Montreal Feminist Film Festival | Festival de films féministes de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

02 - 06 Dec, 2020

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

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About the festival

The fourth Montreal Feminist Film Festival will be held September 16-20, 2020 in Montreal and will showcase a variety of intersectional fiction and documentary films and videos.

The mission of the Montreal Feminist Film Festival is to move, inspire and represent a wide variety of femininities and feminisms in order to increase their visibility. We strongly believe in intersectionality and strong female characters who challenge gender norms. We are a trans-inclusive, queer festival and accept films directed by everyone regardless of their gender, and strongly encourage marginalized people to send us their work. More than a festival screening films about women or made by women (which is not trans-inclusive), the FFFM wants to showcase activist works that have a strong feminist message.

2020 THEMES INCLUDE (but are not limited to)
- Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native feminism
- Black/Afrofeminism and POC feminism
- Queer/Trans/Non-binary/Two-spirit feminism
- #metoo
- Fighting ableism, fatphobia, gender inequalities

Our ambition is to show a diverse program with films from all over the world with a special focus on films directed by women of colour, indigenous and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. We aim for this festival to be accessible and inclusive for everyone.

All screenings will be Pay What You Can.

Audience awards

About

The fourth Montreal Feminist Film Festival will be held September 16-20, 2020 in Montreal and will showcase a variety of intersectional fiction and documentary films and videos.

The mission of the Montreal Feminist Film Festival is to move, inspire and represent a wide variety of femininities and feminisms in order to increase their visibility. We strongly believe in intersectionality and strong female characters who challenge gender norms. We are a trans-inclusive, queer festival and accept films directed by everyone regardless of their gender, and strongly encourage marginalized people to send us their work. More than a festival screening films about women or made by women (which is not trans-inclusive), the FFFM wants to showcase activist works that have a strong feminist message.

2020 THEMES INCLUDE (but are not limited to)
- Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native feminism
- Black/Afrofeminism and POC feminism
- Queer/Trans/Non-binary/Two-spirit feminism
- #metoo
- Fighting ableism, fatphobia, gender inequalities

Our ambition is to show a diverse program with films from all over the world with a special focus on films directed by women of colour, indigenous and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. We aim for this festival to be accessible and inclusive for everyone.

All screenings will be Pay What You Can.

Audience awards

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

All films must
-be documentary, animation, experimental short or feature films (no music videos)
-have French or English audio or subtitles
-have a ***strong feminist message***.

Filmmakers cannot submit more than TWO projects.
Films must have been released after 2016 and ideally not have screened in Montreal yet.

We are NOT accepting music videos.

Our terms and conditions apply:
1. The submitter must be entitled to submit the film and has the legal rights to screen it;
2. Submission does not guarantee acceptance.
3. There is a $6 submission fee for shorts and a $10 fee for documentary features that is non-refundable even if your project is disqualified so please read the rules and terms.
4. We can not send back any material sent to us.
5. By submitting a film the filmmakers, copyright owners and distribution rights owners agree to have the film screened for free if selected for the programme.
6. We reserve the right to use stills and images for our promotion material such as the website or our programme.
7. Formats can either be DVD, BluRay or digital and should have subtitles in English or French unless the original language is English or French. To submit, it will be enough to send a link to Vimeo or similar with a password.
8. The official deadline is June 1st, 2020, however, exceptions might be made for late submissions and is decided on a case-to-case basis.
9. Shipping costs / digital transfer costs have to be paid by the filmmaker.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Feature-length feminist documentary
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $10
Regular (1st August, 2020) $18
Late (1st November, 2020) $10

Feature-length feminist fiction
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $13
Regular (1st August, 2020) $20
Late (1st November, 2020) $13

Short film - Indigenous/First Nations/Inuit/Metis/Aboriginal
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Short film created by an Indigenous person with strong feminist and/or queer/2-spirit content.

Short film - Black Feminism / Afrofeminism / Islamophobia / Muslim life / etc.
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Short film directed by a person of colour (non-Caucausian) on feminist issues regarding race, politics, religion or identity

Short film - Queer / Trans / Lesbian / Two-Spirit
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Short film made by a queer, trans, lesbian, two-spirit person around feminist issues or gender politics/identity

Short film - other oppressions (ableism/fatphobia/etc.)
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Feminist shorts that tackle other oppressions such as ableism, fatphobia, objectification, class/socioeconomic issues, gender privileges, etc.

Short film - gender/sexual violence
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Please note that we will NOT be programming any films with graphic rape scenes

Short film - sex work
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

Please note that the festival is not abolitionist and therefore will not be programming any film that shame sex workers or treat them as simple victims. Though we are opposed to forced prostitution, we stand with sex workers. Note that we will also not be programming porn.

Short film (not in any category)
Early Bird (23rd January, 2020) $7
Regular (1st August, 2020) $10
Late (1st November, 2020) $7

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