International Women’s Film Festival

The Secretariat of the 4th edition of the International Women’s Film Festival – Afghanistan requests filmmakers to send in short or long feature and documentary films the main theme of which should be concerned with women-related issues for the one-week Festival to be held as of 21 September 2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Scenes from 3 last editions of the Women’s Film Festival

Detailed Brochure of the Festival

From 300 films that the Festival had received, a total of 66 films reached the second stage and screened during the Festival days in Herat. The competition sections comprised 13 films from Afghanistan and 21 international films. A total of 9 awards were granted by the Int. Jury.

Herat has no cinema but an International Women’s Film Festival. A report on the Third edition of the succesfull Afghanistan Women’s Film Festival held by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA and Roya Film House in October 2015.

Awards winners of the 3rd edition of the International Women’s Film festival-Herat were announced on October 13, 2015 at the closing Ceremony. The international, jury after a three-day review of 66 films selected for screening this year rewarded 13 films and actors.

The Secretariat of the “International Women’s Film Festival – Herat” is proud to announce the 3rd edition of the Festival on October 11, 2015 in the Herat Citadel, also known as the Citadel of Alexander, in the ancient city of Herat in Afghanistan.

International Women’s Film Festival – Herat requests the domestic and international filmmakers to send in their short or long feature and documentary films the main theme of which should be concerned with women-related issues for the one-week Festival to be held
as of 11 October 2015 in Herat, Afghanistan.

The International Women’s Film Festival-Herat launched its first edition, jointly organised by Armanshahr Foundation and Roya Film House at the historical Citadel of Herat in 2013. The Festival has the goal of promoting and encouraging […]

The second International Women’s film festival kicked off in western Herat province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The three-day film festival will mainly focus on violence against women and women’s right in Afghanistan which will be attended by filmmakers both from Afghanistan and abroad.