We are pleased to invite you to the Jerusalem Women's Film Festival which takes place in an online edition on the Jerusalem Cinematheque’s digital platform from March 8 to 11, 2021.

The festival is dedicated to social issues concerning women by exposing and celebrating female directors and female driven films, both local and international. 

We believe that on-screen representations influence culture and our everyday life and therefore we promote gender equality and social justice by screening a large number of films representing a broad perspective of women.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we are determined to hold the festival once again.
This year we bring you the best films, events, workshops and conversation with the filmmakers directly to your living room.
So turn off the lights, press HD and turn on your speakers. Await for you are four wonderful days full of exciting films, conversations with local and international filmmakers, industry events and a one-of-a-kind artist workshop with the festival’s guest of honor 3 time academy award nominee director Agnieszka Holland, President of the European Film Academy.

In Jerusalem, female directors and creatives from all walks of life come together in solidarity. The festival’s films epitomize this variety we wish to present. For us, Jerusalem is the best place for a film festival celebrating pluralism and the embracing of women which constitutes a bridge between cultures, religions and languages

In addition to the online screenings on the Jerusalem Cinematheque website, we will hold a unique screening for an ultra-Orthodox audience and further screenings of the festival’s films in community centers of East and West Jerusalem neighborhoods (in accordance to the ministry of health guidelines).

This year we will screen some of the festival’s best films in shelters for women to raise awareness and encourage everyone to take part in the campaign against violence towards women. We dedicate the screenings to the bravery of women who break the cycle of silence and violence, rescuing themselves and their children.. 

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The Festival was founded by the Jerusalem Filmmakers Guild, in Collaboration with the The Jerusalem Municipality.