Women Over 50 Film Festival

1) Your film has to have a woman over 50 at its centre or a woman over 50 in the core creative team (writer, producer or director).

2) The maximum length for films are:
animation – 12 minutes
experimental – 12 minutes
drama - 20 minutes
documentary – 25 minutes

3) Your film has to be in English or have English subtitles.

4) You must pay a fee to submit your film if you are a non-student filmmaker (Earlybird, Regular and Late submissions have different fees).

5) You may send more than one film, but a submission fee must be paid for each entry and a separate application must be made for each film.

6) Submission to WOFFF constitutes agreement to all rules, regulations and conditions here and your consent that your film be considered for any awards that may be given at WOFFF.

7) Submission also certifies that all film and music rights, licenses and clearances have been obtained in accordance with UK copyright laws. WOFFF will not be responsible for any copyright infringement.

8) By submitting, you agree not to withdraw your film from WOFFF after it has been accepted by the WOFFF selection team.

9) By submitting, you give us permission to use publicity stills provided and up to 30 seconds of footage for use in WOFFF marketing and publicity.

10) WOFFF is committed to making screenings and events accessible to all, including people who are D/deaf and Hard of Hearing. If your film is selected, you give WOFFF permission to add inclusive features, like subtitles or captions to your film if it doesn’t already have them.

11) By submitting, you are agreeing, if your film is selected, to WOFFF screening your film at WOFFF23 an in-person festival (in a physical venue) or as part of WOFFF23 a virtual, online festival.

12) If your film is selected, you give us permission to screen your film at the WOFFF Best of the Fest tour and other WOFFF events following WOFFF 2023 until December 2024.

13) A “Student Film” is one directed by a student currently in full or part-time adult education, or who has graduated in the last academic year (i.e., for WOFFF 2023 submissions, students who graduated in 2022) which complies with all the rules about film submissions. WOFFF will require proof of student status. Please see Custom Form for further information about student submissions and attachments you must send WOFFF.

14) If submitted to the Student category, you must inform WOFFF of your official school, college or university email address and postal address, as well as informing WOFFF of the course and the qualification you are studying for. See the Custom Form for further details.

15) WOFFF is committed to screening a diversity of older women’s voices worldwide. A limited bursary fund is available to assist filmmakers with their submissions fees to enable them to submit work to WOFFF. Since 2017 WOFFF has offered bursaries to filmmakers with work from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the USA and the UK. To apply for a submission bursary, please request further information by sending an email to (info[@]wofff.co.uk).

16) This is a competition for completed short drama film scripts up to five minutes in length. Feature film scripts or the first five minutes or any section of a longer film script are not eligible.

17) This is a competition for scripts which have not yet been produced as films.

18) Your short drama film script has to have a woman over 50 at its centre or be written by a woman over 50.

19) The maximum length for your film script is 5 filming minutes (no more than 7 pages, including title page). Industry standard software is preferred but not essential. Industry format software such as Final Draft or Fade In can be purchased online, or programmes such as Celtx, Trelby or Writer Duet are free to download.

20) Your film script must be in the English language.

21) You must be over 18 years old.

22) You must pay a fee to submit your film script (Regular: $12, Late: $14. Gold members are eligible for a discount. Student script submissions are free).

23) You may submit more than one film script but a submission fee must be paid for each entry and a separate application must be made for each film script.

24) The deadline for this competition is 4 July 2023 OR the date when 50 scripts are received by WOFFF, whichever is sooner.

25) Submission to WOFFF constitutes agreement to all rules, regulations and conditions here and your consent that your script be considered for any awards that may be given at WOFFF.

26) Submission also certifies that all film and music rights, licenses and clearances have been obtained in accordance with UK copyright laws. WOFFF will not be responsible for any copyright infringement.

27) By submitting, you agree not to withdraw your film script from WOFFF after it has been accepted by the WOFFF selection team.

28) By submitting, you give us permission to use publicity stills provided and up to 1 page of your script for use in WOFFF marketing and publicity.

29) All scripts must be original, no adaptations. By entering you are confirming that this script is your own intellectual property. WOFFF will not be responsible for any copyright infringement.

30) WOFFF is committed to screening a diversity of older women’s voices worldwide. A limited bursary fund is available to assist script writers to submit work to WOFFF. To apply for a script competition submission bursary, please request further information by sending an email to (info[@]wofff.co.uk).

31) The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

32) The winning script consultation prize is sponsored by Shedunnit Productions and is called “The Shedunnit Productions Prize”.