Paris Lady Moviemakers Festival

Paris Lady Moviemakers Festival is a seasonal competitive Festival dedicated to female gaze in cinema

Regulations

✓ All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles (if in a different language).

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2025.

✓ Short films must not exceed 30 minutes.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ Nominations: These are all the films that have been nominated for an award in a category. This doesn’t mean that they are yet a selected film of the festvial. Few of the winner projects will be selected for the annual online event.

Official Selection: These are all the winner films selected for annual online event , which will be notified via email. If you received a Nomination email, but no Official Selection email, it means your film will not be screened, but is still a contender for an award in its category.

Award Winners: Chosen from the Nominations (which includes the Official Selection).

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date of the online annual event under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100 the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

Regulations

✓ All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles (if in a different language).

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2025.

✓ Short films must not exceed 30 minutes.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ Nominations: These are all the films that have been nominated for an award in a category. This doesn’t mean that they are yet a selected film of the festvial. Few of the winner projects will be selected for the annual online event.

Official Selection: These are all the winner films selected for annual online event , which will be notified via email. If you received a Nomination email, but no Official Selection email, it means your film will not be screened, but is still a contender for an award in its category.

Award Winners: Chosen from the Nominations (which includes the Official Selection).

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date of the online annual event under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100 the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to participate in your Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival! I am delighted that my film, *Rosso Improvviso* (Suddenly Red), was selected as a semi-finalist, contributing for Best Feature Women Empowerment and Best Feature Actress. Reaching the semi-finals—or even the finals—among hundreds of feature, medium-length, and short films is truly a miracle. This recognition honors the talent, dedication, and sacrifices of an extraordinary team that believed in this film from the very first take 🎬.

Bolero Patrizia Masi

When I entered our film into your festival and found out that we won, I couldn't believe our luck! We won in your prestigious film festival. That was Great!! Thank you for allowing our movie to become a WINNER in your Festival. Anngeannette

Anngeannette Pinkston

First of all, my team adina Thank you so much for Good Luck / Rastgele film as a semi-finalist! Your great news excited us. We were happy that we could not be physically with this independent film and this low-budget project

meltem altay

Merci, merci to the Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival for the honor of being a Semi-Finalist in your festival! Wishing everyone at this festival the absolute best for all future festivals.

Dilshad Vadsaria

Submission Your Film

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June 2026

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Winners – April 2026

Best Short International Film Love Sonnet | certificateBest Short Director Fire…

Winners- March 2026

Best Short International Film — Love SonnetBest Short Director — Fire of an…

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