The 2023 Davis Feminist Film Festival (DFFF) will begin accepting admissions on October 20, 2022. Admissions will close on November 18, 2022. The 2023 festival will be held in-person on May 18–19, in Davis, California, USA.
The Davis Feminist Film Festival is an annual grassroots event that uses alternative media as a springboard for linking art to social issues. The festival aims to showcase independent film (including documentary, narrative, and experimental genres) in order to explore perspectives often missing from mainstream media and culture. Now, in its eighteenth year, the Davis Feminist Film Festival is increasingly international in scope and provides an inclusive public space for artists at the margins—particularly those with marginalized racial and/or gender identities—to raise consciousness about gender, race, class, sexuality, and many other dimensions of social inequality. The festival takes place each May in Davis, California, USA. It is a fun, inspiring, community-building event for artists and audiences alike.
The Davis Feminist Film Festival welcomes short films from local, national, and international creators, and from professionals, students, and community members alike. People whose identities are underrepresented in film/media are especially encouraged to submit a film for consideration. All films must not run longer than 25 minutes.
The Davis Feminist Film Festival began in 2005 as a fundraiser for international internships with grassroots feminist non-profit organizations. It was originally managed by the Gender and Global Issues (GGI) program as part of Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis. In 2007, when funding for GGI ended, the Consortium for Women and Research partnered with other campus units to sustain and grow the festival until 2014. Since 2015, the Davis Feminist Film Festival has been managed by the UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center.
For inquiries about the 2023 festival, please email femfilmfestdavis@gmail.com.