WVN Film Festival 2024 Submission - 10th Edition.
Women’s Voices Now is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization using film to drive positive social change that advances girls’ and women’s rights globally.
Our documentary Film Festival promotes emerging women filmmakers using social-change films to advocate for women’s and girls’ rights around the world, by:
- Providing a PLATFORM for emerging filmmakers telling essential, authentic stories.
- Offering CASH PRIZES and VISIBILITY.
- Facilitating NETWORKING with other filmmakers and media industry professionals.
Since 2011, we have awarded $130k in cash prizes, received 965+ film submissions from 85+ countries, and reached audiences in 178 countries.
Submissions.
- Open Sept 1, 2023. We are accepting submissions via:
- FilmFreeway: Submit your film via FilmFreeway
Deadlines.
- Early Bird: October 1, 2023
- Regular: November 1, 2023
- Late: December 1, 2023
Learn more about the festival here. For any questions, please email: .
Fees.
Documentary Features and Shorts
- Early Bird: $25
- Regular: $40
- Late: $60
Youth Documentary Shorts
- Early Bird: $5
- Regular: $10
- Late: $15
Submissions fee waiver:
To request a fee waiver for your documentary film submission, please complete the fee waiver request form..
2024 Awards
Leslie J. Sacks Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Human Rights Documentary
Best Creative Documentary
Best First-time Filmmaker
Best Youth Documentary Short
The Celluloid Ceiling.
Women filmmakers are out there, so why is women-produced content still underrepresented?
- In the United States, women face difficulty in fundraising and attracting interest in films about women and individuals from underrepresented groups
- In Europe, only 16% of available funding goes to films directed by women.
- Stereotypes about women's skills and ambition, and male-dominated networks remain a powerful barrier to entry.
Women Filmmakers: Shattering That Ceiling.
Our independent film festival challenges gender-based stereotypes both on and off the screen. To support this vision, our online film festival:
- We provide a platform for emerging filmmakers telling essential, authentic stories.
- We support our filmmakers with cash prizes and visibility.
- We connect our filmmakers with each other and with film industry professionals.
Our Approach.
- We seek films that address or shine light upon issues affecting women and/or girls through a social-change lens.
- We accept documentary films in the short, feature, and youth categories; and award $10,000 in cash prizes each year.
- We receive submissions from August through November, and celebrate the winners and the film festival in March during Women's History Month.
“The Women’s Voices Now Film Festival provides a rare and special platform for unheard voices and issues, and is a creative boon for independent women filmmakers around the world.”
– Dr. Meena Longjam, Filmmaker
2024 Festival Sponsors.
