Name of the Event: Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2016

Organized by: Aichi Gender Equality Foundation / Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2016 Steering Committee

Co-organized by: Handa City, Yatomi City and the Aichi Prefectural Education & Sports Promotion Foudation

Venues and Dates

• Will Aichi, Aichi Prefectural Women’s Center
  Wed. September 7 – Sun. September 11, 2016
• Ai Plaza Handa (Handa City) and the Integrated Social Education Center (Yatomi City)
  Sat. September 10, 2016
• Aichi Prefectural Youth House (Okazaki City) (organized by the Aichi Prefectural Education & Sports Promotion Foudation)
  Sat. September 10 – Sun. September 11, 2016

Objective: To support the advancement of women in society and to promote international exchange between women, we show works of female directors and invite world-famous female artists in the film world as well as hold discussions, symposiums, and seminars which will provide opportunities for participants to exchange their opinions.

Event Information

• Have the 21st edition in 2016 (the 1st edition dates back to 1996)
• Select mainly films of female directors from all over the world
• Hold various events for communication between artists and audience
• Hold seminars or symposiums related to presented films for the sake of the advancement of women in society
• Provide a voice guide for spectators with a visual disability in cooperation with some NPOs (2003-)
• Have a competition of designing posters and fliers (2012-)
• Have a short film competition for female artists (2012-)
• Hold special events in cooperation with the United Nations Information Centre (2014-)
• Show several companies’ films focused on the advancement of women in their office (2014-)
• Have a feature film competition for rising female artists (2015-)
• Establish the prizes for the winners of the competitions (2015-)

-Feature Film Section: Golden Owl Award

-Short Film Section: Golden Iris Award and Silver Iris Awards