Discover the winners of the Chicago Women Film Festival!
The seasonal and annual Chicago Women Film Fest is a vibrant and essential event that shines a spotlight on the incredible diversity and...
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TransMexico
Transwomen face more difficulties in Latin America than in any other part of the world. In most of these countries, unchecked transphobia...
Canary In a Coal Mine
While guarding his aunt’s house in a remote Lebanese village one night, Anis finds himself in a harrowing situation where his quick...
Trashy
Sexually repressed and under militant supervision, fourteen-year-old Naomi risks everything to spend an adult-free night out with her...
Edelweiss
Ray is a young woman who faces a crucial decision. After breaking up with her partner, she discovers a truth about herself that forces...
Check out the latest winners of Chicago Women Film Fest
Chicago Women Film Festival in association with the Chicago Women Film Institute is an international IMDb verified competition and an...
Little Hurts
An errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a free-for-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions. Debra Solomon has...
Arachné
Arachné is a famous weaver. One evening, as she thinks of a negative review of her work, her questions and anxieties appear in the form...
Seasonal Winners of Chicago Women Film Fest
It is with great pleasure to announce the latest talented winners of the seasonal IMDb qualifying Chicago Women Film Fest. Women...
dreamer.
Jess has always been a dreamer. Her friends are used to awkward, lengthy 8am text messages from her saying, “I just had this dream about...
Anne-Sophie Mutter VIVACE
The child prodigy turns 60! Anne-Sophie Mutter from the small village of Wehr in the Black Forest was discovered by Herbert von Karajan...
Soviet Life Zoya Cherkassky
The works of the artist Zoya Cherkassky sell for tens of thousands of dollars, but their bright colors tell a story of immigration,...
Summer-Past
When seventeen-year-old girl Luo Man discovers that she is pregnant, she asks her best friend Kiki to accompany her to complete an...
The Moth
Delilah, Jamie and Nora were always close. Months after graduating, the girls meet up for a cabin retreat. That's when past secrets are...
Do not miss the Fall/2023 winners of Chicago Women Film Fest
Chicago Women Film Fest in partnership with the Chicago Women Film Institute has the honor of presenting the latest winners of the...
We Are Doc Women Campaign
The number of factual TV shows in the UK directed by women has gone backwards over the past two years despite a weighty campaign to...
Wait and See
Wait and See is a documentary film. Quirky Emma (15) adores Ramses Shaffy, a deceased Dutch artist. Her classmates think she's weird and...
A.E.: Artificial Evolution
A seemingly small child at play inside of an artificial intelligence lab brings her experiments to a halt when her lab partner appears...
Short film: Woman in the mirror
1905 in Paris. A foreign woman who hits rock bottom, stands up again and risks it all. She calls herself Mata Hari, an Indian princess,...
Ariel
A brother and sister return to Argentina, country of their birth, for the first time in their adult lives. Against the backdrop of...
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