The annual and IMDb qualifying seasonal competition of Montreal Women Film Festival is devoted to the promotion, screening, publicity and distribution of women in media.
The first edition of Montreal Women Film Festival kicked off at the Cinema du Parc for the International Women's Day on March 8th when Linda Serpone, the President of Montreal Council of Women spoke about the importance of the festival and its role in recognizing and screening films dealing with women's rights and promoting women directors.
Every season, we nominate projects in various categories of our seasonal competition, and we promote the winners who are forwarded to our annual programming team to be considered for the annual screening of March 8th for International Women's Day. Every season, we promote the award winners and nominate projects for our annual live screening, red carpet ceremony and networking events.
We have partnered up with event organizers, digital platforms and various magazines in order to promote female talents in media and offer both digital and cinema screening to women directors.
Our team will focus on both emerging and established international and Canadian female filmmakers with fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and all genres which can inspire the world and promote female voices.
Best Feature Narrative
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Narrative
Best Short Documentary
Best Animation
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Producer
Best Editor
Best Cinematographer
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Short Screenplay
Best Environmental
Best Human rights
Best Composer