film freeway accredited
Atlanta women’s
Film festival
October 17th | 2021
Welcome to the atlanta women’s film festival
Celebrating women in film with stories about women…by women.
Submissions for the 2021 Festival are OPEN.
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.
2020 Award
Nominations

Best Drama Film
Mazloom
ALINA
Bombs Bursting in Air
fangirl
Made In America

Best Comedy Film
Rumspringa
Mary Maid
F*CKBOY
Tension on Aisle Three
Til Death

Best LGBTQ Film
Swivel
Mermaid

Best Georgia Film
Jenna Gets an Abortion
Life Binder
Rumspringa
Friction
Mazloom

Best International Film
Don’t Burst My Bubble
Nexilis
Swivel

Best Horror/Thriller
Film
In Limbo
Concealer
Conviction
Marny’s Gift

Best Music Video
Permission
Moving On: Be Brave Enough to Walk Alone
Ouroboros

Best Animated Short Film
Two Different Kinds of Love

Best Documentary
The Bluest Space; Black Creatives Defining Fine Art Spaces
Herselves
Black Girl Church

Best Actress
Alia Shawkat – Alina
Madison Hatfield- Jenna Gets an Abortion
Sailor Larocque – Mary Maid
Tamala Jones – Til Death
Sanam Azeem – Mazloom

Best Director
Bombs Bursting in Air
Hermit
Transmission
Mermaid
Mary Maid

Best Cinematography
Leave Us Here
Nexilis
ALINA
Marny’s Gift
Moving On: Be Brave Enough to Walk Alone

Best Drama Screenplay | Feature
SUPPOSED TO BE
The Coward of Hickory County
REDemption
100 Days
Calico Pie

Best Drama Screenplay | Short
Alone in Baghdad
Asha
In Search of Sasquatch
Jacob
POST

Best Comedy Screenplay | Feature
Finding Andy Cohen
Snow White From Queens
The Girl Wore Red

Best Comedy
Screenplay | Short
Secret Lies of the Gossip Teen
Til Death
Mission Brown
Going Out of Business Special

Best International Screenplay
Mission Brown
Lawrence
Reality Check
2020 Official Selections
FILMS
Derek Plans
Ojos Que No Ven
Hermit
Two Different Kinds of Love
Rubbish Robbers
The Binding of Itzik
Vestige
In Limbo
Til Death
Remotely Working Pilot
Black Girl Church
Butterfly
Breaking Up With Facebook
The Black Hole
Providence
A Heart's Calling
Here Today
Belong
Spirit
Suicide Date
Make A Wish
Mermaid
Morning Mourning
How We Vote Here
1 Out of 8
Conviction
Cookaphony
Your Eternal Savior
Flower Girl
Stage
Concealer
The Mother
Bombs Bursting in Air
Best Friends
Mai kal marega (I'll die tomorrow)
ALINA
Astronaut Spaceman
Snack Table
iRony
Ecole Fula Flute
Nexilis
Deep Fears
Skate in Perú
The Spongetones "Too Clever By Half"
Caretakers
Don't Burst My Bubble
Last Black Man
Kung Pao Corpse
SCREENPLAYS
Surface Tension - pilot
WiMe-5G
Jen Again
Biculturalism Fauxcumentary
First Date, Third Date
MIDNIGHT TUNES FROM GEORGIA (romantic comedy television pilot)
SHOE GAME (romantic comedy television pilot about eSports)
Warren and the Wheelie Bins
Henching
Nemesis
1966 Screenplay
THE LONGEST DAY (family television pilot)
The Day She Awakened
Cutting Teeth
Bridge
Pictures Only
People in A Box
Renaissance Man
TESStosterone
Screw The Cow
The Other Side
Breakdown
Never Too Young For Life
B. STEEL
August Sweeney: The Monster Barber of Harlem
afterbirth.
Drained
SLEEP
GAGGED
A Record In Time
Binary Force
Our Venue
Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
Free Parking | Beer | Food
