Female Eye Film Festival

Female Eye Film Festival

Also known as: FeFF
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The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) is a competitive festival for films directed by women or female-identifying filmmakers, based in Toronto. Founder Leslie Ann Coles established it in 2001 as a provincial not-for-profit organization, and since 2005 it has presented awards for films and screenplays. Its Script Development Program, open to both women and men since 2003, selects scripts with a female protagonist and includes the closed-door Good to Go session and a script-reading series with ACTRA members.

The programme also includes a photo exhibit and experimental films, a Live Pitch competition, an annual Best in the Biz tribute to an Honorary Director and an Honorary Maverick, and, since 2024, The Writers Lab Canada, run with The Writers Lab and the Firecracker Department. FeFF is accredited by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The 24th edition runs from 18 to 22 November 2026; its photo exhibit on the theme Interconnectivity is held at Trinity Square Video.

Country

Canada

Dates

18 November 2026 — 22 November 2026

Awards and prizes

Awards are presented for best films and best screenplays at the closing awards ceremony. Film award categories: Best of Show (feature film category), Best Foreign Feature, Best Canadian Feature, Best Debut Feature, Best Canadian Feature Documentary, Best Foreign Feature Documentary, Best Short Foreign Documentary, Best Short Canadian Documentary, Best Foreign Short, Best Canadian Short, Best Animation and Best Experimental. Screenplay award categories: Best Screenplay, Best Fresh Voice, Best Low Budget. The Live Pitch competition features eight writers who pitch in front of an industry jury. The most original and compelling pitch receives a $1,500 cash prize, a one-of-a-kind, hand-welded FeFF Award statue and a $10,000 Equipment Grant from Sunbelt Rentals. FeFF Awards are hand-welded one-of-a-kind engraved statuettes. Annually, FeFF honors an Honorary Director and an Honorary Maverick with a Best in the Biz Tribute, an “intimate conversation with” and award presentation.

Festival rules

Films must be directed by women or female-identifying and must have been produced within two years of the festival. Films cannot be streaming, televised, nor playing theatrically in Canada. Priority is given to films that have not yet screened in Toronto. Films not in English must be subtitled in English. Filmmakers and screenwriters must elect to compete for an award; FeFF programmers can also nominate a project into the competition. Films must be submitted through FilmFreeway. The Script Development Program is open to both men and women; priority is given to scripts that feature a female protagonist.

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