Submit your film or short script to WOFFF
2026 Submissions to WOFFF
Submissions for 2026 are now open, please visit our FilmFreeway page to submit.
We want to showcase fun, fearless and real films made by and about older women.
We welcome submissions from all ages, all genders, all experiences, and from all around the world.
We want to see filmmakers over 50 driving the stories as filmmakers, creatives, and performers.
We also want to see work by younger filmmakers that centres on older women.
2026 Submissions Timeline
1 November 2025 Submissions for WOFFF26 open
11 January 2026 End of Early Bird submissions
March 2026 Submissions for Scripts open
26 April 2026 End of Regular submissions period
29 June 2026 Submissions close
20 July 2026 All scriptwriters and filmmakers receive notification on status of submission
4 September to 5 October 2026: WOFFF25 Online
12 September 2026: WOFFF25 at Depot
Who can submit to the Women Over 50 Film Festival?
Everyone is eligible to submit a short film or script to Women Over 50 Film Festival. There’s no upper or lower age limit and it’s not only open to women, we welcome all genders.
As long as your film centres on a woman over 50 or part of your core creative team is female and over 50, your film is eligible.
When can I submit film to the Women Over 50 Film Festival?
Submissions to WOFFF26 are now open.
All submissions must come through our FilmFreeway page.
What are the guidelines?
To be eligible for Women Over 50 Film Festival your short film must:
- have a woman over 50 at its centre, or
- have a woman over 50 as a writer, director or producer
Your film should be under:
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- 12 minutes for animation, comedy or experimental films
- 25 minutes for documentaries and dramas
And your film should also:
- be in English or have English subtitles
The Women Over 50 Film Festival Student Prize for short films
At WOFFF we aim to increase conversations between generations and although we know not all students are young people, many students are, and we offer a Student Prize to encourage this dialogue to open up further.
Festival Director, Nuala O’Sullivan says, “At WOFFF we want to make a difference in the fight for gender and age equality and we hope this new initiative will encourage emerging and student filmmakers to consider older women as cast and crew when they’re creating work.”
Full details on how to submit can be found on our FilmFreeway page. Submissions for our 2026 Festival are open.
Bursary on submission fees
At WOFFF we’re committed to screening a diversity of older women’s voices worldwide. A bursary fund is available to assist filmmakers to submit work to WOFFF. Since its introduction WOFFF has offered bursaries to filmmakers with work from Afghanistan, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka, UK and USA to enable them to submit their film without a submission fee.
If you’d like to find out more about this bursary, please get in touch with us on info@wofff.co.uk.