Writing the Older Woman: Stereotypes and Tropes.
In a series of short articles, Helen Jacey offers advice and writing tips to help you craft or refine a script to submit to the WOFFF Short Script Competition 2025. Helen is an author and founder of Sheddunnit, sponsors of our Short Script Competition. The Short Script Competition is open for entries until 22 June […]
Script writing: making your character memorable
In a series of short articles, Helen Jacey offers advice and writing tips to help you craft or refine a script to submit to the WOFFF Short Script Competition 2025. Helen is an author and founder of Sheddunnit, sponsors of our Short Script Competition. The Short Script Competition is open for entries until 22 June […]
Submit your short script to WOFFF25
We’re happy to announce that the Women Over 50 Film Festival’s Short Script Competition in partnership with Shedunnit is officially open for entries! Whether you’ve got a fresh idea that’s been bubbling away in the background or a nearly-there concept that needs a final polish, now’s your chance to submit your work and be part […]
Thousands choose dementia-friendly films on Virgin Atlantic
We’re thrilled to share an incredible milestone in our partnership with Virgin Atlantic: since launching in June 2024, the dementia-friendly short films from the Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) have been viewed an astonishing 42,874 times by passengers travelling around the globe. This exciting achievement demonstrates the power of inclusive cinema and its ability […]
WOFFF24 Award Winners
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Women Over 50 Film Festival Awards 2024. We held the ceremony at our home, Depot, Lewes on Saturday 21 September to a sell-out cinema of short film fans. And the Audience Choice Award has been voted for by our online viewers from around the world. Congratulations to […]
WOFFF24 Photo Gallery
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Submit to WOFFF25 now!
WOFFF25 Submit Your Film Submissions for WOFFF25 are now open! With a slightly longer submissions period and a brand new category for Comedy, we’re hoping to see more films, from more filmmakers who are all spotlighting women over 50 and telling fun, fearless and real stories. Details of how to submit are below; all submissions […]
Browse the WOFFF24 at Depot Programme
We’re excited to be at Depot, Lewes for the 10th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival, on Saturday 21 September. At WOFFF24 at Depot we’re screening 22 award-winning films as chosen by our jury – plus others specially curated for the day. We also host an ‘In Conversation’ event in which founder of […]
Browse the WOFFF24 Programme
We’re excited to bring you the 10th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival, starting online on Saturday 7 September. Here’s a short note from our founder Nuala O’Sullivan. I’m delighted to welcome you to the 10th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival. As in recent years, WOFFF is taking place online […]
WOFFF at Depot film programme
WOFFF at Depot, 2024 Programme We’re pleased to reveal the curated selection of films that will be screened at Depot on Saturday 21 September. These films, chosen from our full programme of 55 films – which you can see Online from 7 September – are a combination of invited films, locally relevant and favourites of […]