TUESDAY JULY 20, 2021 Hall 1: WeMed activity 1. With the support of by the European Union, Anna Lindh Foundation

Organizing women film festivals comes with a wide range of common difficulties and barriers that may affect the sustainability of such festivals. This panel will try to set an action plan to address the challenges, to amplify the power and importance of women film festivals and to be a platform for different women film festivals representatives coming from the Mediterranean countries and from other parts of the world, to discuss their common challenges and to join efforts to face these obstacles.

Moderator: Antonia De Lima: Olhares Do Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival, Lisbon – Portugal

Speakers: 

1- Leslie Ann Coles: Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto – Canada

2- Silvia Di Marco: Olhares Do Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival, Lisbon – Portugal

3- Maria Zafra Cortes: Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival – Spain

4- Giulia De Rocco: Some Prefer Cake Film Festival, Bologna – Italy

5- Hicham Falah: Women Film Festival, Sale – Morocco

6- Dina Amin: Film Director, Shashat Women Film Festival – Palestine

Off Panel: 

1- Haylove Hadchiti: Lebanese Film Festival in Canada

2- Sam Lahoud: Beirut International Women Film Festival – Lebanon