Apart from the films, the Festival offers a diversity of cultural activities that take place during the whole festival at the same venue. A call to submissions for the 9th edition will be between Feb 15 and April 30.
After a successful first edition, in 2014, the film festival made an upgrade and took it to the competitive level.
In 2019, the Festival changed its name (and logo) to OLHARES DO MEDITERRÂNEO – WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL
2021 winners
The winners of the 8th edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women's Film Festival in 2021 were:
→Jury award
Best Feature Film: First Year Out | PREMIÈRE ANNÉE DEHORS, JOURNAL DE BORD |||| by Valérie Manns |||| França • Doc • 2019 • 71’
Honorable Mention: ELAS TAMBÉM ESTIVERAM LÁ | THEY WERE THERE TOO |||| Joana Craveiro |||| Portugal • Doc • 2021 • 105’
Honorable Mention: ESTHER FERRER. THREADS OF TIME | ESTHER FERRER. HILOS DE TIEMPO |||| Josu Rekalde |||| Espanha • Doc • 2020 • 69’
Best Short Film in ex-aequo:FERROTIPOS |||| Nüll García |||| Espanha • Fic • 2019 • 14’ and THE BATH |||| Anissa Daoud |||| Tunísia, França • Fic • 2020 • 16’
→Travessias Award
Best Film in ex-aequo: NHA MILA |||| Denise Fernandes |||| Portugal, Suíça • Fic • 2020 • 18’ and WE ARE NOT DEAD YET | NOUS NE SOMMES PAS ENCORE MORTS |||| Joanne Rakotoarisoa |||| França • Fic • 2020 • 34’
→Começar a Olhar (School films)
Best Film: IN THE WOODS | U ŠUMI |||| Sara Grgurić |||| Croácia • Fic • 2020 • 17’
Honorable Mention: FERRY TALE |||| Michal Shanny & Quan Nguyen Hong |||| Roménia • Doc • 2020 • 18’
Honorable Mention: The Ducks | LOS PATOS |||| Ángela Arregui Chavarría |||| Espanha • Anim • 2021 • 7’
→Audience Award
Best Film: Teenage Lockdown Tales | MES 15 ANS DANS MA CHAMBRE |||| Marie Pierre Jaury & Charlotte Ballet-Baz |||| França • Doc • 2020 • 52’
Best Film: MR GAY SYRIA, by Ayse Toprak, France/Turkey/Germany, documentary, 2017, 84
Best Short Film: IRIOWENIASI. EL HILO DE LA LUNA | Irioweniasi. The Thread of the Moon, by Esperanza Jorge e Inmaculada Antolínez, Morocco/Spain/Nigeria, documentary, 2018, 48’
The awards were made by Sedimento
2017 winners=
The winners of the 4th edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino in 2017 were:
→Jury award
Best Feature Film: Willy_1er, by Marielle Gautier, Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma and Hugo P Thomas, France, fiction, 2016
Best Short Film: Groundlevel, by Ayris Alptekin, Turkey, fiction, 2016
Honorable Mention: EL PESO DE LA MANTA, by Francesca Romana Degl’Innocenti, Aisha Doherty, Julie France, Clelia Goodchild, Leanne Hayman, Becky Lamich, Prunelle Mathet Girardeau, Toulla Mavromati, Cindy Parker, George Brereton, John English, Tom Gardner, David Innes and James Royle, Spain, documentary, 2016
Honorable Mention: Women of Imetsen, by Hilali Kawtar, Morocco/Switzerland, documentary, 2015
→Audience Award
Best Film: (In ex aequo)
CAFÉ NAGLER, by Mor Kaplansky and Yariv Barel Israel/Germany, documentary, 2015
80 AND COUNTING, by Lina Chaplin, Israel, documentary, 2016
The awards were made by Joana Toste.
2016 winners
The winners of the 3rd edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino in 2016 were:
→Jury award
Best Feature Film: LES MESSAGERS, by Hélène Crouzillat and Laetitia Tura, France, documentary, 2014, 70’
Best Short Film: GUEULE DE LOUP, by Alice Vial, France, fiction, 2014, 24’
→Travessias Award
Best Film: LUOGHI COMUNI, by Angelo Loy, Italy, documentary, 2015, 75’
→Audience Award
Best Film: PIRATES OF SALE, by Merième Addou (Morocco) and Rosa Rogers (UK), documentary, 2014, 78’
Honorable Mention: LES MESSAGERS, by Hélène Crouzillat and Laetitia Tura, France, documentary, 2014, 70’
2015 winners
The winners of the 2nd edition of Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino in 2015 were:
