The St. John's International Women's Film Festival is excited to partner again this year with Lawnya Vawnya, with support from Rocket Bakery, to present a special film screening of the feature-documentary Play Your Gender, directed by Stephanie Clattenburg.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Rocket Room (3rd floor, Rocket Bakery)
Doors open 6:30pm. Screening starts 7pm sharp.

Play Your Gender features interviews with Sara Quinn of Tegan & Sara, Melissa Auf der Maur of the Smashing Pumpkins, Patty Schemel of Hole, Chantal Kreviazuk, and many more of the music industry’s most talented women.

Buy advance tickets online now for only $10!
Lawnya Vawnya Passes accepted. Subject to venue capacity.

FOTG is a mix of local and international short films. We pay the artist screening fees, build the reel and send the DVD to you. You publicize it, run the event and ship the DVD back to us when you're done. Your screening can be a community movie night, volunteer appreciation event, fundraiser, or whatever works for you. We make it easy and bring the Festival to you!

If your organization would like to avail of this unique opportunity to screen independent films, please contact us.

You can host a screening between May and July 2018.

For more information or to register, please email chantal@womensfilmfestival.com.

Telefilm Canada invites its clients from the Atlantic region to come meet members of its senior management team as we go over recent successes, discuss hot topics and give you the scoop on our strategic priorities for the next six months. Join them on May 4th from 10am-12pm at NIFCO.

Present from Telefilm will be:
• Francesca Accinelli, Director, National Promotion and Communications
• Roxane Girard, Director, Business Affairs and Coproduction
• Michel Pradier, Director, Project Financing
• Elisa Suppa, Senior Advisor, Strategy and Research

RSVP as soon as possible.

We are accepting submissions of short films until the end of May!

SHORT FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINES

• Late deadline: May 25
• Extended shorts: June 1

Have a FEATURE FILM?
Submit by June 11th to be considered!

We accept films with women directors and/or writers from around the world. Our 29th annual Festival will take place in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador from October 17-21, 2018. 

Read our full submission details and dates here or submit online now via withoutabox.

The All Access Pass Award (AAPA) is bestowed annually by WIFT-AT to a deserving woman working in screen‐based media. They welcome applications from women working in film, television, and/or digital media.

The AAPA is designed to allow the recipient to travel to the nine main film festivals in Atlantic Canada, including joining us at SJIWFF29 this October. Numerous additional perks include $1,400 to be used for travel expenses, a one-year annual membership to WIFT-AT, a delegate pass to the WIFT-AT Women Making Waves Conference and more.

Application Deadline: Friday May 18, 2018 

As a not-for-profit organization and a registered charity, donations are vital to the growth and development of our Festival.

You can click the button below to make a one-time or monthly donation online through Canada Helps. Please contact us if you'd like to write a personal cheque. 

Donate for yourself, or in honour/memory of someone you love. Any and all donations are appreciated and have a big impact!