All current films of the Women's Film Festival place actresses at the center. But also directors. Because their proportion is still vanishingly small, the festival has established a new award with the Dortmund technical rental company CineOne & Spottlight: "Female Gaze" – the female perspective – for female cinematographers from NRW.
On April 5th, Zoe Dumas will receive it at sweetSixteen for her graduation film "El Mártir". In the film by the graduate of the ifs international filmschool Cologne, a man is at the center: He talks about his obsession with the figure of Jesus Christ.
Lisa Bühl receives the "6th SHOOT KHM & IFFF Dortmund+Köln Young Talent Award for Artists of KHM". She will be honored for her latest work "El Sueño" (The Dream, Co-Directed by: Carolina Jimenez). The film follows a group of children on the Colombian Pacific coast.
