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IZMIR 9TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL
24 APRIL - 29 APRIL 2026
IZMIR - TURKEY
IWFF'26
Films
Jury Members
Activities
Creating Characters from İzmir Workshop with Aysim Türkmen
Documentary Film Workshop with Berna Gençalp
Directing Masterclass with Houda Benyamina
Scriptwriting Workshop with Meryem Şahin
Producing Workshop with Nesra Gürbüz
Film Music Workshop with Berrak Taranç
Documentary Film Masterclass with Sarah Anna Gross
Festival Program
Catalog
Festival Program
International Women Filmmakers Festival 2026
Festival Program
24 April
25 April
26 April
27 April
28 April
29 April
24 April 2026 Friday
13
00
ÇA RESTE ENTRE NOUS
Director
Maryam Shapoorian
Running Time
62 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
30
WILD STRAWBERRIES
Director
Tatyana Pandurska
Running Time
102 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
25 April 2026 Saturday
11
00
TRUST ME
Director
Aybike Turan
Running Time
39 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
MUSHROOMS & DINOSAURS
Director
Aleyna Bozan
Running Time
20 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
ZEYNEP
Director
Yıldız Yılmaz, Matthew Lucas
Running Time
15 minutes
Moderator
Begüm Savçın
Institut Français de İzmir
13
00
BRAIN SPACE
Director
Laura Tofarides
Running Time
8 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
BUDU
Director
Burcu Ejderoğlu
Running Time
10 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
EYELASH
Director
Doğa Kılcıoğlu Esen
Running Time
8 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
HOLY HEAVÊNESS
Directors
, Farnoosh Abedi, Negah Khezre Fardyardad, Mohammad Ghaffari
Running Time
10 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
NO VACANCY
Director
Carolyn Gair
Running Time
13 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
SAILBOAT AT THE END OF THE STREET
Director
Lucía Aimara Borjas
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
THE FINGER WIFE
Director
Taryn Stickrath-Hutt, Dan Lund
Running Time
8 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
WARP AND WEFT
Director
Isolda Milenkovic
Running Time
4 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
30
AN AFTERNOON WITH NIKI-REVEKKA
Director
Pavlina Marvin
Running Time
12 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
HELLO MY THORN
Director
Suisui Luo
Running Time
6 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
MISSING HOME
Director
Yağmur Canpolat
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
MYTH
Director
İrem Çoban
Running Time
50 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
17
30
11 MINUTES
Director
Niki Malekian
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
CENIZAS
Director
Gabriela Orlandi
Running Time
5 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
EMRAA MIN WARD
Director
Al Ameel Abdul Azeez
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
LA MISTER
Director
Domenico de Ceglia
Running Time
17 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
METACÍCLICA
Director
Lydia Zimmermann
Running Time
18 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
PORTRAIT
Director
Farzam Tabibi
Running Time
15 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
19
00
CARVED BY THE WIND
Director
Layla Triqui
Running Time
95 minutes
Moderator
Gülce Yılmazyıldız
Institut Français de İzmir
26 April 2026 Sunday
11
00
A VERY NORMAL DAY OF WONDERS
Director
Rima Mathew
Running Time
12 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
AN EXCESS BAGGAGE
Director
Myriam Garcia Marienstras
Running Time
16 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
ASYSTOLE
Director
Daria Mozhaeva
Running Time
13 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
DELIVER US FROM DEVIL
Director
Andrea Casaseca
Running Time
20 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
GENESIS
Director
Ceres Machado
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
THE GOOD WOMAN
Director
Masha Mollenhauer
Running Time
23 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
I HAVE A PROBLEM
Director
Yaz Elkorek
Running Time
4 minutes
Moderator
Melek Özkar
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
WHO SHOT J.R.?
Director
Gül Abus Semerci
Running Time
46 minutes
Moderator
Melek Özkar
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
AT THE EDGE OF TIME
Director
Didem Tütüncü
Running Time
15 minutes
Moderator
Melek Özkar
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
13
00
FİLOS
Director
Nurdan Tekeoğlu, Orhan Tekeoğlu
Running Time
50 minutes
Moderator
Berrak Taranç
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
THROUGH THE BOULLEVARD OF MISTS: BİKET İLHAN
Director
Mehmet Güreli
Running Time
66 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
30
MY GRANDPA’S HOME
Directors
, Gülten Taranç, Ragıp Taranç
Running Time
72 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
17
30
ENOUGH ENOUGH
Director
Julia Novacek
Running Time
30 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
NATURAL YEASTS
Director
Justine Saint-Lo
Running Time
62 minutes
Moderator
Gülce Yılmazyıldız
Institut Français de İzmir
19
00
LYKKE POST PARTUM
Director
Alexe Landgren, Karen Helene Haugaard
Running Time
86 minutes
Moderator
Gülce Yılmazyıldız
Institut Français de İzmir
27 April 2026 Monday
11
00
DISSONANCE
Director
Raquel Larrosa
Running Time
25 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
I JUST KEEP DANCING
Directors
, Natasha Fefelova, Galina Goldfeld
Running Time
60 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
13
00
HER NAME IS LIBERTAD
Director
David Moreno Beltran
Running Time
29 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
MOTHER OF ROSE
Director
Kameliya P. Petrova
Running Time
41 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
WOMEN OF THE STAGE
Director
Mustafa Uçar
Running Time
11 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
30
THE HOUSE WITH NO ADDRESS
Director
Hatice Aşkın
Running Time
96 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
17
30
KICKOFF
Director
Roser Corella, Stefano Obino
Running Time
77 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
19
00
GIRLS DON’T CRY
Director
Sigrid Klausmann
Running Time
90 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
28 April 2026 Tuesday
11
00
THE VOLUNTEER
Directors
, Münire Armstrong, Gelareh Kiazand
Running Time
77 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
13
00
APOLLON BY DAY ATHENA BY NIGHT
Director
Emine Yıldırım
Running Time
112 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
30
A WOMAN OF GREAT DREAMS
Director
Robabeh Rouhi
Running Time
25 minutes
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
TIES
Director
Tassia Quirino
Running Time
46 minutes
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
I'M HERE, I'M FINE
Director
Emine Emel Balcı
Running Time
100 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
17
30
RADIO, MY LOVE
Directors
, Nazan Haydari, Özden Cankaya, Cem Hakverdi
Running Time
67 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
19
00
HER NAME İS WOMEN
Director
Mehtap Şamiloğlu
Running Time
15 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
JUST LİKE BEFORE
Director
Sibel Karakurt
Running Time
34 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU
Directors
, Güneş Kazdal, Jehan Barbur
Running Time
30 minutes
Moderator
Ebru Özyurt
Institut Français de İzmir
29 April 2026 Wednesday
11
00
SAİP MON AMOUR
Director
Delal Yatçi
Running Time
62 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
THE WINDOW TO VENUS
Director
Zeliha Karakoca
Running Time
19 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
13
00
326
Director
Miray Kuyumcu
Running Time
9 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
WITHOUT HEAVEN
Director
Merve Bozcu
Running Time
15 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
IMPASSE
Director
Ezgi Temel
Running Time
18 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
EUDAIMONIA
Director
Gizem İbak
Running Time
13 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Director
Deniz Koloş
Running Time
20 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
15
00
THE FUNICLE
Director
Yağmur Ilgım Öztekin
Running Time
15 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
HAPPY FEET
Director
Sevgi Esman
Running Time
19 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
PROCEDURE
Director
Rabia Özmen
Running Time
18 minutes
Institut Français de İzmir
A THOUSAND MOONS
Director
Carina Bini
Running Time
73 minutes
İzmir İtalyan Kültür Merkezi
