Eight Women (Международный кинофестиваль «Восемь женщин»)

Eight Women

Международный кинофестиваль «Восемь женщин»

Also known as: 8 женщин, Московский международный кинофестиваль «8 женщин», Vosem Zhenshchin
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Vosem Zhenshchin (Eight Women) is a Moscow festival of films directed by women, organised by the Guild of Film Directors of Russia. It opens the Russian film year in the first days of March, and International Women's Day on 8 March falls in the middle of the festival; the number also recurs in its structure, with eight films in each competition programme and eight awards. The competition presents Russian fiction features and shorts, documentaries and animated films by women directors, from established names to debutants, and screenings are followed by meetings with the filmmakers. Admission is free with online registration.

The festival's programme archive starts in 2014. The tenth edition took place on 2–11 March 2024 at the Central House of Cinema (Dom Kino) in Moscow, and the organisers announced an eleventh edition for 6–9 March 2026.

Country

Russian Federation

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short

Awards and prizes

Awards go to the best film in each competition category and to the best debut; the jury may also give special prizes. Other awards include the Special Prize of the Guild of Film Directors of Russia, the Crystal Tear for the best melodrama and the partner prize For the Purity of the Russian Language from the Stsena 23 theatre salon, first presented in 2024.

Festival rules

The competition is open to films directed by women and produced in Russia. The call for the 2026 edition accepted fiction features, fiction shorts and animated films completed in 2024–2026; a Russian distribution certificate (prokatnoe udostoverenie) was required. Entries and links to the films are sent to the festival by email.

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