Women Over 50 Film Festival

06/10/2026

There’s still time to join us! 🎬

We’ve extended our £10 WOFFF26 Festival Pass offer until midnight tonight, Tuesday 6 October (BST).

That’s 54 short films with women over 50 on screen and behind the camera — comedy, drama, documentary, animation and experimental film, all available online wherever you are.

Buy and activate your pass before midnight tonight for 28 days to watch.

Get your £10 Festival Pass through the link in our bio.

04/10/2026

There’s still time to join us for WOFFF26!

If you’ve been wondering about the Women Over 50 Film Festival but never attended then this is the offer for you. ✨

Our final weekend special offer gives you the full online festival for just £10.

That’s 54 short films to watch online from wherever you are in the world with 28 days to watch!

All our films are made by or about women over 50, and they’re by filmmakers of all ages, genders, experiences and nationalities.

Like, Stoop Chat with Aleathea & Ariam.

Artist Aleathea Sapp-Jimenez meets fashion designer and New York newcomer Ariam Sium.

Together they talk about making art, finding a sense of place and connecting with other people.

Buy and activate by 5 October for 28 days to watch. Link in bio.

🎬 Stoop Chat with Aleathea & Ariam, dir. Marj Kleinman

What’s included?

Comedy, drama, documentary, animation and experimental film — all included in your £10 Festival Pass.

Among them is Aunt Harriet, a musical portrait and spoken-word elegy for singer Harriet Miller, who died in Guelph, Canada, in 1932, having lost her memory and family. The film explores memory, myth and Black healing.

Discover this and more stories with women over 50 on screen and behind the camera.

Buy and activate by 5 October for 28 days to watch. Link in bio.

🎬 Aunt Harriet, dir. HAUI

How to watch?

The festival may be coming to a close, but you can keep watching throughout the month.

Buy and activate your £10 WOFFF26 Festival Pass by 5 October for 28 days to enjoy all 54 short films.

The programme includes The Owl and the Rainbow, an animation about a mother who journeys to the moon to save her daughter as the child’s inner world grows darker.

Get your pass through the link in our bio.

🎬 The Owl and the Rainbow, dir. Jo Luping.

Where to watch

Join WOFFF online from wherever you are in the world and explore films from 19 different countries.

You could start in Cape Cod, where the women in Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage swim through local ponds collecting rubbish. Susan Baur and her crew find adventure, friendship and joy while protecting the waters they love.

Buy and activate your Festival Pass by 5 October for

03/10/2026

Fancy a film tonight? How about 54?

Our WOFFF26 end-of-festival sale gives you all 54 short films in our 2026 programme for just £10.

Discover comedies, dramas, documentaries, animations and experimental films from around the world, with women over 50 on screen and behind the camera.

Watch from home, try something different, find a new favourite and don’t forget to vote in our Audience Choice Award.

If you buy and activate your £10 pass before 5 October you’ll get 28 days to watch.

Get your £10 Festival Pass through the link in our bio.

25/09/2026

25/09/2026

Hands up who is missing WOFFF at Depot? Three weeks ago today we were hosting the 12th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival at Depot Cinema - here’s a few highlights courtesy of our photographer Alethea Baker.

You can still catch the full WOFFF26 programme online, 54 short films available to stream online from wherever you are in the world. As long as you buy your pass before the Festival officially ends on 5 October you’ll have 28 days to watch! Get your pass via the link in our bio.

22/09/2026

It’s not too late to join WOFFF26 Online 🎬

Get your festival pass before 6 October and you’ll have 28 days to watch all 54 short films at your own pace, wherever you are in the world.

Bold, funny, moving and surprising stories, all made by or about women over 50. Enjoy animation, documentary, drama and experimental short films, online and on demand.

Your £28 festival pass is available now via the link in our bio.

21/09/2026

“My job is to look after a film from inception to archive.”

Producer Rebecca O’Brien talks about being a sounding board for writers and directors, and bringing together the people who make a film.

A snippet from our In Conversation event at WOFFF26 at Depot, on 5 September, hosted by Gali Gold.

The Women Over 50 Film Festival is online until 6 October, 54 short films to watch online from wherever you are in the world.

21/09/2026

On Tuesday 22 September join us at Toynbee Hall for elop LGBT mental health and wellbeing’s LGBTQ+ Over 50s Group.

Together we watch short films, have a coffee and get to know new friends.

If you’re in East London, drop in, we’d love to welcome you.

On screen this time we’ve a selection of films which deal with death and end of life care.

🎬 Holding Space (dir. Rebecca Kenyon)
An intimate, observational documentary about preparing for death, told through the connection between a dying person and their end of life doula.

🎬 Death Pays Flora a Visit (dir. Tanna Frederick)
Flora’s time has come but she doesn’t want to go. There’s still so much she needs to do. A story of last chances, facing our fears, and the lure of a meat-free hamburger.

🎬 Somewhere Very Near (dir. Rachel Fowler)
Jace and Bryan welcome a new visitor, Lina, to the cemetery. Can they help her find a connection?

– Hot drinks & snacks
– Free & open to all LGBTQ+ people aged 50+
– Toynbee Hall, East London
– 22 September from 4pm

Only possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and Film London.

06/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 12th edition of the Women Over 50 Film Festival yesterday at Depot Cinema 💜

We screened three of our eight programmes, hosted a panel discussion, celebrated filmmakers and scriptwriters in our awards ceremony and met lots of wonderful WOFFFers old and new.

Our Festival is online until 5 October where you’ll be able to watch all the films screened at Depot as well as the five other programmes. We hope you’ll join us!

Our fantastic volunteers and our founder Nuala welcome everyone to a sold out cinema.

Session 1: Work in Progress

⭐️ UK Premiere
Now That’s What I Call Dock Pudding, Sarah Mason

She Makes a Moving Picture, Deb Ethier

Birgitte, Maria Zaikina

Isolated Silence, Vicente Garibay Lijanova

Intermittent & Continuous, Olivia Hird

⭐️ UK Premiere
Muddled Meals, Christie Arnold

LINA, Margarida Madeira

ICare 9000, Robert Duncan

Session 2: Who cares?

The Booth, Sofia Olins

The Owl and the Rainbow, Jo Luping

Reliefs, Juan Manuel González

Held In The Shadows, Lily Palmer-Gray

Please Do Not Resuscitate, Leah Finegold

Hag-Stone, Kate Clayton

Spiders, Benjamin Cook

A conversation hosted by Gali Gold with Emmy-award winning composer Nainita Desai and BAFTA winning producer, Rebecca O’Brien.

Thanks to Rebecca del Tufo for this photo.

Session 3: Past to present

⭐️UK Premiere
Aunt Harriet, HAUI

No age is just easy, Sandrine Lambert

Timosha, Elena Malenkina

Mother’s Influence, Meg Wriggles

Red Girl Rising, Kim Stadfeld, Faith Howe

Gertie Hooper VS the Committee, Melissa Herman

New Ground, Louisa Rechenbach

WOFFF and Shedunnit Productions Best Short Script Prize

🥇Winner: Princess, Ros Borland
🥈Runner Up: Glendalocks, Maria McAteer  
🥈Runner Up: Punctured, Gillian Grattan 
🥉Third place: The Mice will Play When the Cat’s Away, Jenny Crompton
🏆Commended: Breakfast for One, AdZiko Simba

Thank you to Shedunnit Productions who are supporting the Best Short Script Prize for eighth year! 💛

WOFFF and Festival Formula Best Student Film

🥇Winner: Birgitte, Maria Zaikina
🥈Runner Up: Isolated Silence, Vicente Garibay Lijanova
🥉Third place: Held in the Shadows, Lily Palmer-Gray
🏆Commended: Strokes

23/08/2026

Our 2026 festival starts on 4 September.

Our full programme is online and for £28 you can:
✨ Watch all 55 short films�📅 Watch anytime from 4 September–5 October 2026�🌍 Stream from anywhere in the world�💬 Enjoy captioned films�⏯️ Watch at your own pace throughout the festival period

Expect funny, moving, fearless and surprising stories from filmmakers of all nationalities, genders, ages and experiences, all putting older women at the heart of the story whether onscreen or behind the camera.

Get your WOFFF Online Festival Pass now https://wofff26.eventive.org/welcome

❗️This pass covers the online programme only. Tickets for WOFFF at Depot in Lewes on 5 September are sold separately on Depot Cinema website.