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The Women’s Film Festival 2025

The Women's Film Festival

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The Women’s Film Festival is dedicated to empowering women in the film industry and bringing films “by, for or about” women to the Philadelphia area. We have a variety of programs and events throughout the year but our main focus is our annual film festival. What started as a 3 day festival with approximately 25 films has morphed into a 10 day festival screening approximately 100 films from all over the globe.


This year's event runs from September 18 to September 28, 2025, and includes a dynamic lineup of film screenings, workshops, and networking opportunities for filmmakers and audiences alike.


This landmark year not only commemorates the festival’s 10th anniversary, but also marks our first-ever inclusion of the entire festival as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival—expanding our reach and impact within the city’s vibrant arts community.
Chosen from over 300 submissions from around the world, the selected films represent a wide array of voices and stories. Last year’s festival saw a record number of filmmakers in attendance, some traveling from as far as New Zealand and Thailand. For 2025, TWFF again anticipates a robust international presence, while also shining a spotlight on local talent through the popular PHILLY PHILMS program.


The film lineup will span genres—from heartwarming and comical to serious and empowering—yet all share a common goal: to uplift women’s voices and foster connection through storytelling. The full schedule is available at: www.thewomensfilmfestival.org


The full schedule is available at: www.thewomensfilmfestival.org
Comedy, drama, animation, Sci-fi... We’ve got something for everyone!
Festival Dates: September 18–28, 2025
Website: www.thewomensfilmfestival.org Social Media: www.facebook.com/thewomensfilmfestival | www.twitter.com/phlwomensfilm

Details
Run Time: 180 mins, 120 mins
Ticket Price: $25, $10
Venue: Christ Church Neighborhood HousePhiladelphia Museum of Art, Perelman Building

Dates: September 18, 2025 - September 28, 2025

September 18, 2025 6.30pm

Opening Night Film Lady Parts

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

General Admission: $25

September 19, 2025 6.00pm

Feature: It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss / playing with Eva Haller: A Work in Progress

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 19, 2025 8.00pm

IRL Documentary Shorts - Real life stories to provoke and give insight.
Double Take
The Periscopic Gaze
Icons
To the embers

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 20, 2025 12.00pm

Animation Station - A collection of animated short films from around the globe!
Inked
What They Say About Carmen
The Tale of Mari
Each Day Feels The Same
Flocky
Heist Gone Wrong
Two One Two
Memories of the Little Pond
Disabled: A Love Story

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 20, 2025 2.00pm

Feature: Complicit: Observations from the 57th Floor

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 20, 2025 4.00pm

Sorority Story + Voices of Tomorrow

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 20, 2025 6.00pm

Spicy Girls-Sisters Doing it for themselves
The Heist
Better Fate Than Never
Derailed
Boezemkring
Jules
Unlikely Mermaid

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 20, 2025 8.00pm

20 Pounds to Happiness (Feature)

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 21, 2025 2.30pm

Filmmaker’s Roundtable

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 21, 2025 4.00pm

Philly Philms - Local filmmakers get the spotlight in this collection of mixed themes.
F*ck Feelings
Fallout
Travel Plans
Revere Street
Grace
There Will Always Be Beauty - Doom & Bloom
Marina
The Crit(ique)

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 21, 2025 6.00pm

Make ‘Em Laugh - Now don’t we all deserve a good belly laugh right about now?
Sienna and the Sit
H2O My love
The Sandwich Line
A Man Alone
The Agent
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 23, 2025 6.00pm

Long Shorts:
Fighting for Home and Heart Three powerful stories of women making a difference.
Jinwar (Women’s Village)
Heart Cracked Open
Kanenon:we - Original Seeds
What I Am

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 24, 2025 6.00pm

Feature: A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 24, 2025 8.00pm

Queer Shorts - Celebrating the LGBTQAI+ part of the alphabet!
ATLS
Sneakerwave by Boy in the Water
Divide
Tea & Biscuit Crumbs
Liminality
Black Panther, Yellow Tiger
Other Half
Ruby

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 25, 2025 6.00pm

The Mirror Dance - These 4 powerful films reflect the images that we see as we encounter the
gaze of the world upon us.
I Wish I Were Pretty
The Mirror Dance
You Are A Boy Now
Body Stories

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 25, 2025 8.00pm

Horribly Supernatural (103 Run time) - Spooky, Creepy and downright wrong! Films to make you
flinch and fret.
Not Alone
REM
Babydoll
Whispers
Shondra on the Hike
The Girl
Femme
Something Blue
Renovation
Joshua

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 26, 2025 6.00pm

Shtaif Effect (Feature)

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 26, 2025 8.00pm

Black Voices - Films dedicated to BIPOC voices and filmmakers
AÏDA ? JE NE SUIS PAS DE CELLES
Seeds of Change
More than Half
See You Friday
Blue
The Car Salesman
I Hate My Love Life

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 27, 2025 12.00pm

Gina (Feature)

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 27, 2025 2.00pm

Love Me, Love Me Not (Feature)

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 27, 2025 4.00pm

Philly Philms Part II - Local filmmakers get the spotlight in this collection of mixed themes.
Demons Against Death Club
A Stupid Man
In Quiet Company
Madame Saito
Becoming Parents
Mamas
Lyz

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 27, 2025 6.00pm

The S@#T we deal with... - The trials of being a woman are expelled in this set of short films
Lineage
A Mother's Promise
Alexas from Texas
Routine Questions
Where Darkness Grows
Measurements
Rosalie
Music to Her Ears

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 27, 2025 8.00pm

Feature: Mikoko

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 28, 2025 2.30pm

Filmmaker’s Roundtable

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 28, 2025 4.00pm

Docs Deux - A second helping of our documentary short films.
Macula
Ikigai
Shucking Tradition
Someone You Know
51st STATE

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 28, 2025 6.00pm

Empowerment - Films to put a band-aid on your heart
Bridge
Headbang
The Swallows
Darling
Saverio
Loose Strands

20 N American St

General Admission: $10

September 28, 2025 7.30pm

Know Her Name - Closing Night Film

20 N American St

General Admission: $10


About the Artist

The Women’s Film Festival is dedicated to empowering women in the film industry and bringing films “by, for or about” women to the Philadelphia area. We have a variety of programs and events throughout the year but our main focus is our annual film festival. What started as a 3 day festival with approximately 25 films has morphed into a 10 day festival screening approximately 100 films from all over the globe.

Accessibility & Content Considerations

Contact the Fringe Festival Box Office for up to date accessibility information.

This event is appropriate for ages 13+

Violent Content

Adult Language

Viewer discretion advised: It should be assumed that all film screenings contain adult content may not be suitable for children under the age of 13 and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This content might include graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, and so on.

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require masks to be worn


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