Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival | Open for entries

The 5th Annual Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival is now open for submissions. Starting October 16th through February 5, 2018, filmmakers may submit via Film Freeway  http://bit.ly/2yQnqyj. The Festival celebrates and awards the best films from around the world that highlight women’s rights issues and inspire social change. 

The 5th Annual Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival is now open for submissions. Starting October 16th through February 5, 2018, filmmakers may submit via Film Freeway  http://bit.ly/2yQnqyj.

The Festival celebrates and awards the best films from around the world that highlight women’s rights issues and inspire social change. Filmmakers compete for $10,000 in cash prizes, media features, and the opportunity to have their films added to the Women’s Voices Now Film Archive, the “Netflix of feminist films,” for global promotion and viewing.

“The daily acts of courage being carried out by women around the world speaking out against violence against women – of all forms – shows us now, more than ever, the power of women’s voices to effect change. From Hollywood and corporate offices, to schools and individual households, women are refusing to remain silent in the face of inequality, abuse, and worst of all, complacency and indifference. Now is the time to become part of our movement. Now is the time to lead out loud by participating as a filmmaker, as an activist, and as a decent human being.” – Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Director, Women’s Voices Now

Each year, films are selected from over 174 countries and are viewed by over 150,000 audiences online internationally. The alarming events highlighting the ongoing struggle for women’s rights emphasize, more than ever, the dire necessity for the WVN Online Film Festival.

Categories:
Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Narrative Short, Experimental (Animation, music video, etc)

Deadlines:
October 16, 2017 (Submissions Open)
December 1, 2017 (Earlybird Deadline, $15.00)
February 5, 2018 (Regular Deadline $20.00)
February 15, 2018 (Late Deadline $30.00)

Submit via Film Freeway  http://bit.ly/2yQnqyj by February 5, 2018.

MORE ABOUT WOMEN’S VOICES NOW:
Women’s Voices Now (WVN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization creating an interconnected and mobilized women’s rights community, working together to improve the status of women worldwide with social issues themed films. Using the medium of film, we foster awareness of women’s rights issues and provide clear channels of action that encourage our viewers to join the global women’s rights movement. With our Fiscal Sponsorship and Mentorship Programs, WVN supports the important work of filmmakers striving to create impactful and timely cinema. WVN has been a special consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) since 2017.

WHAT WE DO:
Women’s Voices Now connects artists, activists, content creators, educators and audiences worldwide with our annual film festival which awards $10,000 in cash prizes to support filmmakers, through our expansive online film archive, with films available 24/7 to stream for free, with our free educational screening packages and curriculum, our ambassador program where individuals can screen our films and host advocacy events, through our workshops for underserved communities of people and with our filmmaker fiscal sponsorship program and other resources. Using films from our annual online film festival we are able to promote women’s rights awareness, host advocacy events, create community and foster dialogue about pressing women’s rights issues worldwide.