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Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema

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The Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema (French: Festival international du cinéma au féminin de Bordeaux), formerly Cinéma au féminin à Arcachon, was an annual film festival celebrating and promoting the work of women in cinema. It took place each October in Bordeaux, in the French department of Gironde.

History

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The festival's first three editions took place in Arcachon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, from 1999 until 2001,[1] when it was known as Cinéma au féminin à Arcachon.[2][3][4]

For the fourth edition, the festival took place in Bordeaux in 2002.[5]

The fifth edition took place from 22 to 18 September 2003.[6]

The sixth edition took place from 27 September to 3 October 2004.[7][8]

Description

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The festival screened films written, produced, or directed by women from around the world,[6] screening over 50 films, both short and feature films, unreleased in French cinemas. There was a competition for the feature films,[7] with awards including the Golden Wave, Audience Award,[9] a Special Jury Award, and Special Mention.[1]

Past winners

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The French/Algerian film Inch'Allah Dimanche, written and directed by Yamina Benguigui, won the Golden Wave and the Audience Awards in 2001,[9] when the festival was still in Arcachon.[4]

In 2004, the Danish film In Your Hands, directed by Annette K. Olesen and starring Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, won the Audience Award.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema". IMDb. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Le cinéma au féminin à Arcachon". AlloCiné (in French). 17 September 1999. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Ciné féminin à Arcachon". AlloCiné (in French). 13 September 2000. Retrieved 6 November 2024. Cinéma au féminin à Arcachon
  4. ^ a b "Le cinéma au féminin". Libération (in French). 13 September 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema 2002". MUBI. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Festival of Women in Cinema - France". The Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 6 November 2024. The Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema is looking for recent Irish feature films, written or produced or directed by a woman.
  7. ^ a b "Bordeaux Women's Film Festival calls for entries". UK Broadcast News. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Home". Festival international du cinéma au féminin de Bordeaux. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b Boulé, J.P.; Tidd, U. (2012). Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema: A Beauvoirian Perspective. Berghahn Series. Berghahn Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-85745-729-5. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Ann Eleonora Jørgensen". European Film Promotion. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
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