AIWFF

Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2016 Outline


Name of the Event: Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2016

Organized by: Aichi Gender Equality Foundation / Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2016 Steering Committee

Co-organized by: Handa City, Yatomi City and the Aichi Prefectural Education & Sports Promotion Foudation

Venues and Dates

  • Will Aichi, Aichi Prefectural Women’s Center
    Wed. September 7 – Sun. September 11, 2016
  • Ai Plaza Handa (Handa City) and the Integrated Social Education Center (Yatomi City)
    Sat. September 10, 2016
  • Aichi Prefectural Youth House (Okazaki City) (organized by the Aichi Prefectural Education & Sports Promotion Foudation)
    Sat. September 10 – Sun. September 11, 2016

Objective: To support the advancement of women in society and to promote international exchange between women, we show works of female directors and invite world-famous female artists in the film world as well as hold discussions, symposiums, and seminars which will provide opportunities for participants to exchange their opinions.

Event Information

  • Have the 21st edition in 2016 (the 1st edition dates back to 1996)
  • Select mainly films of female directors from all over the world
  • Hold various events for communication between artists and audience
  • Hold seminars or symposiums related to presented films for the sake of the advancement of women in society
  • Provide a voice guide for spectators with a visual disability in cooperation with some NPOs (2003-)
  • Have a competition of designing posters and fliers (2012-)
  • Have a short film competition for female artists (2012-)
  • Hold special events in cooperation with the United Nations Information Centre (2014-)
  • Show several companies’ films focused on the advancement of women in their office (2014-)
  • Have a feature film competition for rising female artists (2015-)
  • Establish the prizes for the winners of the competitions (2015-)

-Feature Film Section: Golden Owl Award

-Short Film Section: Golden Iris Award and Silver Iris Awards