Celebrate International Women’s Day with these B.C. films at Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

The 17th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) hosted by Women In Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) takes place virtually from March 8-13, 2022! Kicking off on International Women’s Day, the festival includes 33 films from 12 countries, made up of 17 Canadian films.

The festival screenings will open with an exclusive one-night-only presentation of Donkeyhead, followed by a live Q&A with director Agam Darshi. Throughout the week there will be a special presentation of Querencia, with web-series creator, director and lead actor Mary Galloway, and a special presentation of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, with representatives from the film and co-presented by the National Film Board.

Discover the films from local B.C. filmmakers below! 

 

Shorts:

Perfect Daughter
Jasleen Kaur

 

 

Esther and Sai
Roșie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser

 

 

The Isobel Imprint 
Ali Grant

 

 

Srikandi
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto

 

 

Militant Mother
Carmen Pollard

 

Wildflower
Heather Perluzzo

Features:

Querencia
Mary Galloway

 

 

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

 

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