Browse our comprehensive list of active film festivals and film screening series all over the world focusing on women filmmakers and female-led movies.
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Current count: 112 festivals worldwide.
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| Name | Date | City | Country | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan International Women's Film Festival | October | Herat | Afghanistan | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| African American Women In Cinema Film Festival | March | New York | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Arab Women's Film Festival (on hold) | March | The Hague | Netherlands | Film |
| Archer Film Festival | April | Los Angeles | United States | Film |
| Athena Film Festival | February | New York | United States | Film |
| Artemis Women In Action Film Festival | April | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Ax Wound Film Festival (Horror) | November | Brattleboro, Vermont | United States | Shorts |
| Bentonville Film Festival | May | Bentonville, Arkansas | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Berlin Feminist Film Week | March | Berlin | Germany | Film |
| Birds Eye View Film Festival (on hold) | April | London | United Kingdom | Film |
| Bluestocking Films | August | Portland, Maine | United States | Shorts, Female Protagonists |
| Brattleboro Women’s Film Festival | March | Brattleboro, Vermont | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Breakthroughs Film Festival | June | Toronto | Canada | Shorts |
| Broad Humor | September | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts, Scripts |
| Brooklyn Girl Film Festival (on hold) | March | New York | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Brooklyn Women's Film Festival | June | New York | United States | Shorts |
| Cairo International Women’s Film Festival | March | Cairo | Egypt | Film |
| California Women’s Film Festival | July | Los Angeles | United States | Film |
| Central Illinois Film Festival | March | Illinois | United States | Film |
| Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival | October | Paris | France | Features |
| Cinewest Women Media Arts and Film Festival | September | Sydney | Australia | Features, Shorts |
| Citizen Jane | October | Columbia, Missouri | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Crankyfest (on hold) | May | Online | Online | Shorts |
| Denver Women+Film Voices Film Festival | April | Denver | United States | Features, Documentaries |
| Directed by Women | September | Screenings Worldwide | Screenings Worldwide | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Elles Tournent – Dames Draaien Festival | January | Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | Film |
| Etheria Film Night | June | Los Angeles | United States | Shorts |
| Everett Film Festival | February | Everett, Washington | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Eroïn Gala | February | Paris | France | Shorts |
| Mama Afrika Film Festival (formerly Udada Film Festival) | September | Nairobi | Kenya | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Female Eye Film Festival | June | Toronto | Canada | Film |
| Ifema | April | Malmö | Sweden | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| FemCine | March | Santiago | Chile | Film |
| Davis Feminist Film | May | Davis, California | United States | Film |
| Femina Fest | December | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Features, Shorts |
| Journées de la femme africaine de l’image | March | Ouagadougou & Banfora | Burkina Faso, Africa | Film |
| FIFFS - Women Film Festival of Salé | September | Salé | Morocco | Film |
| Film Festival Assen | March | Assen | Netherlands | Features, Documentaries |
| Les Femmes Underground Film Festival | September | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels | March | Istanbul | Turkey | Film |
| Films, Femmes, Mediterranée | October | Marseille | France | Features, Shorts |
| Films de Femmes | March | Paris, Créteil | France | Film |
| Film Festival for Women's Rights | September | Seoul | South Korea | Film |
| Frauen Film Festival | April | Dortmund, Cologne | Germany | Film |
| FrauenFilmTage | March | Vienna | Austria | Film |
| FrauenWelten | November | Tübingen | Germany | Film |
| Freiburger Lesben Filmtage | May | Freiburg | Germany | Features, Shorts |
| Fusion Film Festival | April | New York | United States | Film |
| Girls On Film Festival | October | Melbourne | Australia | Film |
| Grrrls On Film Festival - Loyola | March | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Gutsy Gal Film Awards | March | Berkshire, Massachusetts | United States | Features, Shorts |
| High Falls Film Festival | November | Rochester, NY | United States | Film, TV, New Media |
| IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival | March | New Delhi | India | Film |
| Black Laurel Film Festival (formerly International Black Women’s Film Festival) | December | San Francisco | United States | Film |
| International Images Film Festival for Women | August | Harare | Zimbabwe, Africa | Film |
| Jeju Women’s Film Festival (on hold) | September | Jeju City | South Korea | Film |
| Jennifer’s Bodies Film Festival (Horror) | February | Glasgow | Scotland | Features, Shorts |
| Kin Film Festival (on hold) | November | Yerevan | Armenia | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Laboratorio Immagine Donna | November | Florence | Italy | Film |
| Ladybug Film Festival | October | Gothenburg | Sweden | Film |
| Lady Filmmakers Film Festival | September | Beverly Hills | United States | Film, Music, Art |
| LA Femme Film Festival | October | Los Angeles | United States | Film |
| Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival | March | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Berlin Lesbian Film Festival | October | Berlin | Germany | Film |
| London Canada Lesbian Film Festival | May | London | Canada | Film |
| London Feminist Film Festival | August | London | United Kingdom | Film |
| Loyola - NOLA Feminist Film Fest | March | New Orleans | United States | Shorts |
| LunaFest | Year Round | On Tour | United States | Shorts |
| MicGenero | September | Mexico | Mexico | Film |
| Mis Me Binga | June | Yaounde | Cameroon | Film |
| Moondance Film Festival | September | Boulder, Colorado | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs, TV |
| Barcelona Women’s Film Festival | Spring | Barcelona | Spain | Film |
| Mujeres Cine y la TV | November | Mexico | Mexico | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Mujeres en Foco | Spring | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Film |
| Mzansi Women Film Festival | August | Johannesburg | South Africa | Features, Shorts |
| Mumbai Women’s Film Festival | December | Mumbai | India | Film |
| No Man's Land Film Festival | September | Aspen, Colorado | United States | Film |
| Post Alley Film Festival | October | Seattle | United States | Shorts |
| POWFest | March | Portland, Oregon | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| PTFF Women & Film | April | Port Townsend, Washington | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Queer Women of Color Film Festival | June | San Francisco | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Reel Sisters | October | New York | United States | Film |
| Reel Women Hong Kong | March | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Film |
| Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival | November | Colorado Springs | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| UN Women Global Voices Film Festival | September | San Francisco | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Scream Queen Filmfest Tokyo (Horror) | October | Tokyo | Japan | Shorts |
| Season Film Festival | April | Helsinki | Finland | Features, Shorts |
| Sguardi Altrove Film Festival | March | Milan | Italy | Film |
| Seen & Heard Film Festival Melbourne | November | Melbourne | Australia | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Sick Chick's Film Festival | November | Cary, New Carolina | United States | Shorts |
| Senior Women’s Film Festival | November | Osaka | Japan | Film |
| Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival | April | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | Features, Shorts |
| WIFTS - Women's International Film & Television Showcase | December | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Through Women’s Eyes Film Festival | April | Sarasota, Florida | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Tricky Women Festival | March | Vienna | Austria | Animated Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Flying Broom Festival (on hold) | May | Ankara | Turkey | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Underwire Film Festival | November | London | United Kingdom | Shorts |
| SIWIFF - Seoul International Women`s Film Festival | June | Seoul | South Korea | Film |
| Women’s Film Society Bangladesh (on hold) | March | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Film |
| WIF Dallas Flicks by Chicks Film Festival | October | Dallas, Texas | United States | Shorts |
| FFS - For Film’s Sake Festival (formerly WOW Film Festival) | April | Sydney | Australia | Shorts |
| Women Make Waves Film Festival | October | Taipei City | Taiwan | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| VIWIFF - Vancouver Women in Film Festival | March | Vancouver | Canada | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| WIFF - Women's International Film & Arts Festival | June | New York | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| St. John’s Women’s Film Festival | October | St. John's | Canada | Film |
| WOCAF - Women of Color Arts and Film | March | Atlanta | United States | Film |
| Wfilm Online Fest (formerly Women's Film Institute) | Fall | Online | Online | Shorts |
| Women’s Independent Film Festival | March | Los Angeles | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Women Texas Film Festival | August | Dallas | United States | Features, Shorts |
| Women of African Descent Film Festival | June | New York | United States | Features, Shorts, Docs |
| Women’s Voices Now Online Film Fest | March | Online | Online | Features, Shorts, Docs |
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