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The Competitive Section is already available!
The Cine por Mujeres Festival is aimed at all audiences with the goal of becoming a can’t miss annual event on the international scene of Film festivals. The film directors of our time do not avoid any genre. On this occasion, fiction dominates the Competition section in which ten films produced in…

Teresa Font, recipient of the award for an outstanding career in the film industry
The Cine por Mujeres Festival, wants to join the Women’s Day Celebration by making known the Festival’s 2019 Award for an Outstanding career in the film industry. The award aims to highlight the priceless contribution of a leading lady behind the cameras of some great movies: the editor Teresa Font…

Way more than cinema: 5 pieces of Virtual Reality!
The II Women’s Film Festival consolidates its purpose of becoming an annual appointment in the international calendar of international film festivals. We want to make it clear that women directors produce all kinds of films and, thanks to the collaboration of Espacio Fundación Telefónica; the publi…

IBERIA Audience Award
The Iberia Audience Award will be given thanks to the collaboration of the airline company with the Women Film Festival, whose mission identifies with two of the objectives which IBERIA focuses on: the support and transmission of initiatives for the Spanish culture, as part of their project #talent…

New channel in Filmin! Festival + Filmin = more women
The festival organization as reached a deal with the digital platform FILMIN http://www.filmin.es to increase the visibility of women directors. Starting the 20th of February, a selection of 23 films will be available online through the channel “Cine por Mujeres”. This selection includes…

The prize: a fantastic film jewel by Chus Burés!
We are happy to announce that just as in 2018, besides the cash awards, the festival price will be a jewel created by Chus Burés. The mythical Spanish jewel designer just launched a new project in New York, which he calls CHUS X CHUS. A brand which is inspired in the legacy and archives, which the…

Carlota Álvarez Basso, chosen one of the Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain in 2018
Carlota Álvarez Basso, director of the Festival Cine por mujeres, was chosen one of the TOP 100 women leaders of Spain 2018 in the category of culture, leisure and sport. This award, for which more than 100 candidacies were presented, is granted by the Mujeres y Cia organization whose aim is to mak…

Photo Gallery 2018
Diego Mas Trelles, Belén Atienza and Elena Manrique en Telefónica
Female producers debating on visibility at FundaciónTelefónica
Claudia Llosa hosting a Master Class at Fundación Telefónica
Carlota Álvarez Basso at the avant-première of “Matar a Jesús”. Casa América
Toni Marshall at t…

2018 “Cine por mujeres” Festival Results
We are pleased to share with you the so encouraging achievements of the 2018 Cine por mujeres Festival. This First Edition has fully met our expectations and goals. Backing us up are the 5,434 attendants to the activities we scheduled.
Screenings
During the Festival, 29 films …

Closing Ceremony
Ingrid García Jonsson, Swedish-Spanish actress hosted the Festival Closing Ceremony on Saturday, April 7 at 8:00 pm at the Palacio de la prensa where she presented the 2018 Cine por mujeres Festival Award for Best Film.

Opening Ceremony
We have a lot of things to tell you about the “Cine por mujeres” Opening Ceremony that took place on April 3. More than 530 people attended, included a select group of professionals in the Film Industry and four outstanding personalities in the audio-visual and film business.
Diego Mas Trelles a…

Cine por Mujeres Festival 2 awards
OPENING CEREMONY Outstanding Career Award
The Cine por mujeres Festival wants to reward every year a woman, or institution, that stands out for her/its creative or professional contribution to the Film Industry. The honorary prize consists of a jewel-award designed by the acclaimed creat…