Through Women's Eyes Film Festival (TWE) is an international film festival offering films by women filmmakers, with a focus on international women's issues, stories and lives. We seek film offerings from any and all nations.
2019 is the 20th year of TWE, and will take place on April 6 and 7, 2019.
In addition, for the tenth year, we are partnering with the Sarasota Film Festival (SFF), described by Variety as "the acme of regional film festivals". SFF runs from April 5 - April 13, 2018. Each year, SFF shows over 250 films. TWE's films are listed in SFF's annual catalog, which reaches over 30,000 individuals regionally. Feature length narrative and documentary films selected and shown during TWE's weekend festival are also shown one additional time during the the week of the Sarasota Film Festival.
Our typical audience is 100 people for each film. We encourage filmmakers for films selected to attend TWE, as it is a great opportunity to publicize the film and to answer questions from the audience. TWE filmmakers also have an opportunity to meet and network with other festival filmmakers.
TWE is a fundraiser for the US National Committee for UN Women (USNC), an arm of the United Nations. UN Women assists women in developing countries in support of gender equality and women's rights. TWE is a volunteer staffed festival, with no paid staff. Net proceeds of TWE are donated to the USNC for advocacy programs and to support the work of UN Women worldwide.
All films accepted by Through Women's Eyes are eligible for The Sarasota Film Festival Audience Awards. These awards are for each category of film.....Shorts, Narrative Features, and Documentary Features. Eligible films for the Audience Awards are all films screened by TWE and SFF. Several of our films have won the audience award out of over 250 films screened during both festivals.
