This four-day festival will celebrate the contributions
women have made to film throughout history. From the early work of silent
filmmakers Lois Weber and Alice Guy BlacheĀ“ to award-winning documentaries to contemporary
feature films, we will screen a variety of films created by and about women!
All films will be shown in the ICN
Room of the Urbandale Public Library, 3520 86th Street, Urbandale. Free
popcorn and snacks will be provided.
Feel free to bring your own refreshments (no alcohol please).
Wadjda (98 minutes,
PG, 2012)
Written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, Wadjda is the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and
the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. The story follows a determined 10-year-old
Saudi girl and her quest to buy a bicycle.
She enters her school's Koran recitation competition in hopes of winning
the money she needs. Critically
acclaimed and winner of numerous awards, including the Alliance of Women Film
Journalists Outstanding Achievement by a Woman
in the Film Industry award; the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best
Foreign Language Film; Best Film and Best Actress Awards from the Dubai Film
Festival; and the Los Angeles Film Festival Best International Feature.