Meet Our Jurors
Our panel of jurors comprises professionals who have made significant and continue to make productive contributions to the film industry.
Bhavini Goyate
Latoya Austin
Melanie Jones Powell
Temi Yussuf
Kadambari Chauhan
Annie Little
Meet Our Pre-Selectors
Our panel of Pre-Selectors are dedicated to upholding the values and ethos of our festival and contribute to ensuring the best of our submissions programme.
Ziyuan ‘Iris’ Zhao
Pia Madison
Holly Elliott
Aminat Abari
Fortunata (Tino) Manenti
Adeline Curtis
Ishita Sharma
Stefany Prince
What Filmmakers Are Saying
“Brilliantly organised, thoughtfully curated and excellent selection of short films. Will be submitting films again and again!.”
Cat White
Filmmaker, ‘Fifty Four Days’
“I absolutely love this festival and have enormous thanks and gratitude to Jennifer and the team at Women of the Lens for continually to support and give a platform for these films to be seen to a proper audience.“
Damian Paul Daniel
Producer, ‘When I Was A Younger’
“You can feel the work that goes into every single piece of communication. I loved the festival poster and artwork. In a year difficult for any film festival to do their usual, WOTL has thought of many new ways to help and promote its female filmmakers.“
Shona Charlton
Filmmaker, ‘The Sacrifice’
Upcoming Festival Events
Festival Opening
We can’t wait to share with you our amazing selections of films from talented filmmakers. Look out for our upcoming announcements.
Panel Discussions
As always, well be programming panels that engage with directors as they discuss their experiences and insights, as well as themes, which come out of our programming. More will be announced later this year.
Workshops
Participate in a hands-on workshop led by industry professionals. To be held in November, more to be announced nearer the time.
Awards Ceremony
Howe excited are we as we celebrate the achievements of outstanding filmmakers at our awards night. Announcements will be made from September, later this year.