IWFFT aims to make women directors and their films visible by bringing together female directors and female film workers in the first week of March every year within the scope of 8 March International Working Women's Day.
6TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
Sevin Okyay Cinema Writing Achievement Award
Senem Erdine
Animation Category Jury’s Special Award
There is Notting Called Home -Nur Özkaya
Best Animation Film Award
Will You Remember My Name? -Nooshyar Khalili
Experimental Category Jury’s Special Award
Living Bodies -Andrea Arauz
Best Experimental Film Award
Matka / Polka -Joanna Suchomska
Short Is Life International Best Short Film Award
Made of Flesh-Florance Rochat & Sereana Robin
Short Is Life National Best Short Film Award
As Possible As Everything -Selen Örcan
Short Is Life National Best Director Award
The Night Generation -Yasemin Demirci
Camera Eye Best Short Documentary Award
Sama Yoon On My Way -Emelie Carlsson Gras
Camera Eye Short Documentary Category Jury’s Special Award
The Andean Screen -Carmina Balaguer
Camera Eye International Best Documentary Award
Katia and Rimma -Gulya Mirzoeva
Camera Eye International Mention Award
Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis -Victoria Bruce
Camera Eye National Best Documentary Award
This is Not Me -Jeyan Kader Gülşen& Zekiye Kaçak
Camera Eye National Category Jury’s Special Award
I Wait Around the Corner -Neslihan Kültür
SIYAD Best Documentary Award
I Wait Around the Corner -Neslihan Kültür
SIYAD Best Short Film Award
As Possible As Everything -Selen Örcan
SIYAD Best Short Film Award
The Night Generation -Yasemin Demirci
Golden Reel Best Feature Fiction Film Award
Intersection -Cecilia Araneda
Golden Reel Feature Fiction Category Jury’s Special Award
Turna Misali -Eren Danışman Boz
AWARD SYSTEM
The festivals organizes national and international competitions in the categories of Short, Experimental, Documentary and Fiction. These categories vary every year depending on the magnitude of the films produced and the number of the participants.
The festival may combine national and international competitions or organize them separately according to the theme it has set for that year. Pre-selectors and jurors are determined by the number of the competitions and content of the films participating in the festival. The festival jurors cannot give more than one awards to the same film. Since the awards are given in order to motivate and encourage the directors to create more content jurors prioritize that the director of the film is alive while giving the awards.
To honour the women who make great effort in cinema and give them the value and recognition they deserve whe they are still alive the festival gives awards in the names of director Biket İlhan and cinema writer Sevin Okyay. Biket İlhan Best Director Award is presented to the best director selected by the jury every year and Sevin Okyay Cinema Writing Achievement Award is presented to a female cinema writer selected by the festival management.
B) FESTIVAL APPLICATION DATES
Application dates for the 7th International Women Filmmakers Festival which will be held on the dates between 4th -9th March 2024, are 1st April 2023 to 10th November 2023.
Fem Reel Awards at 7th International Women Filmmakers Festival
National Competiton
Best Feature
Biket İlhan Best Director
Special Jury Award*
Best Short Film
Best Experimental Short Film
Short Film Special Jury Award*
SIYAD Jury's Special Award
International Competition
National Competiton
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Special Jury Award*
Best Short Film
Best Experimental Short Film
Short Film Special Jury Award *
SIYAD Jury's Special Award
*These awards are given in accordance with the request of that year's jury.