The IV Madrid Women's Film Festival, which brought to the public a selection of recent national and international films directed by women to contribute to their visibility, took place between 27 October and 7 November 2021 in 21 physical venues and a mixed format: onsite and online.
With the attendance of 23,656 spectators in the cinema and online and 639 media impacts worth 1,035,392 euros in the last edition, held in November 2020, the event has strengthened its position within the national festival scene at a very difficult time for the sector. Over the last 3 years we have been growing in quality, number of films and venues (on-site and online).
In addition, we are strengthening our presence in Spain through the prestigious online independent and auteur cinema platform FILMIN, where we replicated part of the programme and the main sections.
The 4th edition of the festival expanded its cinematographic offer with a special focus on the most innovative Chinese cinema with a selection of 6 films that were seen at the Academia de Cine and Cineteca Madrid, which made up the Focus China section, programmed in collaboration with the China Women's Film Festival.
New in the IV edition, the festival extended its programme to Casa de México in Spain, Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo, mk2 Cines Paz, Cines Golem and to the Salón de Actos of the Postgraduate School of the University Camilo José Cela.
Training is a basic cornerstone of our festival with many lectures, roundtables, meetings and debates that were held thanks to the participation of female directors, scriptwriters, producers, actresses, female cinematography directors, distributors, animation directors, film editors, sound engineers, special visual effects technicians, art directors, production design directors, location scouting, script girls, music composers, creators all of them.
The IV edition of the Madrid Women's Film Festival was built on the success of previous editions, whose figures endorse the project, and once again enjoyed the invaluable support of the company MAELOC, as well as other collaborating entities, which renewed their commitment to cinema and equality.
In addition, at our proposal, two international festivals, the 41st Festival International du Film d'Amiens: FIFAM and the China Women's Film Festival, have included in their programmes some films by Spanish directors who have already taken part in our festival. And with the collaboration of Casa Árabe, a programme of Arab films was replicated in the city of Cordoba.
