Festival:

Women Of The Lens Film Festival 2025

Thu 20 Nov 2025 — Sat 22 Nov 2025

Empowering through knowledge and celebration’, is one of the primary tenets of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, which aims to bring heartwarming stories to film loving audiences and support the careers of black women in the film industries. Debuting in 2017, Women Of The Lens Film Festival highlights the experiences and achievements of talented filmmakers, meanwhile showcasing courageous stories from underrepresented women working in the film industry. Our 2025 programme will feature narratives that spotlights triumphs, gender representation, heritage and tradition, politics, family and relationships, healing and love and so much more. As well as all of this, our exciting programme will include panel discussions from industry professionals, where you can make your own contribution to some vibrant conversation. Not only this, we’ll be further congratulating filmmaking talent with our first, not to be missed, Awards Ceremony, to sign off what will be an inspiring festival. Grab your tickets now, we can’t wait for you to join us!

Upcoming Screenings

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents Voices Of Power: Icons Who Changed Sound Film Strand 18

From the Jamaican dancehalls to Chicago’s electric blues clubs, this powerful strand, Voices of Power: Icons Who Changed Sound, celebrates landmark… Read More
Alison Duke, Chandra Cooper, Nate Wyse, Various Countries, Various Years, 98m.
Thu 20 Nov
18:00

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents: Her Power, Her Path Film Strand 18

From the Senate floor to the racetrack, the skatepark to the streets of Kabul and Tehran, these films spotlight women who… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 147m.
Fri 21 Nov
20:00

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents: Rooted and Rising In Home and Heritage Film Strand 18

What does it mean to belong? Rooted & Rising in Home and Heritage brings together powerful personal journeys exploring identity, ancestry, and connection.… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 92m.
Sat 22 Nov
12:00

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents: Redefining Connection 18

The Mediator and Seeing Without Sight, invite us to see and feel the world differently. Our Strand, Redefining Connection explores the power of human bonds… Read More
Alyscia Cunningham, Dean Leon Anderson, Various Countries, Various Years, 37m.
Sat 22 Nov
14:30

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents Unbound: Women, Power & Possession 18

Unbound: Women, Power & Possession is an unflinching strand that dives deep into the lives of women reclaiming control over their bodies,… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 123m.
Sat 22 Nov
16:00

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents Messy, Loud and Growing 18

Modern, funny, and refreshingly real, Messy, Loud & Growing dives into the chaos of youth, love, and identity in a digital and unpredictable… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 39m.
Sat 22 Nov
18:45

Women Of The Lens Film Festival Presents The Awards Ceremony 18

Women Of The Lens Film Festival presents our first Awards Ceremony. Built to acknowledge the efforts of filmmakers striving to make… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 90m.
Sat 22 Nov
20:20