Toronto International Women Film Festival

Toronto Women Film Festival celebrates and recognizes films made by talented female filmmakers from all over the world. The festival is an IMDb qualifying seasonal and annual festival in partnership with Toronto Film Channel and sponsored by Toronto Film Magazine. The festival also screens best films about women every year in Carlton Cinema of downtown Toronto and various art centers in Toronto.

Every seasonal edition, the festival focuses on female driven stories, independent female directors, producers, writers, actresses, cinematographers, editors, and all female artists contributing to the language of cinema as women in film.

Toronto Women Festival has become one of the most popular festivals dedicated to female talents in the film industry. The festival also promotes and provides online screening through Toronto Film Channel to about 150 shorts and 25 features every year. Every year in July, we also screen films about women for three days through Carlton Cinema and Toronto Film Channel.

The festival also selects films created by all genders from all over the world from various backgrounds, cultures and traditions dealing with women in society. Films created by male directors about female characters are qualified to submit to the festival as well and may be selected for live screening in the cinema for the annual program.

The seasonal festival aims to discover, promote, screen and award female filmmakers and stories dealing with women in societies around the world.

The members of our jury have been selected from award winning artists working in media from Canada, United States, Austria, Germany, Japan, Iran, India, Sweden, United Kingdom and all over the world. Award winning artists of Toronto Women Film Festival can also apply to become a member of the jury for a new edition of the IMDb qualifying competition in order to vote for one of the assigned categories under the supervision of the artistic director and the festival management team.

It is important to recognize talented female voices and female artists from all over the world. Our seasonal screening is offered to all the official selections and nominees upon request from the producers.