Call for Film Submissions

The FD4W International Film Festival is calling for entries from women film directors.

The FD4W International Film Festival (FD4WIFF) will take place in London, UK from 9th-12th September 2010.

Submissions will be accepted from women film directors in the following four categories:
· Features
· Shorts
· Documentary shorts
· Documentary features
Prizes will be awarded for:
· Best Feature
· Best Short
· Best Documentary
· Most Promising New Director
· Audience Award
· Best Student

The deadlines for entries are:
· Early bird deadline – Friday 30th April 2010
· Regular deadline – Friday 28th May 2010
· Late deadline – Friday 25th June 2010

FD4WIFF will accept films made between June 2005 and May 2010. Highlights from the festival programme will be announced at a press launch in July.

Further information
Fd4w founder Ruth Torjussen began teaching confidence building, women-only film directing courses in September 2009 with the aim of contributing to the worldwide movement that will see a huge rise in the number of films being directed by women. (Currently only 6% of film directors are women. Source: BEV 2009). Such was the success of the courses that in just a short time Filmdirecting4women has become a grassroots community of women film directors with many more courses, monthly networking/screening events, an ever-growing online members support network and now their own international festival.

The inaugural FD4W International Film Festival will be a creative space where women directors will be inspired and encouraged.

All enquiries to:
Pauline Walker
Festival Manager
FD4W International Film Festival
Mobile: 07896 413575 / Email: pauline@filmdirecting4women.com
Website: filmdirecting4women.co.uk/film-festival and filmdirecting4women.co.uk