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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:
On the big screen: 12 movies you didn't know were filmed or set in Central Jersey “Dream Screen,” which is not part of the festival’s competition, is the first film Nigrin is showing at the ...
The competition is open to women from around the world who have made a feature-length documentary, a short length fiction and a documentary film. [citation needed] The festival offers a number of prizes, including several Audience awards and the "Grand Jury Prize." There is a festival archive containing more than 10,000 films by women.
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 ...
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The Cairo International Women's Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان القاهرة الدولي لسينما المرأة) or CIWFF is an independent initiative dedicated to introducing films directed by women from around the world [2] —not necessarily addressing women's issues—to explore the perspectives of female filmmakers.