Miami Women Film Festival is an international online film festival and script competition dedicated to promoting, recognizing, and supporting female voices in cinema.

Over the past few years, we have successfully selected and nominated female artists in media who have joined our team as award winners, jury members, and festival programmers. Our mission is to discover and promote female directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, and editors working across various genres in both fiction and documentary.

In every edition, the festival team confidently nominates and promotes projects to film industry members through diverse digital platforms. We are passionate about the language of cinema and firmly believe in the power of women in film and media. Our festival offers a robust platform for independent women filmmakers to showcase their work and gain recognition and support as indie filmmakers and artists.

We are actively seeking talented female directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers, and editors in all genres that inspire and challenge the cinematic language. Additionally, we are looking for actresses to compete in our acting contest and gain further recognition on IMDb and through our platform. The Miami Women Film Festival is dedicated to amplifying female voices.

Awards & Prizes

Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Director
Best Producer
Best Actress
Best Cinematographer
Best Editor
Best Makeup
Best Animation
Best Comedy
Best Experimental
Best Indie Film
Best Music Video
Best Composer
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Short Screenplay

Rules & Terms

All submissions must be digital through FilmFreeway.
All submissions must be the original work or submitter must own the rights to the submitted work.
By submitting your project, you authorize the festival to use clips or full digital assets supplied (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
Films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).
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  • Youlanda Burnett

    This was my first nomination; you never forget your first. I was unsure about this little movie with so many previous rejections, but this was truly a motivating selection.

    May 2026
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  • Xiaopei Wang

    Hi, I’m following up regarding Fireside, listed on your winners page as Best Indie Film. I emailed on May 4 and May 11 but have not received any response regarding laurels, certificate, physical award information, or FilmFreeway status. I also noticed that your FilmFreeway page is featuring my personal photo and film poster. I would really appreciate an update.

    May 2026
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  • Anngeannette Pinkston

    When I entered our film into your festival and found out that we were selected, as a Nominee, We Won. Thank you for thinking that our film, our movie was good enough to become selected and Nominated in your prestigious Film Festival. Anngeannette

    March 2026
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  • Nancy Joy

    What an honor to have been recognized by this festival.
    Thank you so much!

    January 2026
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  • Ronya Man

    Getting selected by Miami Women Film Festival was a highlight. It is the third festival our film gets into, on another side of the globe (afterTokyo) and it strengthened our belief that our film , They Call Lambs Heroes, touches cross cultural audiences, and has a story which, though set in Nigeria, has no borders . Thank you again for this special recognition, and for the work you do - it plays an important role in women’s cinema worldwide.

    January 2026
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