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Short film initiative platforming female filmmakers. Films that explore, emote, educate #EndVAW
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All the jury and public votes are in, so we're delighted to announce this year's winners!

🏆 Winner: The Awakening, by Sumi Mathai
🏆 1st Runner-Up: The Truck, by Elizabeth Rao
🏆 2nd Runner-Up: A Move, by Elahe Esmaili
🏆 Audience Award: Where We Stop by Rachel Coburn

Watch now: 16days16films.com
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December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The Audience Award vote closes at 9pm tonight - get your vote in now!

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December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A reminder of all our 2025 finalists... which one was your favourite?

Go to our website now to vote in our Audience Award: 16days16films.com

Voting closes tomorrow at 9pm.
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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All of our films for 2025 are now available to watch - which means the vote for our Audience Award is open! 🏆

Head to our website to choose your favourite: 16days16films.com

The vote closes at 9pm on Friday.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"I was looking for a way to explore my family history with domestic violence and I was looking for a myth to pair with it. We’re watching reality unfold and this sort of genre element is a surprise.”

Watch Mother’s Skin by Leah Johnston now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"We women are fighting to exist in every sphere of society, and naturally, this struggle finds its place in the stories we tell."

(words spoken by an actor)

Watch Chicken Broth Soup by Deniz Büyükkırlı now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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"Our differences are becoming bolder and bolder every day and it’s becoming harder and harder to live next to each other without issues I think, all around the world. The main message of the film is just to accept each other.”

Watch A Move by Elahe Esmaili now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"The dream is for the morning-after pill, like contraception and like abortion, to not be policed.”

Watch The Truck by Elizabeth Rao now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"I did move to the UK ten days before the millennium. A lot of what I was experiencing was exactly what the characters are experiencing. Everyone’s too distracted to realise that, hey, these people may need some help.”

Watch Hope Is Lost by Eno Enefiok now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"It’s a very profound sort of loneliness that starts landing in on you and your space that you think that you have in this world. It’s like walls closing in on you.”

Watch The Awakening by Sumi Mathai now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"We all went to states where abortion is no longer an assumed right and made films that spoke to the crisis that we’re in, for women in the United States.”

Watch Contractions by Lynne Sachs now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"There’s so much violence in our treatment and understanding of women with fibroids. This film was a necessity. It wasn’t like “I want to make a film”, it was like “I HAVE to make this film.”"

Watch Mango by Joan Iyiola now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"I’ve often asked myself, why does society treat women this way? Why should women feel ashamed of experiencing sexual harassment? I want those who watch my film to feel encouraged."

Watch Bird Woman by Tokio Oohara now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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"Keep making men uncomfortable, keep having these conversations, and dismantle the patriarchy as much as we can.”

Watch She’s Asking For It by Natalia Zajączkowska now on our website: 16days16films.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"I used to work as a model scout in an agency, so the measuring tape was my work instrument. I was in this very paradoxical, controversial position of being both a woman, all my life being judged by society, but being part of it as well.”

Watch Measurements by Marta Capossela now: 16days16films.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"As girls, we were taught to remain silent about the so-called bad things that happened around us. And so, the way I use my camera, it’s really to service the point of view of this young child."

Watch Don’t Be Late, Myra by Afia Serena Nathaniel now on our website: 16days16films.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"Violence against women and intimate partner abuse is not a genetically passed on thing. It’s a learned behaviour. And the more we become aware of that, hopefully the more we can change that."

Watch Leaving Yellowstone by Kayla Arend now on our website: 16days16films.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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"I was captivated by how someone could survive something and immediately reach back to others."

Watch Tiny Movements by Laura Sweeney now on our website: 16days16films.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"Motherhood and war existed in my life at the same time. I decided to tell the story about how war can look when you’re a woman."

Watch Fuck Them All by Polina Biliaieva now on our website: 16days16films.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"There’s no point in creating something for young women if young women’s voices aren’t at the centre of it." – Molly Geddes, writer, producer and actor

Watch Where We Stop by Rachel Coburn now on our website: 16days16films.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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It's almost time for the 2025 festival!

Between 25 November and 10 December, we'll mark the 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence - each day, there'll be a new female-directed short film available to watch on our website.

Don't miss it: www.16days16films.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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16 days. 16 films.

Every year, we run an online event for female filmmakers. 16 films are chosen, and one new film is released every day between 25 November and 10 December.

Join us for our 2025 festival!

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16 Days 16 Films graphic 25 Nov to 10 Dec 16days16films.com Partner logos: UN Women, Equimundo, Spotlight Initiative, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Time's Up UK, UK Says No More, Organic.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Our early bird deadline has been extended to Tuesday, July 8th!
For more info and submission criteria, go to: filmfreeway.com/16Days16Films

#filmfestival #femalefilmmakerfriday #shortfilm #endvaw #16days #earlybird
July 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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16 Days 16 Films returns for our 8th edition!
📣 Submissions are open till 8th October
📣 For entry criteria & submission visit our website

We are proud to partner with @equimundo_org @unwomen.bsky.social @UKSAYSNOMORE @geenadavisorg.bsky.social @VoiceofChangeAU @TIMESUPNOW @DDAglobal_

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June 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Thank YOU for making another incredible #16days16films possible ✨

We rely on your continued support to facilitate the work that we do, enabling #16days16films to be free for our audiences and for our filmmakers.

Donate now via 16days16films.com/donate 🔗
December 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM