Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now (WVN) is an American not-for-profit organization with the slogan "Advocating Women's Rights Through Film". It organises online short film festivals and other activities in its mission to "amplif[y] the voices of all women by promoting the free expression of women's struggles for civil, economic, political, and gender rights worldwide".[1][2][3][4] The organization was founded in 2010 by lawyer Catinca Tabacaru and philanthropist Leslie Sacks.[5][6][7]
Its first festival in 2011 had the title "Women's Voices from the Muslim World";[8][9] the 2014 festival was "Women Bought and Sold: Voices United Against Violence",[10] and a third festival was held in 2016.[11]
2016 film festival winners
Fifty-three (53) films were accepted out of hundreds of submissions into the 2016 online film festival. Judges awarded best overall film and best film in each category.
- Womb on Rent: Dir. Ishani K. Dutta
- Voice of the Valley: Dir. Leila Jarman
- Defendant 5: Dir. Heidi Lee Douglas
- World Wide Women: Dir. Andra Roman
- Mother: Prdcr. Jumaan Short
- On the Road: Khushi's Story: Dir. American Jewish World Service, Elizabeth Daube
- No Woman: Dir. Yama Rauf
References
- ↑ "What we do". Women's Voices Now. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Ahmed, Quanta (8 October 2010). "'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival". Festival Focus. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Online Film Contest Focuses on Muslim Women". Voice of America. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Interview: With founder of Women's Voices Now". Peace Women. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Achmad, Laila (26 April 2012). "Empowerment in Motion". Aquila Style. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Leslie Sacks, founder and principal of Leslie Sacks Fine Art and Leslie Sacks Contemporary, dies at age 61". artdaily.org. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Vankin, Deborah (22 March 2011). "Women in the Muslim world, as captured on film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Voices from the Muslim World". Women's Voices Now. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Women Bought and Sold". Women's Voices Now. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival". Women's Voices Now. Retrieved 24 July 2016.