WOFFF26 Full Programme
We’re pleased to reveal the full WOFFF26 programme, here you’ll be able to find out the films that are screening as part of our WOFFF26 Online programme, as well as those we’re showing at our in person Festival at Depot cinema in September.
The shortlisted writers in our Best Short Script prize are also announced, so read on!
How does WOFFF work?
This year at the Women Over 50 Film Festival we’re screening 55 short films, from animation to drama, comedy to documentary and experimental.
WOFFF is a hybrid festival, meaning we screen online and in person.
WOFFF Online: the full programme of 55 short films from around the world, screening from Friday 4 September to Monday 5 October 2026.
WOFFF Depot: our in person Festival at our home cinema, Depot in Lewes, East Sussex. On Saturday 5 September we’ll screen a smaller curated selection of films from the Online programme.
The WOFFF Awards ceremony also takes place at Depot on Saturday 5 September. At the Awards Ceremony we’ll celebrate all the films and short scripts that have made the Judges’ Shortlist.
How to watch in 2026
You’ll be able to watch the full programme online from Friday 4 September 2026, get your pass for WOFFF26 here.
Or, join us in person at Depot cinema, passes are available on the Depot cinema website.
The Women Over 50 Film Festival 2026 short film programme
Film Title | Director/s | Genre | Student Film | Screening: WOFFF26 Online | On the Judges’ Shortlist | Screening: WOFFF26 at Depot |
35 Days | Heidi Kumao | Experimental | ✔️ | |||
A Film About Dad | Joe Murphy | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
A Grave on the Border | Maren Hahnfeld | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
An Ordinary Insanity | Judith Ehrlich | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Annie | Justine Servoz | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
At the Threshold of Time | Emilian Szopa | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Aunt Harriet | HAUI | Experimental | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Birgitte | Maria Zaikina | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Cindy Sherman: Picture This | Sophie Chahinian | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
Designing From Home | Harriet Atkinson, Sue Breakell | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
Five Minute Brides | Jacqueline Maxted | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
Fried! | Lizzie Watts | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Gertie Hooper Vs the Committee | Melissa Herman | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Hag-Stone | Kate Clayton | Experimental | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Held In The Shadows | Lily Palmer-Gray | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
ICare 9000 | Robert Duncan | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Intermittent & Continuous | Olivia Hird | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Isolated Silence | Vicente Garibay Lijanova | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Janet’s Island | Dodine Grimaldi | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Keeping The Horizon In Sight | Max Cato Mason | Experimental | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
LANDED – Parco Dora | Marlene Millar | Experimental | ✔️ | |||
Lina | Margarida Madeira | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Little Matchmakers | Rachel Borders | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Monster in Me | Cecelia Condit | Experimental | ✔️ | |||
Mother’s Influence | Meg Wriggles | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Muddled Meals | Christie Arnold | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Needle & Thread | Leah Thorn, Clare Unsworth | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
New Ground | Louisa Rechenbach | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
No age is just easy | Sandrine Lambert | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Now That’s What I Call Dock Pudding | Sarah Mason | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage | Liz McGregor | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
One-Way Ticket | Lorène Thaumass | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Pina | Florian Kasperski | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Please Do Not Resuscitate | Leah Finegold | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Red Girl Rising | Kim Stadfeld, Faith Howe | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Reliefs | Juan Manuel González | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Saverio | Ellen Ancui | Drama | ✔️ | |||
She Makes a Moving Picture | Deb Ethier | Experimental | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry | Shin Hea KIM | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Spiders | Benjamin Cook | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Starting the End | Kate Hardie | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Stoop Chat with Aleathea & Ariam | Marj Kleinman | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
Strokes of Wildflowers | Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
The Big Day | Brita Rojahn | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
The Booth | Sofia Olins | Drama | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
The Owl and the Rainbow | Jo Luping | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
The Second Life of Freddie Nole | Dana Nachman | Documentary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
The Swimming Lesson | Cally Trench | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
There Tokyo | Haruka Motohashi | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
Things Like That | Trish Morrissey | Experimental | ✔️ | |||
Timosha | Elena Malenkina | Animation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Upbeat | Boting Xie | Drama | ✔️ | |||
Walking in the Light | Anne Gould | Documentary | ✔️ | |||
We’ll Take It From Here, Dear’, An Artist’s Response | Sue Bridge | Animation | ✔️ | |||
Winds of Change | Sharon de Nise | Experimental | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Film Title | Director/s | Genre | Student Film | Screening: WOFFF26 Online | On the Judges’ Shortlist | Screening: WOFFF26 at Depot |
The WOFFF and Shedunnit Best Short Script
The Women Over 50 Film Festival’s Best Short Script Prize, in partnership with Shedunnit Productions, recognises excellence in short script writing for dramas only.
This year we received a record number of entries to our Best Short Script prize, and these seven have made the Judges’ Shortlist.
They will be celebrated at the WOFFF Awards Ceremony at Depot on Saturday 5 September 2026,
| Script Title | Writer | On the Judges’ Shortlist |
| Breakfast for One | AdZiko Simba | ✔ |
| Glendalocks | Maria McAteer | ✔ |
| Mum Before Motherhood | Helen Rana | ✔ |
| Princess | Ros Borland | ✔ |
| Punctured | Gillian Grattan | ✔ |
| The Forecast | Jo Jakeman | ✔ |
| The Mice Will Play When The Cat’s Away | Jenny Crompton | ✔ |
One month to watch with a pass for WOFFF26 Online
Our online festival is hosted on Eventive, visit the WOFFF online festival page to buy your Festival Pass for £28.
The Online Festival Pass gives you access to all the films to watch for one month.
