The 2024 Davis Feminist Film Festival (DFFF) is accepting submissions from October 1, 2023 through November 1, 2023. The 2024 festival will be held in person on May 2–3 at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art in Davis, California, USA.
The Davis Feminist Film Festival is an annual grassroots event that uses alternative media to link art to social issues. DFFF showcases independent film (including documentary, narrative, and experimental genres) in order to explore perspectives often missing from mainstream media and culture. Now, 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, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, ability, and the many other dimensions of social inequality. DFFF is an inspiring, community-building event for artists and audiences alike that takes place each May in Davis, California.
DFFF welcomes short films from local, national, and international creators, and from professionals, students, and community members alike. People whose identities and perspectives are underrepresented in mainstream media are especially encouraged to submit their work for consideration. All films must not run longer than 25 minutes.
DFFF was established in 2005 as a fundraiser for internships with grassroots feminist non-profit organizations. It was originally managed by the Gender and Global Issues (GGI) program as part of the Women and Gender Studies Department 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. DFFF is now in its nineteenth year.
For inquiries about the 2024 festival, please email femfilmfestdavis@gmail.com.