List of women's film festivals

Women's film festivals are film events geared to promote women in the film industry. Women’s film festivals began due to the lack of female voice within the film industry.^[1] To combat this hindrance, their own film festival was designed. Most women's film festivals only screen films directed, produced, or written by women. Some film festivals only invite women to attend. Sometimes, some events or awards are also geared towards men, if their work promotes women's career paths or visibility in the industry.

Name	Est.	City	Country	Type	Notes	Website
Afghanistan International Women's Film Festival	2004	Herat	Afghanistan	International		afghanistanintwomenfilmfestival.com
Aichi International Women’s Film Festival	1996	Aichi	Japan	International		aiwff.com
Another Experiment by Women Film Festival	2010	New York	United States	Special interest	Promoting and screening women’s experimental films, many featuring underrepresented themes and issues distinct to women and girls.	axwonline.com
Archer Film Festival	2012	Los Angeles	United States	Special interest	High school film festival, not exclusive to women filmmakers	archerfilmfestival.org
Artemis Women In Action Film and music Festival	2015/19/20	Los Angeles	United States	International	Dedicated to honouring female action and empowerment heroes.	https://www.artemisfilmfestival.com/mission/]
Aswan International Women’s Film Festival	2017	Aswan	Egypt	International		aiwff.org
Athena Film Festival	2009	New York	United States	International	Barnard College event focusing on "fearless women leaders"	athenafilmfestival.com
Ax Wound Film Festival		Brattleboro	United States	Special interest	Horror films made by women	filmfreeway.com/AxWoundFilmFestival
Barcelona International Women's Film Festival	1992	Barcelona	Spain	International		mostrafilmsdones.cat
Beirut International Women Film Festival	2016	Beirut	Lebanon	International	Organized by Beirut Film Society, under the theme “Women for Change”	beirutwomenfilmfestival.com
Bentonville Film Festival	2015	Bentonville	United States	International	Partner of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media	bentonvillefilmfestival.com
Berlin Feminist Film Week		Berlin	Germany	International	Feminist films	berlinfeministfilmweek.com
		Berlin	Germany	International	Films of lesbian interest; on hiatus	lesbenfilmfestival.de
Birds-Eye View Film Festival	2002	London	United Kingdom	International	In 2014, changed from annual festival to various year-round events around the UK	birds-eye-view.co.uk
Boston Women's Film Festival	2018	Boston	United States	International		bostonwomensfest.org
Breakthroughs Film Festival	2011	Toronto	Canada	International	Short films of all genres	breakthroughsfilmfestival.com
Brooklyn Girl Film Festival	2012	Brooklyn	United States	International	Disbanded in 2015
Brooklyn Women's Film Festival	2017	Brooklyn	United States	International		brooklynwomensfilmfestival.com
Broad Humor	2015	Venice, California	United States	International	The goal is to fill the near total void of comic films by women in film festivals around the country.	broadhumor.com
Cairo International Women's Film Festival	2008	Cairo	Egypt	International		cairowomenfilmfest.com
California Women’s Film Festival		Los Angeles	United States	International		calwomensfest.com
CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival	2017	Bellingham, Washington	United States	International		cascadiafilmfest.org
China Women's Film Festival	2013	Beijing	China	International		chinawomensff.net
Citizen Jane Film Festival	2008	Columbia, Missouri	United States	International	On hold, as festival plans change of mission and style	citizenjanefilmfestival.org
Corto Helvetico al Femminile		Muralto	Switzerland	International	Women's International Short Film Festival	festival-chf.ch
	2019	San Francisco , California	United States	International	COVEN Film Festival is devoted to films by women and non-binary filmmakers from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. By spotlighting these under-represented voices, we aim to tell and amplify their stories to new audiences and the filmmaking community.	covenfilmfestival.com
Crucial 21st Century Cinema #DirectedbyWomen	2015	Online		International	Communal blogging initiative, invites the world to turn its attention to work by women directors that premiered (or first aired) during the 21st century	directedbywomen.com
Davis Feminist Film Festival	2006	UC Davis	United States	International	Grassroots festival of short films from around the world	davis-feminist-film-festival
Detroit SheTown Film Festival	2018	Detroit	United States	International	Short films by or about women	detroitshetownfilmfestival.com
Dublin Feminist Film Festival	2014	Dublin	Ireland	International	Celebrating and showcasing fantastic female filmmaking	dublinfeministfilmfestival.com
Elles Tournent – Dames Draaien Festival	2009	Brussels	Belgium	International		ellestournent.be
Eroïn Gala	2012	Paris	France	International	Short films	eroin.us
Etheria Film Night	2014	Los Angeles	United States	Special interest	Horror, sci-fi, thriller, dark comedy short films	etheriafilmnight.com
Eve Film Festival	2018	Ottawa	Canada	International	A feminist event that showcases and supports work by women* (cis and trans) and genderqueer directors in film	evefilmfestival.ca
Everett Film Festival	1997	Everett	United States	International		everettfilmfestival.org
Female Eye Film Festival	2001	Toronto	Canada	International		femaleeyefilmfestival.com
FemCine	2010	Santiago	Chile	International	Includes some films by men	femcine.cl
Fem Film Festival	2019	Bangkok	Thailand	International	Focus on Southeast Asian films. Presented by	bkksr.com/movies/fem-film-festival-2019
Femina Fest	2004	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	International	On hold	feminafest.com
Feminale	1984	Cologne	Germany	International	Became International Women's Film Festival Dortmund \| Cologne
Feminist & Queer International Film Festival	2015	Bucharest	Romania	International	Disbanded	faqiff.ro/
Festival Internacional de Cine hecho por Mujeres	2018	Madrid	Spain	International	All kind of movies made by women: comedies, crime thrillers, war movies, terror movies, science fiction, adventure... in any format: fiction, documentary or animation.	festivalcinepormujeres.com
FIFFS - Women Film Festival of Salé	2005	Salé	Morocco	International		fiffs.ma
Films, Femmes, Mediterranée	2005	Marseille	France	International	Focusing on filmmakers and actresses from Mediterranean countries	films-femmes-med.org
Film Festival Assen	1980	Assen	Netherlands	International	Films focusing on women in front of and behind the camera	filmfestivalassen.nl
Film Festival for Women's Rights	2006	Seoul	South Korea	International	Focusing on subjects relating to violence against women	fiwom.org
Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels	2003	Istanbul, Bodrum	Turkey	International		filmmor.org
Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival	1997	Ankara	Turkey	International		ucansupurge.org.tr
For Film's Sake (formerly the WOW Film Festival)	1996	Sydney	Australia	International		forfilmssake.org/festival
FrauenFilmTage	2004	Vienna	Austria	International		frauenfilmtage.at
Freiburger Lesben Filmtage	1990	Freiburg	Germany	International	Lesbian interest films	freiburger-lesbenfilmtage.de
Fusion Film Festival	2003	New York	United States	International	NYU festival	fusionfilmfestival.com
hecho x mujeres	2008	Rosario, Santa Fe	Argentina	International	Disbanded in 2014	festivalhechoxmujeres.blogspot.com/
HER Docs Film Festival	2019	Warsaw	Poland	International	Showcasing documentary films, animations, experimental films and video artworks directed by women.	herdocs.pl
High Falls Film Festival	2001	Rochester	United States	International		highfallsfilmfestival.com
Hollywood Women's Film Festival	2019	Hollywood	United States	International	Hosted by the Hollywood Women's Film Institute. All submissions must be directed, produced and written by women.	hollywoodwomensfilminstitute.org
IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival	2005	New Delhi	India	International	Films directed by Asian women	iawrt.org
Ifema	2006	Malmö	Sweden	International	Screens films by women directors	femalefilmfestival.se
Imagine This Women's International Film Festival	2016	Brooklyn	United States	International		imaginethisprods.com
Black Laurel Film (formerly International Black Women's Film Festival)	2001	San Francisco	United States	International	Screens media by and/or about Black women from around the world in non-stereotypical, non-pornographic roles.	blacklaurelfilms.com
International Images Film Festival for Women	2002	Harare	Zimbabwe	International	Films by African women filmmakers	capatrust.orgl
International Women's Film Festival Dortmund \| Cologne	2006	Dortmund and Cologne	Germany	International	Merger of Feminale Cologne (founded 1984) and Femme Totale Dortmund (founded 1987). The festival alternates between both cities. Focus on LGBT and Feminist films.	frauenfilmfestival.eu
International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot	2004	Rehovot	Israel	International	Disbanded in 2014
Io Isabella International Film Week	2005	Valsinni	Italy	International	Disbanded in 2007
Journées de la femme africaine de l’image	2014	Ouagadougou & Banfora	Burkina Faso	International	Featuring films by African women filmmakers	journeefemmeafricaine.com
KIN International Film Festival	2003	Yerevan	Armenia	International		kinfestival.com
LA Femme Film Festival	2005	Los Angeles	United States	International		lafemme.org
Laboratorio Immagine Donna	1979	Florence	Italy	International		iwfffirenze.it/
LadyBug Festival	2009	Gothenburg	Sweden	International	Short films	adybugfestival.com
Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival	2015	Phoenix/Traveling	United States	International	Centered on the subversive, unique, and innovative. showcases artists from all walks of life creating work that redefines the manner in which women are represented in mainstream cinema	lesfemmesinternational.org
Lethal Lesbian	2008	Tel Aviv	Israel	International	Film festival by and about women who love women	lethallesbian.com
London Feminist Film Festival	2012	London	United Kingdom	International	Screens films on feminist subjects; on hiatus in 2019	londonfeministfilmfestival.com
London Lesbian Film Festival	1991	London, Ontario	Canada	International	Lesbian-interest films	llff.ca
LUNAFEST	2000	Traveling, multi-city	United States	International	Short films	lunafest.org
Malmö Arab Film Festival	2011	Malmö	Sweden	International	Arab cinema	maffswe.com
Udada Film Festival	2014	Nairobi	Kenya	International	Status: Active We support and celebrate women in the arts; music, dance, fine arts, theatre, spoken word and film.	http://dadatrust.net
Melbourne Women in Film Festival	2017	Melbourne	Australia	National		mwff.org.au
MicGenero	2012	Mexico City	Mexico	International	Bringing gender studies and human rights closer to a diverse audience that may or may not be familiar with these issues through film and other disciplines.	micgenero.com
Mis Me Binga	2009	Yaoundé	Cameroon	International		mismebinga.wordpress.com
Mujeres Cine y la TV	2002	Mexico City	Mexico	International		mujerescineytv.org
Mujeres en Foco		Buenos Aires	Argentina	International		mujeresenfoco.com.ar
Mumbai Women's International Film Festival	2013	Mumbai	India	International	Disbanded in 2014
Mzansi Women Film Festival	2012	Johannesburg	South Africa	International	Apparently ceased in 2017
Ndiva Women’s Film Festival	2017	Accra	Ghana	International	Brings African women filmmakers and women filmmakers of African descent in the Diaspora together for networking, screenings and promotion	ndivawff.org
Nevada Women's Film Festival	2015	Las Vegas	United States	International		nwffest.com
No Man’s Land Film Festival	2015	Aspen	United States	Special interest	Adventure films	nomanslandfilmfestival.org
Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Cinema no Feminino	2013	Lisbon	Portugal	International	Screens films by Mediterranean women	olharesdomediterraneo.org
Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival	1989	Paris	France	International	A women-only film festival screening lesbian and feminist films	cineffable.fr
Port Townsend Film Festival - Women & Film	2017	Port Townsend	United States	International	Edition of the general Port Townsend Film Festival	ptfilmfest.com
Porto Femme - International Film Festival	2018	Porto	Portugal	International	An international film festival dedicated to people who identify as women.	[1]
Post Alley Film Festival		Seattle	United States	International	Short films	postalleyfilmfestival.com
POW Film Fest	2008	Portland	United States	International		powfilmfest.com
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora	1997	Brooklyn	United States	International	Festival for women of color filmmakers	reelsisters.com
Queer Women of Color Film Festival	2005	San Francisco	United States	International	Free event featuring work by queer women of color, to combat bias and nurture artist-activists, leading to social change	qwocmap.org/festival
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival	1987	Colorado Springs	United States	International		rmwfilminstitute.org
SAGA: Adelaide International Women's Film Festival	2019	Adelaide	Australia	International	Based on SAGA: Stockholm Women's Film Festival; grassroots festival aiming to enable women and girls to tell and shape their own stories.	sagaadelaidewiff.com
Scream Queen Filmfest Tokyo	2013	Tokyo	Japan	Special interest	Horror, science fiction, dark-fantasy, thriller, grind house, noir, dark/horror comedy (currently on hold (2019))
Season Film Festival	2001	Helsinki	Finland	International	Stems from the Woman or Artichoke film festival created in 2001; tagline: "Love & Anarchy"	hiff.fi/seasonfilmfestival
Seoul International Women's Film Festival	1987	Seoul	South Korea	International		siwff.or.kr
Shashat Women’s Film Festival	2005	Ramallah	Palestine		Longest-running women's festival in the Arab world, with screenings in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip	shashat.org
Some Prefer Cake	2006	Bologna	Italy	International	Lesbian film festival	someprefercakefestival.com
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival	1989	St. John's	Canada	International		womensfilmfestival.com
Stockholm Feminist Film Festival	2017	Stockholm	Sweden	International	Largest women's film festival in Scandinavia	sthlmfemfilm.se
Stranger With My Face	2012	Hobart, Tasmania	Australia	Special interest	Horror and related genres; on hiatus
Sydney Women's International Film Festival (SWIFF)	2021	Sydney	Australia	International	To support gender diversity in the film industry	www.swiff.org.au/
THE ONE International Women’s Film Festival	2016	Chengdu	China	International
Through Women’s Eyes	2000	Sarasota	United States	International		throughwomenseyes.com
Topaz Film Festival (formerly Flicks by Chicks)	2001	Dallas	United States	International	Screening films by independent filmmakers; must have women in at least 2 key roles.	wifdallas.org
TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES	2001	Vienna	Austria	Special interest	Animation	trickywomen.at
Underwire Festival	2010	London	United Kingdom	International		underwirefestival.com
Vancouver Women in Film Festival	1989	Vancouver	Canada	International		womeninfilm.ca
WOCAF - Women of Color Arts and Film	2005	Atlanta and Lagos	United States Nigeria	International		wocaf.org
Women+Film	2010	Denver	United States	International	Women's film festival edition of the Denver Film Festival	denverfilm.org/women-plus-film-festival
Women International Film Festival	2017	Islamabad	Pakistan	International	Goal to encourage and facilitate young girls and women to use self-expression, storytelling, fiction, and citizen journalism through filmmaking to raise their voice and create social change.	womenthroughfilm.com
Women Make Waves	1993	Taipei	Taiwan	International		wmw.org.tw
WOMEN Media Arts and Film Festival	2013	Sydney	Australia	International	Women's film and media	cinewest.org
Women of African Descent Film Festival	2002	Brooklyn	United States	International	Short films	brooklynartscouncil.org
Women of Color Film Festival	1987	Santa Cruz	United States	International	Screens films by women of color, providing a platform for critical explorations of race, nation, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality	qwocmap.org
Women of the Lens	2018	London	United Kingdom	International	Film, Broadcast and Digital programming. Created to celebrate and highlight achievements of black women and WOC in UK creative industries.	womenofthelens.com
Women Over 50 Film Festival	2015	Brighton	United Kingdom	International	Showcases work of older women on screen and behind the camera with an annual short film festival and year round events and film screenings	wofff.co.uk
Women Texas Film Festival	2016	Dallas	United States	International	Tagline: Leaders, Radicals, Storytellers	womentxff.org
Women's Film Festival	1990	Brattleboro	United States	International		womensfilmfestival.org
Women’s Film Festival San Diego		San Diego	United States	International	Hosted by the Women's Museum of California to provide female storytellers a platform to share their work, connect with each other and a uniquely supportive audience.	womensfilmfestivalsandiego.com
Women’s Film Society Bangladesh	2013	Dhaka	Bangladesh		On hold
Women’s International Film & Arts Festival	2005	Miami & New York	United States	International		womensfilmfest.com
Women’s International Film & Television Showcase	2008	Los Angeles	United States	International		thewifts.org
Women’s Rights Nights	2010	Skopje	North Macedonia	International	Documentary film festival, screening films relating to women's rights	womensrightsnights.net
Women’s Voices Now Online Film Fest	2010	Online		International	Advocating social impact through films about women’s rights issues	womensvoicesnow.org
Women X Film Festival	2020	Darlington	United Kingdom	International		filmfreeway.com/WomenX
Worldwide Women's Film Festival	2018	Phoenix	United States	International		wwfilmfestival.com
Her International Film Festival	2020	Kerry	Ireland	International		filmfreeway.com/YoungWomenInFilm