Willow O'Feral  

WILLOW O'FERAL is the award-winning director, producer and cinematographer of two feature documentary films, Break the Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories and Sisters Rising. Willow is a 2022 DOC NYC “40 Under 40” filmmaker, a Fledgling Fellow at the 2018 DX Investigative Film Festival, and a proud member of New Day Films and the Film Fatales. She co-founded Haptic Pictures which produces beautiful original content around pressing issues of social justice. Break the Silence was awarded the 2018 Choice Champion Award from Planned Parenthood of New England, and the 2019 Best Documentary Feature Award at La Frontera Queer Film Festival. Sisters Rising premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2020 where it won the Honorable Mention Big Sky Award, and is broadcast by PBS’ America ReFramed/WORLD CHANNEL. Sisters Rising has earned numerous recognitions including Best Film Award from Women’s Voices Now Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary at the American Indian Film Festival, a Silver Telly Award for Social Impact, and a Media For A Just Society Award 2022. Willow is originally from Northern California and now lives in Vermont. (10/22)