp; writer Eila Pulkkinen.

Call of the Cranes

What happens when women become more isolated as they grow older? How do they feel when they see the environment around them ravaged, and their means of resistance closed down? WOFFF connection: Animation subject, writer &amp; director Gaele Sobott

The Cat Got Her Tongue

Reflections of dancer and choreographer Siobhan Davies as she unravels the complex processes that underpin a life's work in dance. WOFFF connection: Experimental subject &amp; director Siobhan Davies

Animal Origins

Icelander Margret is becoming increasingly annoyed when Reykjavík is invaded by cows. But what's worse is she's the only one who can see the cattle as they take over the streets. WOFFF connection: Lead actor Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir

A woman watches over the comings and goings of a blackbird and contemplates the lives they both lead. WOFFF connection: Experimental film subject, writer, producer &amp; director Sophie Bancroft

Old Mother Blackbird

Owners of a small wood in Surrey, along with an environmental activist and parish priest, explore a woodland management initiative promoting biodiversity and using waste wood for a community heating solution. WOFFF connection: Documentary subject Kathy Smyth. Director Anny Tubbs

Who Speaks for the Butterflies?

An artist gives life to the memories of our most beloved companions. WOFFF connection: Documentary subject Lucy Francis

You Can't Shrink Love

Programme 1: Animal Magic

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Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) brings you the fun, fearless and real stories about and by women over 50 with our annual short film festival from 9 September to 9 October

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