It's official! Our #SJIWFF29 lineup is out! We are incredibly excited to be featuring TWO local films for our opening and closing.

Our ExxonMobil Opening Night Gala presents An Audience of Chairs directed by St. John's Native Deanne Foley on October 17. Lead actress Carolina Bartczak (X-Men: Apocolypse) joins the team on the red carpet and will also be featured on the Lunch with the Filmmakers panel the next day.

Hopeless Romantic fitting right at home in the Festival will be featured at our Emera NL Closing Night Gala on October 21. Directors Deanne Foley, Latonia Hartery, Martine Blue, Megan Wennberg, Ruth Lawrence, Stephanie Clattenburg and lead actor Lynda Boyd will be joining us that night, as well as earlier that day at Brunch with Hopeless Romantic.

The high number of local shorts is a testament that film is alive and well in Newfoundland and Labrador. View the full Festival lineup and ticket information. Get your tickets soon as we're almost sold out for Opening as well as several other screenings!

FILM INDUSTRY FORUM

Festival week also features an internationally recognized Industry Forum, welcoming luminaries to St. John’s for a series of panels, workshops and pitch sessions.

Special guests include: Anna Serner (Swedish Film Institute), Aisling Chin-Yee (#AfterMeToo), Merhernez Lentin (CBC Films), Jordan Canning (Baroness Von Sketch), Sue Kent (22 Minutes), Andra Sheffer (IPF), Juno Rinaldi (Workin’ Moms), Asinnajaq (Three Thousand), Christy Garland (What Walaa Wants), Robin Mirsky (Rogers Group of Funds), Jenna Dufton (InsideOut), Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Skindigenous), Carol Whiteman (Women in the Director’s Chair), Aisha Jamal (Hot Docs), Christy Garland (What Walaa Wants), Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Marion Bridge), Brittany LeBorgne (Mohawk Girls), Lea Marin (Unarmed Versus), Nina Sudra (VICE Canada), Angie Power (D-Films), and many more!

To check out the full list of our Forum events have a look at our SJIWFF29 schedule or visit our Forum page.

LATONIA HARTERY WINS 2018 RBC MJ AWARD

INCUBATOR PROJECT WINNERS

The Festival would like to congratulate our 2018 [Interactive] Incubator Project winning teams, who will be developing their first web series with us: Atong Ater with Jordan Steinhauer, Ireme Duma with Stacy Gardner, Sarah Gignac with Andrea Levesque, Kerry Gamberg, and Shelley Thompson.

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We want to empower, encourage and support youth across Newfoundland & Labrador and make our work accessible to young people who do not live in the greater St. John’s region. To help achieve this, the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival is proud to announce this year’s Feminist Youth Ambassador - Kaelyn Mercer from Corner Brook!

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