Wench Film Festival is India's First Fantastic Film Festival showcasing films made by filmmakers inclusive of BIWOC, LGBTQ+ women, and Non-Binary.
Fantastic Films Include Horror, Sci Fi, and Fantasy!
The Physical festival will be held for 3 DAYS March 1-3, 2024 ! After a successful physical Edition 3 we have decided to not have any screenings online and focus on growing a thriving and engaged community. We will reveal the location soon.
Films completed after March 2022 are eligible.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
V3, 2023 (HYBRID)
25 FILMS ALL SCREENED PHYSICALLY IN 2 LOCATIONS
-OPENING SPEAKER ANVITA DUTT
-MASTERCLASS IN HORROR BY VIKRAM BHATT
-HORROR WRITERS ROOM WITH KAIZAD GUSTAD
-PITCH IT TILL YOU MAKE IT - INDIA'S GIRST HORROR PITCHING SESSION
-LIVE SCORING TO THE FIRST SCI FI FILM - A TRIP TO THE MOON
-DISCUSSING GENRE AND THE GAZE WITH VISHAL FURIA AND ENSIA MIRZA
V Two, 2022 (HYBRID)
47 FILMS
43 DIRECTED BY WOMEN.
6 IMPORTANT PANELS - 23 PANELISTS
-HIGH ON SPIRITS
-NO FREAKINGIdeaWhat THISThingIs (NFT)
-VR HERE
-FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING : THE INSIDE STORY
-I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
-SCREAM QUEENS
V One, 2021 (Virtual)
41 Films -
18 Features
12 Shorts
11 Kids Films
ALL DIRECTED BY WOMEN !
7 Important Panels - 52 Panelist’s
-Consent and Intimacy on Set
-Inclusivity Matters!
-Scream Queens
-Inside Out
-Genre Films
-Sound of Music
-Women In Advertising
With stellar ticket sales in Year 1, 2, and 3 of the festival with titles that were largely discovered at the festival is testimony to what the festival set out to achieve and is probably the best response received for any online festival from India.
ARE YOU READY TO SMASH THAT BLOODY CEILING WITH US?
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PHYSICAL PART OF THE FESTIVAL CAN CHANGE IF COVID STRIKES AGAIN OR SOMETHING NEW CROPS UP! PLEASE CHECK HERE OR ON OUR WEBSITE www.wenchfilmfestival.com FOR UPDATES)
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