The International Women’s Film Festival Network (IWFFN) was created in 2012 to support and promote women’s voices, visions and leadership, both onscreen and behind the scenes.The Network will strive to amplify the visibility of women filmmakers, more prominently showcase their work across the globe, and demonstrate that audiences attend films about women and girls.
In recent years as distribution methods are changing, the film festival circuit has become even more crucial to the success of a film. By working in collaboration, the Network will expand and enhance the importance of women’s film festivals and will encourage filmmakers and distributors to premiere and screen their films at these festivals.
The Network will create a database of women’s film festivals and will serve as a forum for members to exchange knowledge and expertise.
Please let us know if we are missing festivals and we will send them requests. It is easy to join. Here are the requirements: Membership in the Network is open to any independent film festival that has staged at least one festival within the last three years and whose programs are dedicated to screening films by or about women and girls.
The Network was conceived at the Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival in 2012 and is housed at the Athena Film Festival.
FORTY YEARS ON: Women’s Film Festivals Today
Forty Years On: Women’s Film Festivals Today from Athena Film Festival on Vimeo.
This video documents a round table discussion held on September 10th, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
In the face of such gender inequity in the industry and corresponding neglect of women’s productions by mainstream festivals, a growing movement of women’s film festivals around the world has committed to showcasing films by women and films about women. These festivals play a significant role by exhibiting work that may not otherwise find a venue and by offering settings for conversations that may not take place in mainstream festivals.
MODERATOR
Kay Armatage
Former TIFF international programmer, Professor Emerita University of TorontoPANELISTS:
Norma Guevara, Program Director, Films de Femmes, Creteil, the world’s longest continuously running women’s film festivalMelissa Silverstein, Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Athena Film Festival, New York
Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director, Women Make Movies (NY)
This discussion celebrates the 40th anniversary of Toronto International Women & Film 1973.
Forty Years On: Women’s Film Festivals Today is co-sponsored by the International Women’s Film Network, the Female Eye Film Festival, Women in View, Women Make Movies and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT).
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