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The history of women's film festivals begins in the early 1970s during the second wave of feminism. [1] The first international women's film festival took place in New York in 1972, and the occurrence of female film festivals soon spread to the rest of the world with festivals happening in Canada and Germany in 1973, France in 1974, and Iran in 1975. [1]
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.
The International Festival of Women's Films was founded by screenwriter Kristina Nordstrom in 1972, who also served as festival director. [2] [7] Nordstrom has previously worked as an assistant to Richard Roud, the co-founder and program director of the New York Film Festival. [8] Publicity materials for the festival stated that its purpose was:
International Images Film Festival for Women; International Women's Film Festival (Australia) International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot; Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln; Io Isabella International Film Week
LA Femme International Film Festival is an annual film festival. It focuses on platforming women filmmakers, "by women, for everyone". The festival was launched in 2005, with the objective of enhancing female directors, producers, and writers. It was the first women-focused festival in Los Angeles. To meet the festival objectives of showcasing ...
The Super 8 festival is the longest-running festival of its kind in the world and features films made with Super 8, a motion-picture film format released in 1965.
In 2019, the festival screened 45 films from 10 countries. [11] In 2020, it went virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 12 ] In 2021, the festival screened 58 films from 20 countries [ 13 ] and featured live stream and in person events. [ 14 ]
The role of women's films was discussed at the Women's Liberation Conference in Melbourne in 1970, [108] and groups such as the Feminist Film Workers collective (1970s and 1980s), Sydney Women"s Film Group (SWFG, 1972–), Melbourne Women's Film Group (1973–), Reel Women (1979 to 1983 in Melbourne), and Women's Film Unit (Sydney and Melbourne ...