25 from March to 3 from April

The Online Women of Film Festival
announces the Official Section of its third edition and puts the voucher for the contest on sale

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  The Women of Film Online Festival is the first online event dedicated entirely to films directed by women. With it, Mujeres de Cine strengthens its commitment to Gender Equality and takes advantage of the possibilities of the network as a tool for promoting and exhibiting the work of filmmakers.
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  The official section is made up of 10 well-known films directed by women that can be seen through MUJERES DE CINE VOD, a pioneering platform in female-authored cinema.
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  The voucher for the festival is now available at the price of €6,95.

Madrid, March 16, 2022.- The Women of Film Online Festival, which will take place between March 25 and April 3, announces the Official Section of the contest with 10 outstanding films directed by women that can be seen online for 10 days on the festival website.

The vouchers can be purchased until Sunday, April 3, at a price of €6,95, with ten days to enjoy the viewing from the day the voucher is purchased.

A magnificent opportunity to enjoy from home some of the most powerful proposals of contemporary cinema signed by women.
The program brings together films directed or co-directed by women, from countries such as Colombia, Venezuela, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain.
The titles that make up the Official Section are:

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  AMA. Júlia de Paz Solvas (Spain, 2021, 88 min.)
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  Breathe. Susanna Barranco (Spain, 2021, 92 min.)
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  EThe soul wants to fly. Diana Montenegro (Colombia, 2020, 88 min.)
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  The Return: Life after ISIS. Alba Sotorra (Spain, 2021, 90 min.)
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  Once upon a time in Venezuela. Anabel Rodríguez Ríos (Venezuela, 2020, 99 min.)
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  The metamorphosis of birds. Catarina Vasconcelos (Portugal, 2020, 101 min.)
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  Miss Marx. Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy, 2020, 107 min.)
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  Please. Ninja Thyberg (Sweden, 2021, 107 min.)
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  Preparations to be together for an unknown period of time. Lili Horvát (Hungary, 2020, 95 min.)
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  Where are you going, Aida? Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 104 min.)

Works that offer genuine view of issues like the loneliness in the mythologized maternity, the lack of freedom, the passage from a girl to a woman, misogyny, machismo, family, love; a heterogeneous scan of recent female-authored film production, which highlights her contribution to contemporary cinema.
Ten surprising stories that travel from documentary to fiction and what have they been through renowned national and international film festivals such as Sundace, Seminci, Berlin Film Festival, Malaga Film Festival, Bogotá Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Montreal Film Festival, Seville European Film Festival or SXSW Film Festival.
All of them also accumulate recognitions in prestigious contests such as the Goya, Feroz, Gaudí, Oscar, BAFTA, David di Donatello Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) or European Film Awards.
“We can finally announce the ten titles that make up the III Women of Film Online Festival. The public will be able to enjoy singular and heterogeneous proposals in an initiative that vindicates and celebrates for another year the talent and great contribution of women filmmakers”, she points out. Ana Palacios, director of Mujeres de Cine.
This year, the Women of Film Online Festival joins the commemoration of International Women's Day (8M) by halving the price of the bonds acquired on March 8.

Support, sponsorships and collaborations
 
The third edition of the Women of Cinema Online Festival has RC Service as sponsor of the Best Director of Photography Award and with the collaboration of AEC (Spanish Association of Directors and Directors of Photography), AVA Foundation, CIMA, Cine por Mujeres, Coofilm , Directors of Photography, DOCMA, Espiralarte, La Gran Belleza, MAV (Association of Women in the Visual Arts), Women in the Music Industry (MIM), PNR (Platform for New Filmmakers), Union of Filmmakers and WOFEST. The event also includes the radio program ´Butaca y Butacón´, by LaFM, as a collaborating medium.

The Women of Film Online Festival burst into 2020 with an unprecedented goal: to be the first online contest dedicated exclusively to female-authored film production. The purpose of the contest is to value the work of women directors, as well as their contribution to contemporary cinema.