Festival Passes for the WOFFF23 Online are available now at an Early Bird Price of £20 instead of £25.
WOFFF Online is hosted on Eventive, where you can buy your festival pass and watch all the films when the time comes.
You can visit the WOFFF Eventive site now and see all 56 films that are part of the official selection for our 9th edition starting online 9 September 2023.
WOFFF at Depot is taking place on Saturday 23 September, and you can get your tickets now by visit the Depot website.
The WOFFF Online programme is split into eight blocks, each connected by a unifying theme. This means if you like the sound of a particular theme, you could buy a ticket only for the blocks that capture your attention.
This year our programme blocks are:
- Animal Magic: with birds, butterflies, cats, dogs, cows and one surprising creature to catch you unawares, these shorts look at our animal friends up close and personal.
- Family: some of us have biological families, and some of us have logical ones. Tales of our tribes and clans and the blood, promises, and feuds that bind us.
- Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose: a film made from an old film, a woman returns to work again during retirement, another secretly collects bottles for the deposit money. Stories of life’s cycles and life’s turns and our place within them.
- Bodies and Souls: bodies in flight, hearts in love, minds in menopause and a soul on its way with the one prayer that’s needed. Films that examine every part of who we are – physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
- The Time and Space We Need: Korean “comfort women” in Japan in World War II, a lone worker floating in space in the near future, a teacher in Hawaii, and a dancing duo in the Bronx feature in these stories of time and place.
- Play, Pause, Rewind, Eject: films inspired by the cassette player. Tales we tell ourselves, moments we pause, patterns we repeat and tracks we can’t bear to listen to ever again.
- Power: a TV presenter fights racism and sexism in the world of American soccer, a grandmother discovers her superpower and a corkscrew summons up the courage to rescue some lightning bugs. Unlock your inner Wonder Woman with these stories of unexpected grit and determination.
- See Me: You can glance at me, you can watch me, you can look at me, but do you see me? Films that demand we look, really look, at the people in them and see them as they truly are.
Click here to see the full programme and buy your Early Bird Festival Pass for £20.
WOFFF23 hosted by Eventive
Block 1: Animal Magic
With birds, butterflies, cats, dogs, cows and one surprising creature to catch you unawares, these shorts look at our animal friends up close and personal.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| Animal Origins | Siobhan Davies | Experimental | United Kingdom |
| Call of the Cranes | Vilma Tihilä | Experimental | Finland |
| Cow | Thorey Mjallhvit H Omarsdottir | Drama | Iceland |
| Linda | Joe Lycett | Drama | United Kingdom |
| Old Mother Blackbird | Sophie Bancroft | Experimental | United Kingdom |
| The Cat Got Her Tongue | Gaele Sobott | Animation | Australia |
| Who Speaks for the Butterflies? | Anny Tubbs | Documentary | Belgium, United Kingdom |
| You Can’t Shrink Love | Veena Rao | Documentary | USA |
Click to view the online festival page and buy your Early Bird Festival Pass.
Block 2: Family
Some of us have biological families, and some of us have logical ones. Tales of our tribes and clans and the blood, promises, and feuds that bind us.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| Best Print in the Exhibition | Clare Charnley | Documentary | USA |
| Consuelo | JL Ruiz | Drama | Mexico |
| Eupnea | Trish Morrissey | Experimental | UK |
| My Mum Rita | Qiqi Hou | Documentary | UK |
| The Peculiar Case Of The Bolted Canister | Shiva Ramanathan | Drama | India, USA |
| This is What the World Looks Like When You’re Gone | Steen Starr | Documentary | Canada |
Block 3: Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose
A film made from an old film, a woman returns to work again during retirement, another secretly collects bottles for the deposit money. Stories of life’s cycles and life’s turns and our place within them.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| A smoking novel | Andrew Brooks | Experimental | UK |
| Beatha Fodha (Life Below) | Meray Diner | Documentary | Cyprus, UK |
| Cycle of Change | Emma Lazenby | Animation | UK |
| Eulogy for the Dandelion | Gloria Maria Civantos | Animation | UK |
| Gisela | Annika Lewandowski | Drama | Germany |
| Live Till I Die | Gustav Ågerstrand, Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin Hetteberg, Anders Teigen | Documentary | Sweden, Switzerland |
| On/Off | Jurg Slabbert | Drama | South Africa |
| ZION WALKS WITH ME | Narda Azaria Dalgleish | Experimental | UK |
Click to view the online festival page and buy your Early Bird Festival Pass.
Block 4: Bodies and Souls
Bodies in flight, hearts in love, minds in menopause and a soul on its way with the one prayer that’s needed. Films that examine every part of who we are – physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| A Kaddish for Selim | Jane Wells | Documentary | USA, UK |
| A Language of Shapes | Samantha Moore | Animation | UK |
| Mist Me | Karen Kaeja | Experimental | Canada |
| Our Menopause | Nicola Zawadi Cross | Documentary | Trinidad and Tobago, UK |
| Sheila | Gabri Christa | Experimental | USA |
| The Call | Riffy Ahmed | Drama | UK |
| The Wheel Thing | Simon O’Neil | Drama | UK |
Block 5: The Time and Space We Need
Korean “comfort women” in Japan in World War II, a lone worker floating in space in the near future, a teacher in Hawaii, and a dancing duo in the Bronx feature in these stories of time and place.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| Bronx Magic | Marta Renzi | Experimental | USA |
| I am Kanaka | Genevieve Sulway | Documentary | UK |
| My Sisters In The Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo | Ian Kim | Documentary | Republic of Korea, USA |
| Scored by Time | Nicola Hawkins | Experimental | Canada |
| Twenty Objects from a Sixties Childhood | Cally Trench | Animation | UK |
| Wheel of Dreams | Toma McCullim | Documentary | Ireland |
| Will Ye No Come Back Again? | Deb Ethier | Animation | Canada |
Click to view the online festival page and buy your Early Bird Festival Pass.
Block 6: Play, Pause, Rewind, Eject
Films inspired by the cassette player. Tales we tell ourselves, moments we pause, patterns we repeat and tracks we can’t bear to listen to ever again.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| Bone Ladies | Dan Preston | Experimental | USA |
| Émilia | Christine Almeida | Drama | France |
| First Generations, Second Class Relics, Third Degree Burns | Anne Ciecko | Experimental | USA |
| Menopause: The Movie | Alison Ramsey | Experimental | UK |
| Nature, Nurture | Conor Molloy | Drama | UK |
| Petrykivka | Anne Ciecko | Experimental | USA |
| Wake Up | Mary-Sue Masson | Drama | UK |
Block 7: Power
A TV presenter fights racism and sexism in the world of American soccer, a grandmother discovers her superpower and a corkscrew summons up the courage to rescue some lightning bugs. Unlock your inner Wonder Woman with these stories of unexpected grit and determination.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| After Fred | Rachel Meyrick | Documentary | UK, USA |
| Chatter | Jane Devoy | Drama | UK |
| Corky | Ty Primosch | Animation | USA |
| Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls | June K Inuzuka | Drama | USA |
| Drumset | Evie Ladin, Kris Lee | Experimental | USA |
| Interception: Jayne Kennedy, An American Sportscaster | Safiya Songhai | Documentary | USA |
| YATRA: The Journey | Gayatri Bajpai | Drama | USA |
Block 8: See Me
You can glance at me, you can watch me, you can look at me, but do you see me? Films that demand we look, really look, at the people in them and see them as they truly are.
| Film Title | Director | Genre | Country |
| Fly Free | Ann Hawker | Drama | UK |
| Little Hurts | Debra Solomon | Animation | USA |
| Private View | Sarah Myland | Documentary | UK |
| Transhumance | Lal Davies | Experimental | UK |
| WEIGHTLESS | Lois Norman | Drama | UK |
| What Are You Looking At? | Liberty Smith | Documentary | UK |
Click to view the online festival page and buy your Early Bird Festival Pass.
