Femme Filmmakers Festival 2026: 11th Edition Screening Schedule Now Live

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The Femme Filmmakers Festival 2026 is back for another exciting year championing female filmmakers. From shorts to feature films, this is where female voices are showcased across various genres through drama, documentaries, and narrative fiction among many others.

Celebrate the 11^th edition of the Femme Filmmakers Festival running from 14^th to 23^rd August 2026. We welcome everyone to join. You can sign up for screening links and watch the films live alongside us.

There will be three screenings running for each film – in consideration for worldwide time zones. Filmmakers, their cast, and crew will also be participating across select screenings so you too can be involved in asking questions during the post-screening Q&As. We actively encourage participation from audience members.

As per previous years, Filmotomy will be teaming up with Femme Filmmakers Festival to provide coverage on both the short film and feature film screenings. Various coverage for the festival may include reviews, podcast episodes, roundtable discussions, viewing parties, and more. See below for the full schedule.

KEY:

• GREEN: Feature Films
• PINK: Showcase Selection
• BLUE: Competition Selection
• YELLOW: Entrée Selection

Friday 14 August

Feature Films:

• Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennell)
• Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold)

Short Film Screenings:

• 19:00 – The Call Centre (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) – Showcase Selection
• 19:45 – I Felt Like Magic (Emma Josephson) – Competition Selection
• 20:15 – Long Term Care (Arin Hincer) – Entrée Selection
• 20:45 – Invisible Difference (Emma Louise Shadbolt) – Entrée Selection
• 21:15 – Songs of Salt (Isabella Bazoni) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Ha nacido un niño / A child was Born (Kati Egely) – Competition Selection
• 23:30 – Stick Bug (Wylie Anderson) – Competition Selection
• 00:00 – I Felt Like Magic (Emma Josephson) – Competition Selection
• 00:30 – Non Ad Locum (Amanda Lago) – Showcase Selection
• 01:00 – Long Term Care (Arin Hincer) – Entrée Selection

Saturday 15 August

Feature Films:

• Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman)
• Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman)

Short Film Screenings:

• 14:00 – Modern Masturbation Allegory (Xinyi LI) – Entrée Selection
• 14;45 – Invisible Difference (Emma Louise Shadbolt) – Entrée Selection
• 15:15 – The Call Centre (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) – Showcase Selection
• 16:00 – Songs of Salt (Isabella Bazoni) – Competition Selection
• 16:30 – En mille pétales / In Thousand Petals (Louise Bongartz) – Competition Selection

• 19:00 – Julie Takes a Walk (Frankie Pedersen, Shea Vassar) – Showcase Selection
• 19:30 – Non Ad Locum (Amanda Lago) – Showcase Selection
• 20:00 – Ha nacido un niño / A child was Born (Kati Egely) – Competition Selection
• 20:30 – Modern Masturbation Allegory (Xinyi LI) – Entrée Selection
• 21:15 – I Felt Like Magic (Emma Josephson) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – The Call Centre (Louisa Connolly-Burnham) – Showcase Selection
• 23:45 – Bristol One City – Working Together For Bristol’s Future (Aditi Ganesh, Peri Hammond) – Entrée Selection
• 00:15 – Songs of Salt (Isabella Bazoni) – Competition Selection
• 00:45 – En mille pétales / In Thousand Petals (Louise Bongartz) – Competition Selection
• 01:15 – Invisible Difference (Emma Louise Shadbolt) – Entrée Selection

Sunday 16 August

Feature Films:

• The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold)
• Den stygge stesøsteren (Emilie Blichfeldt)

Short Film Screenings:

• 14:00 – Julie Takes a Walk (Frankie Pedersen, Shea Vassar) – Showcase Selection
• 14:30 – Fish (Ian Yarwood, Cara Mahoney) – Competition Selection
• 15:00 – Stick Bug (Wylie Anderson) – Competition Selection
• 15:30 – Ha nacido un niño / A child was Born (Kati Egely) – Competition Selection
• 16:00 – Long Term Care (Arin Hincer) – Entrée Selection
• 16:30 – R3D@CTED (Georgia Olivia Wood) – Entrée Selection

• 19:00 – Non Ad Locum (Amanda Lago) – Showcase Selection
• 19:30 – En mille pétales / In Thousand Petals (Louise Bongartz) – Competition Selection
• 20:00 – Bristol One City – Working Together For Bristol’s Future (Aditi Ganesh, Peri Hammond) – Entrée Selection
• 20:30 – O Arhontas tou Ethnikou Kipou / The Lord of the National Garden (Dimitra Tsialou) – Entrée Selection
• 21:00 – Stick Bug (Wylie Anderson) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Fish (Ian Yarwood, Cara Mahoney) – Competition Selection
• 23:30 – Cautivas / Captive Women (Itxaso Díaz) – Showcase Selection
• 00:15 – Julie Takes a Walk (Frankie Pedersen, Shea Vassar) – Showcase Selection
• 00:45 – Modern Masturbation Allegory (Xinyi LI) – Entrée Selection

Monday 17 August

Feature Films:

• The Chronology of Water (Kristen Stewart)
• Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud)

Short Film Screenings:

• 18:00 – Wormholes (Vanessa Bailey) – Competition Selection
• 18:30 – Cautivas / Captive Women (Itxaso Díaz) – Showcase Selection
• 19:15 – Cicada (Roxana Stroe) – Showcase Selection
• 19:45 – O Arhontas tou Ethnikou Kipou / The Lord of the National Garden (Dimitra Tsialou) – Entrée Selection
• 20:15 – Fish (Ian Yarwood, Cara Mahoney) – Competition Selection
• 20:45 – Loneliness Doesn’t Come Alone (Amanda Valle) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Wormholes (Vanessa Bailey) – Competition Selection
• 23:30 – Cautivas / Captive Women (Itxaso Díaz) – Showcase Selection
• 00:15 – Bristol One City – Working Together For Bristol’s Future (Aditi Ganesh, Peri Hammond) – Entrée Selection
• 00:45 – O Arhontas tou Ethnikou Kipou / The Lord of the National Garden (Dimitra Tsialou) – Entrée Selection

Tuesday 18 August

Feature Films:

• Palestine 36 (Annemarie Jacir)
• Les Plages d’Agnès (Agnès Varda)

Short Film Screenings:

• 18:00 – Loneliness Doesn’t Come Alone (Amanda Valle) – Competition Selection
• 18:30 – Cicada (Roxana Stroe) – Showcase Selection
• 19:15 – R3D@CTED (Georgia Olivia Wood) – Entrée Selection
• 19:45 – The High Road (Cheyenne Christie) – Entrée Selection
• 20:15 – Fairground (Jess Berry) – Competition Selection
• 20:45 – Wormholes (Vanessa Bailey) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Loneliness Doesn’t Come Alone (Amanda Valle) – Competition Selection
• 23:30 – Despite Everything (Anita Amarachi) – Showcase Selection
• 00:15 – Cicada (Roxana Stroe) – Showcase Selection
• 01:00 – R3D@CTED (Georgia Olivia Wood) – Entrée Selection

Wednesday 19 August

Feature Films:

• Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay)
• Apocalipse nos Trópicos (Petra Costa)

Short Film Screenings:

• 18:00 – Maybrick (Charlotte Rose Ainsworth, Lorna Lennon-Dalziel) – Competition Selection
• 18:45 – Fairground (Jess Berry) – Competition Selection
• 19:15 – Despite Everything (Anita Amarachi) – Showcase Selection
• 19:45 – The High Road (Cheyenne Christie) – Entrée Selection
• 20:15 – The Shadow (Kyran Townley, Arrianna Leigh) – Showcase Selection

• 23:00 – Maybrick (Charlotte Rose Ainsworth, Lorna Lennon-Dalziel) – Competition Selection
• 23:45 – Fairground (Jess Berry) – Competition Selection
• 00:15 – Despite Everything (Anita Amarachi) – Showcase Selection
• 00:45 – The High Road (Cheyenne Christie) – Entrée Selection
• 01:15 – Nun’s Beach (Kate diRienzi) – Entrée Selection

Thursday 20 August

Feature Films:

• Alpha (Julia Ducournau)
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour)

Short Film Screenings:

• 18:00 – Nun’s Beach (Kate diRienzi) – Entrée Selection
• 18:30 – The Shadow (Kyran Townley, Arrianna Leigh) – Showcase Selection
• 19:00 – Overlooked: A Silent Extinction (Cathy Ellington) – Competition Selection
• 19:45 – Dirt (Isabella Speaight) – Competition Selection
• 20:30 – Beam Me Up (Roxana Stroe) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Nun’s Beach (Kate diRienzi) – Entrée Selection
• 23:30 – Filter (Sarah Imtiyaz Murtaza) – Entrée Selection
• 00:00 – The Shadow (Kyran Townley, Arrianna Leigh) – Showcase Selection
• 00:30 – Ubiquitous (Masha Maroutitch) – Showcase Selection
• 01:00 – Overlooked: A Silent Extinction (Cathy Ellington) – Competition Selection

Friday 21 August

Feature Films:

• Wadjda (Haifaa al-Mansour)
• All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)

Short Film Screenings:

• 18:00 – Filter (Sarah Imtiyaz Murtaza) – Entrée Selection
• 18:30 – Sukoun / Amplified (Dina Naser) – Competition Selection
• 19:15 – Overlooked: A Silent Extinction (Cathy Ellington) – Competition Selection
• 20:00 – Maybrick (Charlotte Rose Ainsworth, Lorna Lennon-Dalziel) – Competition Selection
• 20:45 – Ubiquitous (Masha Maroutitch) – Showcase Selection

• 23:00 – Filter (Sarah Imtiyaz Murtaza) – Entrée Selection
• 23:30 – L’Audition (Lilinaz Hakimi) – Entrée Selection
• 00:00 – Tend and Keep (Dayna Reggero) – Showcase Selection
• 00:30 – Sukoun / Amplified (Dina Naser) – Competition Selection
• 01:15 – Dirt (Isabella Speaight) – Competition Selection

Saturday 22 August

Feature Films:

• In die Sonne schauen (Mascha Schilinski)
• Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven)

Short Film Screenings:

• 14:00 – Winter in March (Natalia Mirzoyan) – Competition Selection
• 14:45 – Swim Sistas (Catherine Joy White) – Competition Selection
• 15:15 – Immaterial (Alexandra Healy) – Competition Selection
• 16:00 – Tend and Keep (Dayna Reggero) – Showcase Selection
• 16:30 – Scroll or Stroll (Lita Segal, Ceri Gavins) – Entrée Selection

• 19:00 – L’Audition (Lilinaz Hakimi) – Entrée Selection
• 19:30 – Wuthered (Sophie Brownlow) – Entrée Selection
• 20:00 – Ubiquitous (Masha Maroutitch) – Showcase Selection
• 20:30 – Beam Me Up (Roxana Stroe) – Competition Selection
• 21:00 – Immaterial (Alexandra Healy) – Competition Selection

• 23:00 – Winter in March (Natalia Mirzoyan) – Competition Selection
• 23:45 – Swim Sistas (Catherine Joy White) – Competition Selection
• 00:15 – Tend and Keep (Dayna Reggero) – Showcase Selection
• 00:45 – Scroll or Stroll (Lita Segal, Ceri Gavins) – Entrée Selection
• 01:15 – Wuthered (Sophie Brownlow) – Entrée Selection

Sunday 23 August

Feature Films:

• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Sepideh Farsi)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania)

Short Film Screenings:

• 14:00 – Scroll or Stroll (Lita Segal, Ceri Gavins) – Entrée Selection
• 14:30 – L’Audition (Lilinaz Hakimi) – Entrée Selection
• 14:45 – Wuthered (Sophie Brownlow) – Entrée Selection
• 15:15 – Dirt (Isabella Speaight) – Competition Selection
• 16:00 – Beam Me Up (Roxana Stroe) – Competition Selection
• 16:30 – Immaterial (Alexandra Healy) – Competition Selection
• 17:00 – Winter in March (Natalia Mirzoyan) – Competition Selection
• 17:45 – Sukoun / Amplified (Dina Naser) – Competition Selection
• 18:30 – Swim Sistas (Catherine Joy White) – Competition Selection
  
• 19:00 – Competition Roll of Honour

At Filmotomy, we hope you join us in supporting the glorious work of female filmmakers at the Femme Filmmakers Festival from 14^th to 23^rd August 2026. See you there.