The Missfits
An all-girls robotics team competes to smash stereotypes and prove themselves in a male-dominated field, while also trying to get through high school.
Featuring The Missfits robotics team.
(Documentary, TRT: 20 minutes, 56 seconds)
Director: Ellie Wen
Producer: Ellie Wen
Cinematographer: Ellie Wen
Editor: Ellie Wen
Sound Recordist: Inês Pedrosa e Melo
Composer: Daniel Walter
Sound Mixer: Dan Olmsted
Colorist: Mark Sterne
Graphic Designer: Samantha Fine
(Produced in the Documentary Film MFA Program at Stanford University)
Festivals & Honors:
Now Streaming on KQED Truly CA, 2020
Best Documentary Award, Argo Untold Stories Film Competition, 2020
Special Jury Award “Filmmaker to Watch,” BendFilm Festival, 2020
Audience Favorite, Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2020
Best Documentary Award, Sigma Xi STEM Art and Film Festival, 2020
Best Documentary Short Award and Best Female Filmmaker Award, Holidays 365 International Film Festival, 2021
Finalist, Raw Science Film Festival, 2020
Wisconsin Film Festival: Big Screens, Little Folks, 2021
CFI DocLands Education Program, 2021
Petit Plan: Americana, 2021
IndieWomxn Film Festival (BendFilm), 2021
Milwaukee Film: Education Screenings program, 2021
SouthCoast Film Forum, 2021
Milwaukee Film: Women's History Month STEAM symposium, 2021
Athena Film Festival, 2021
San Francisco IndieFest, 2021
Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival, 2020
Milwaukee Film Festival, 2020
La Femme International Film Festival, 2020
San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival, 2020
Original Thinkers Festival, 2020
Cordillera International Film Festival, 2020
Cleveland International Film Festival, 2020
San Jose State University: Girls in STEM campus program, 2020
