Cairo International Women's Film Festival
cairo international womens film festival arabic مهرجان القاهرة الدولي لسينما المرأة ciwff independent initiative dedicated introducing film directed woman around world—not necessarily addressing womens issues—to explore perspective female filmmaker founder director festival emphasize goal serving platform film created woman introduced audience well meeting point audience filmmaker end film screened fee english arabic subtitle qa session panel master class held guest festival festival first came existence form entre cineastas arabic بين سينمائيات caravan arab latin american womens film arabic قافلة سينما المرأة العربية واللاتينية caravan held various arab latin american spanish city year initiative developed eventually expand cairo international womens film festival include caravan one many section festival throughout festival master class panel held introduce filmmaker audience open floor theme filmbased discussion one pillar festival one minute workshop arabic ورشة أفلام الدقيقة الواحدة workshop instructed filmmaker founder ciwff amal ramsis teach nonprofessional woman basic making short film order write act shoot direct oneminute long film addressing selected concept held several time around year various city town around egypt arab world latin america europe collaboration trama network drac màgic—the womens film festival launched initiative section festival change every edition one integral section however caravan every edition also celebrates one prominent female filmmaker screening selection film section titled ′tribute cineaste′ inviting conduct qa session panel recurring section international panorama country focus guest festival—which often partner womens film festival ciwff feature one award audience award first introduced th edition film qualify except film caravan tribute workshop public vote one film selected receive award committee say selection audience vote short film award divided first secondranking film presented director winning film—if present—and film screened closing night film audience award list womens film festival cairo international womens film festival official website th ciwffs trailer th ciwffs makingof video