The 12th Annual Nevada Women's Film Festival returns to fabulous Las Vegas March 19-22, 2026!

NWFFest is an annual event to celebrate and support the fair representation of women in film, and provide a platform for historically marginalized voices. We invite submissions from all genres, shorts and features, fiction, documentary and animation.

We are the only festival in the state of Nevada to showcase women directors and women in key creative positions. We also seek stories with strong and complex female characters or subjects.

We support a diversity of worldview, background, and experience. Filmmakers of all genders from all over the world are encouraged to submit to the festival.

Our fest features esteemed honorees, panels, discussions, parties and more. NWFFest is a project of Women in Film (WIF) Nevada.

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Drama
Best Short Comedy
Best Short Documentary
Best Female Protagonist
Spirit of Activism Award
Outstanding LGBTQ+ Representation
Best Student Film
Best Animated Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Nevada Film
Audience Favorite
Honorees: Vanguard Award, Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year, Nevada Woman of Achievement, Spirit of Community Arts

Rules & Terms

Submissions are open until 11:59pm, January 5th, 2026. But don't wait until then:

Early bird submission thru October 31st, 2025!
$25 shorts / $30 Features (over 40 minutes)

Regular submission is thru November 30th, 2025
$30 shorts / $40 Features (over 40 minutes)

Late submission is thru December 20th, 2025:
$50 shorts / $75 Features (over 40 minutes)

Extended late submission is thru January 9th, 2026:
$75 shorts / $100 Features (over 40 minutes)

Notification date is January 20th, 2026

Our tech requirements are as follows:
Exhibition format: .mov/.mp4 is required per festival venue requirements.

Also, if accepted, the final submitted version of your film must include English Closed Captions (.SRT file) and Open Captions version (burned-in English subtitles [white font with a black background]).

● Nevada Women’s Film Festival is not responsible for captioning costs or cost to transfer in the appropriate exhibition format, however we can guide you to resources, such as the website of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD): https://www.nad.org/resources/technology/captioning-for-access/what-is-captioning/

Ticket and venue is on our website.

Filmmakers are responsible for their own travel arrangements, but we will offer a host hotel with discounted rates.

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  • Park Hae-oh

    It was a wonderful experience to be part of the Nevada Women’s Film Festival. The communication from the festival team was clear, timely, and very supportive throughout the process. I truly appreciated the warm hospitality and the opportunity to connect with other filmmakers.
    This festival creates a meaningful platform for diverse voices and powerful storytelling, and it is evident that great care is put into curating and supporting the selected films.
    Thank you sincerely for the opportunity and for organizing such a thoughtful and inspiring festival. I am very grateful to have been included.

    April 2026
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  • Night Maire

    Nevada Women’s Film Fest was so much fun and very well run! Our short musical comedy "Catalogue of Noses" got a lotta love, particularly from program director Nikki! Plus, we were honoured to be nominated for an award in a very tough category.

    April 2026
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  • Aaron W. Brown

    BIG THANK YOU to Nikki Corda and her amazing staff for welcoming us and nominating our film Lolly Dagger Eats Sponge Cake in this year's NVWFF. This was our Nevada screening premiere and what a great reception. It was wonderful to be honored among such a powerhouse of female talent - films from around the world and of every genre. And Met so many nice people!!

    April 2026
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  • Venessa M. Diaz

    We were honored to have our film THE ROAD TO LILITH selected for this years NWFF. Thank you to all behind this incredible festival and congratulations to all the filmmakers.

    April 2026
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  • Lyssa Samuel

    Nevada Women's Film Festival had really exceptional organization and communication. I wish I could have attended in person and I greatly appreciate that they made panels available remotely. I'm grateful that my horror short, Rash got to be apart of the 2026 programming.

    I really recommend this festival and it's on my short list to go in person in the future whether I have a film screening or not. The team really cares about filmmakers and provides a ton of value and great informational panels.

    March 2026
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