filmfreeway accredited
Atlanta women’s
Film festival
September 23 – 27, 2026 | 7 Stages Theatre (1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307)
AWFF 2025 Official Trailer
Welcome to the atlanta women’s film festival
Celebrating women in film with stories about women by women
Now Accepting Feature Films!
Feature Films
For the first time, we’re now officially accepting feature-length films across all genres. We celebrate women’s voices in film—whether you’re telling a story from behind the camera or on screen, directed by or centered on women, we’d love to consider it.
Short Films
Atlanta Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) welcomes films made by women, or films highlighting women through story and performance.
Screenplays
AWFF is looking to elevate the voices of women both from a writer’s standpoint and from a character standpoint. If your script is written by a female writer, or contains strong and prominent female characters, consider submitting to Atlanta Women’s Film Festival screenplay competition.
2025 Official
Selections
FILMS
16
Akwaaba: Oceans Between, Dreams Beyond- Opening Night Screening
[b]REACH
1001cuts
A Gun My Granny Never Fired
A Nice Lady
Aloha Means I Love You
An Outfit
As Long as We Can
Asha
At The Edge of Skin
Await
Bastard
Bee The Witness
Before 1619: She Took Justice
Bench Seats
Beyond the Score
Black Girls and Fairytales
Blackberry Winter
Bloom In
Bridge
Broke Down and Bougie
Bwinky's Little Big World of Love
By the Lake
Cakewalk
Cereal
Close The Door
Cocoon
Common Ground
Darcine's Day
Deal Breakers
Dedicated
Dolors
Don't be late, Myra
Donde Todo Empieza
Each Day Feels The Same
Echo
Eve's Eden
Everything is invented
Fire Talker
Five O'Clock Somewhere
Full Spectrum - A Queer Outdoorsy Film About Autism
Gods of the Universe: Rise of the Star Child
Gone Fishing
Grace
Great Googly
Have I Swallowed Your Dreams
His Forbidden Sword
How to Get the Girl
I Don’t Need Another Defeat / Yeni Bir Mağlubiyete İhtiyacım Yok
Imagine Abby
Irregular
Kidz at Play
La Santeria
Land of Forgotten Echoes
Learner's Permit
Little Bird Song
Lola Grey
Love is Neat
Marilyn's Dark Paradise
Millie in Cis Hell
Moments From Motherhood
Mother's Day
Neurosis
Night Light
Not Alone
On Tiptoes
Our Terrain
Safety First
Scammed
Scents of the Season
Shepherd Moon
Shucking Tradition
Slay Queens
SnowBugs
Sweet Body
Symptoms
Take Me Back
Tapestry Brewing
Thank You For Your Time
The Bonobos
The Chair at the Edge of the Woods
The Doodle
the eulogy.
The Flock of Forgotten Faces
The Fourth Star
The Gallery
The Grief Counselor
The Heiress
The Man Outside
The Mare
The Pot
They Call Me The Tattoo Witch
Timelessness
Touch
Tu Quoque
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Voices of the Academy
Water Baby
We'll Get There No Matter What
We're Okay
When Everything Was Blue
When It Hits
Where It Flows
Wildman
Wilted Flowers
Wishing on Stars
Woman of the Year
Women's Poetic Justice
You're Going To Be Fine
SCREENPLAYS
A House for the Flowers
Accidental Assassins
Assassin: The Game
B*tchcraft
Best Regards, Uoc
Bookshop Bootleg
Calhoun's Closet
Cellophane Shells
Coal Eyes Are Watching
Delete
Delicious and Her Jezebel Spirit
Detours in Destiny
Do Over
Empty Passage
Ffin
Forty Days
Furlong Fix
Girls vs. Hell
Inner Childcare
Jointly Juvenile
Ka Piko
Lesbian of Honor
Libertaire 2023
Library Larceny
Loretta
Love Afterlife
Mary Anne and Wanda Were the Best of Friends
Monday
Pennyless
Poet's Bucket List
Polished Business
Poster Girls
Red Sneakers
Revolutions Wife
Rocks
Second Set
Seeing Stars (2024)
Socks
Starved
The Composition of Dance
The Devil's Chalice
The Doll Keeper
The Legend of Pieter De Knecht
The People from Maxey Creek: The Purple Sword
The Silent Thread
Tiggles, Mummy & Me
Tony
Unit Four
Volatiles
Water Cage
Water Touching The Rock
We Want Your Baby
White as a Ghost
2025 Award
Nominations
Best Animated Film
Bloom In
Cakewalk
Have I Swallowed Your Dreams
Not Alone
SnowBugs
The Flock of Forgotten Faces- Winner!
Best Comedy Film
Broke Down and Bougie
Five O’Clock Somewhere- Winner!
Safety First
Scammed
We’re Okay
Woman of the Year
Best Dark Comedy Film
Await
Kidz at Play
Slay Queens- Winner!
Sweet Body
Thank You For Your Time
The Pot
Best Romantic Comedy Film
His Forbidden Sword
How to Get the Girl- Winner!
Love is Neat
The Doodle
Best Drama Film
Grace
I Don’t Need Another Defeat
The Fourth Star
When Everything Was Blue- Winner!
Wilted Flowers
Best Dark Drama Film
[b]reach
Fire Talker
Marilyn’s Dark Paradise- Winner!
Night Light
The Bonobos
The Grief Counselor
Best Dramedy
Bastard
Blackberry Winter
Symptoms
Tapestry Brewing- Winner!
Best Documentary Film
Akwaaba: Oceans Between, Dreams Beyond- Winner!
1001cuts
Common Ground
The Man Outside
Voices of the Academy
We’ll Get There No Matter What
Best LGBTQ Film
Everything is invented
Millie in Cis Hell- Winner!
Wildman
Best Social Impact Film
Darcine’s Day
Deal Breakers
Don’t be late, Myra
Full Spectrum – A Queer Outdoorsy Film About Autism
Moments From Motherhood- Winner!
Timelessness
Best Experimental Film
Dedicated- Winner!
Echo
Eve’s Eden
Scents of the Season
Best Horror/ Thriller Film
La Santeria
Neurosis
The Chair at the Edge of the Woods
The Mare
Women’s Poetic Justice- Winner!
Best Action/ SciFi
Lola Grey- Winner!
Black Girls and Fairytales
Gods of the Universe: Rise of the Star Child
Shepherd Moon
Best Coming of Age
Bench Seats- Winner!
Donde Todo Empieza
Imagine Abby
The Gallery
The Heiress
Best Georgia Film
Fire Talker
Lola Grey- Winner!
Sweet Body
The Flock of Forgotten Faces
We’ll Get There No Matter What
Night Light
Best International Film
Await
Everything is invented
Have I Swallowed Your Dreams
I Don’t Need Another Defeat
Women’s Poetic Justice- Winner!
Best Director
Christina Chironna for “When Everything Was Blue”
Laura Walls for “The Doodle”
Lindsay Daniels for “Tapestry Brewing”
Michaela Wadzinski for “Shepherd Moon”
Sarah M. Temkin for “1001cuts”- Winner!
Best Editing
Lola Grey
Mother’s Day
Shepherd Moon
Voices of the Academy- Winner!
Women’s Poetic Justice
Best Actor
Karmen Rebecca Encarnación for “Await”
Kelly Ladd for “The Fourth Star”- Winner!
Mabel Tyler for “Fire Talker”
Pinky Jones for “Symptoms”
Sara Burris Hersh for “Grace”
Best Ensemble Cast
Bench Seats
Blackberry Winter- Winner!
Shepherd Moon
The Grief Counselor
The Pot
Best Cinematography
Bench Seats- Winner!
I Don’t Need Another Defeat
The Flock of Forgotten Faces
The Grief Counselor
When Everything Was Blue
Best Sound Design
Have I Swallowed Your Dreams
La Santeria- Winner!
Symptoms
The Flock of Forgotten Faces
Voices of the Academy
Best Action/Sci-fi Screenplay
Cellophane Shells
Delete- Winner!
Water Cage
Best Comedy Screenplay
Assassin: The Game
Do Over- Winner!
Inner Childcare
Socks
Best Coming of Age Screenplay
B*tchcraft- Winner!
Seeing Stars
Best Dark Comedy Screenplay
Accidental Assassins
Girls vs. Hell
Loretta
Starved- Winner!
We Want Your Baby
Best Drama/Dark Drama Screenplay
A House for the Flowers
Delicious and Her Jezebel Spirit
Mary Anne and Wanda Were the Best of Friends- Winner!
Revolution’s Wife
The Silent Thread
White as a Ghost
Best Dramedy Screenplay
Ffin
Love Afterlife
Polished Business
Second Set- Winner!
Best Horror/ Thriller Screenplay
The Doll Keeper- Winner!
The Legend of Pieter De Knecht
The People from Maxey Creek: The Purple
Volatiles
Best RomCom Screenplay
Detours in Destiny- Winner!
Forty Days
Lesbian of Honor
Library Larceny
Best Social Impact Screenplay
Empty Passage
Tiggles, Mummy & Me
Tony- Winner!
Our Venue
7 Stages Theatre
1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307





