We’re thrilled to present to you this year’s Women Over 50 Film Festival official selections.
This year, we received the highest number of submissions ever! An incredible testament to the talent of women over 50 in front of and behind the camera.
The 56 independent short films from around the world make up our fun, fearless and real programme for our 9th edition.
You’ll be able to watch all 56 films online for one month and a smaller curated selection in Depot, Lewes on Saturday 23 September.
The selection of films to be screened in Depot will be revealed on 22 August, so stay tuned!
Two ways to watch
- WOFFF Online, watch all 56 films from anywhere in the world, 9 September – 9 October 2023
Get your WOFFF23 Early Bird Festival Pass now, your pass will be £20 instead of £25 until 28 August 2023.
Click to buy your Early Bird online festival pass.
- WOFFF at Depot, Lewes, watch a curated selection of films on Saturday 23 September 2023 (films yet to be revealed!)
A joyful day for anyone who loves to watch fascinating and surprising films and who wants to be part of building a more equal, inclusive world.
Get your tickets for our day in Depot now by visiting the Lewes Depot website.
Presenting the official selection for the 9th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival 2023
| Film Title | Director/s | Genre |
| A Kaddish for Selim | Jane Wells | Documentary |
| A Language of Shapes | Samantha Moore | Animation |
| A smoking novel | Sally Tissington | Experimental |
| After Fred | Rachel Meyrick | Documentary |
| Animal Origins | Siobhan Davies | Experimental |
| Beatha Fodha (Life Below) | Meray Diner | Documentary |
| Best Print in the Exhibition | Clare Charnley | Documentary |
| Bone Ladies | Dan Preston | Experimental |
| Bronx Magic | Marta Renzi | Experimental |
| Call of the Cranes | Vilma Tihilä | Experimental |
| Chatter | Jane Devoy | Drama |
| Consuelo | JL Ruiz | Drama |
| Corky | Ty Primosch | Animation |
| Cow | Thorey Mjallhvit H Omarsdottir | Drama |
| Cycle of Change | Emma Lazenby | Animation |
| Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls | June K Inuzuka | Drama |
| Drumset | Evie Ladin, Kris Lee | Experimental |
| Émilia | Christine Almeida | Drama |
| Eulogy for the Dandelion | Gloria Maria Civantos | Animation |
| Eupnea | Trish Morrissey | Experimental |
| First Generations, Second Class Relics, Third Degree Burns | Anne Ciecko | Experimental |
| Fly Free | Ann Hawker | Drama |
| Gisela | Annika Lewandowski | Drama |
| I am Kanaka | Genevieve Sulway | Documentary |
| Interception: Jayne Kennedy, An American Sportscaster | Safiya Songhai | Documentary |
| Linda | Joe Lycett | Drama |
| Little Hurts | Debra Solomon | Animation |
| Live Till I Die | Gustav Ågerstrand, Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin Hetteberg, Anders Teigen | Documentary |
| Menopause: The Movie | Alison Ramsey | Experimental |
| Mist Me | Karen Kaeja | Experimental |
| My Mum Rita | Qiqi Hou | Documentary |
| My Sisters In The Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo | Ian Kim | Documentary |
| Nature, Nurture | Conor Molloy | Drama |
| Old Mother Blackbird | Sophie Bancroft | Experimental |
| On/Off | Jurg Slabbert | Drama |
| Our Menopause | Nicola Zawadi Cross | Documentary |
| Petrykivka | Anne Ciecko | Experimental |
| Private View | Sarah Myland | Documentary |
| Scored by Time | Nicola Hawkins | Experimental |
| Sheila | Gabri Christa | Experimental |
| The Call | Riffy Ahmed | Drama |
| The Cat Got Her Tongue | Gaele Sobott | Animation |
| The Peculiar Case Of The Bolted Canister | Shiva Ramanathan | Drama |
| The Wheel Thing | Simon O’Neil | Drama |
| This is What the World Looks Like When You’re Gone | Steen Starr | Documentary |
| Transhumance | Lal Davies | Experimental |
| Twenty Objects from a Sixties Childhood | Cally Trench | Animation |
| Wake Up | Mary-Sue Masson | Drama |
| Weightless | Lois Norman | Drama |
| What Are You Looking At? | Liberty Smith | Documentary |
| Wheel of Dreams | Toma McCullim | Documentary |
| Who Speaks For The Butterflies? | Anny Tubbs | Documentary |
| Will Ye No Come Back Again? | Deb Ethier | Animation |
| YATRA: The Journey | Gayatri Bajpai | Drama |
| You Can’t Shrink Love | Veena Rao | Documentary |
| Zion Walks With Me | Narda Azaria Dalgleish | Experimental |
Next steps
Buy an Early Bird Festival online pass for £20 to watch all films from 9 September to 9 October, click to buy
Buy tickets for a range of events at Depot, Lewes to watch a curated selection of films in the cinema with us on 23 September 2023, click to buy
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