Directors: Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
Country of Production: USA
Year of Release: 2024
Runtime: 13 min
England, 1813. Miss Estrogenia gets her period during a long-awaited marriage proposal. Mr. Dickley mistakes the blood for an injury, and it becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.
***Nominee, Live-Action Short Film Category, 98th Academy Awards (2026 Oscars®)***
AWARDS:
Audience Choice Award for Best Short – 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival
Best Short Film – 2024 Mendocino Film Festival
Overall Audience Award – 2024 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Comedy Award – 2024 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Audience Award – 2024 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival
La Camera Libertad Award – 2024 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival
Best Comedy Short – 2024 Cordillera International Film Festival
Audience Choice Award – 2024 Cordillera International Film Festival
Best Comedy Short – 2024 Boston Film Festival
Silver Medal – 2024 Manhattan Short Film Festival
Best Editting – 2024 Sulmona International Film Festival
Peter MacGregor-Scott Memorial Award – 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival
Best Short – 2024 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
Audience Choice Best Comedy Short – 2024 Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Audience Choice Best Short Overall – 2024 Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Short – 2024 Mendocino Film Festival
Best Short – 2024 Film Threat
Grand Jury Prize – 2024 Short Com International Comedy & Animation Film Festival
Funniest Film – 2024 Short Com International Comedy & Animation Film Festival
Jury Award for Comedy – 2025 Aspen Shortsfest
Best of Fest Grand Prize – 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival
McNeely Audience Award, Best Short Film – 2025 Sonoma Film Festival
Best Actress – 2025 Brussels Short Film Festival
Best Short Audience Award – 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival
Best International Fiction Short Film – 2025 Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de Vila-seca (FICVI)
Best Comedy – 2025 Lytham International Film Festival
Best Comedy – 2025 McMinnville Short Film Festival
Best Narrative Short – 2025 Emberlight Film Festival
Best Comedy Short – 2025 Flagstaff International Film Festival
FESTIVALS:
2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival
2024 Tribeca Film Festival
2024 Cleveland International Film Festival
2024 Mendocino Film Festival
2024 Palm Springs International Short Fest
2024 FILMETS – Badalona Film Festival
2024 Indy Shorts International Film Festival
2024 Salute Your Shorts Festival
2024 Cordillera International Film Festival
2024 Nashville Film Festival
2024 Show Me Shorts
2024 Santa Fe International Film Festival
2024 Hamptons International Film Festival
2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival
2024 Boston Film Festival
2024 ShortCom Film Festival
2024 Heartland International Film Festival
2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival
2024 Manhattan Short Film Festival
2024 Sulmona International Film Festival
2024 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
2024 Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
2024 Mendocino Film Festival
2024 Film Threat
2024 Yellow Barn Film Festival
2024 Loft Film Fest
2024 American Film Festival (Poland)
2024 Short Com International Comedy & Animation Film Festival
2025 Aspen Shortsfest
2025 HollyShorts Film Festival
2025 Sonoma Film Festival
2025 Bend Film Festival
2025 Miami International Film Festival
2025 Show Me Shorts Film Festival
2025 Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival
2025 Brussels Short Film Festival
2025 Milwaukee Film Festival
2025 Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de Vila-seca (FICVI)
2025 Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid
2025 Lytham International Film Festival
2025 Maryland Film Festival
2025 Key West Film Festival
2025 Walla Walla Movie Crush
2025 McMinnville Short Film Festival
2025 Emberlight Film Festival
2025 Flagstaff International Film Festival
2025 Yountville Int’l Short Film Festival
2025 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
2025 Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
2025 Nevada City Film Festival
2025 FIWOM Film Festival for Women’s Rights
2025 deadCenter Film Festival