# International Women's Film Festival (France)

48°47′28″N 2°27′47″E﻿ / ﻿48.791°N 2.463°E﻿ / 48.791; 2.463 The International Women's Film Festival, formerly known as Créteil International Women's Film Festival (in French Festival International de Films de Femmes (FIFF); formerly Festival international de films de femmes de Créteil), also known simply as Films des Femmes, is an annual film festival held in Créteil, France.

## History

The Festival international de films de femmes de Créteil was founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, at the time, had difficulty getting their films adequately distributed. The first festival was held in 1979 in Sceaux. It transferred to Créteil in 1985.
As of 2024 it is known as the Festival International de Films de Femmes (FIFF).

## Description

Located in Créteil, a city southeast of Paris, today the festival is 10 non-stop days premiering 50 or more new films directed by one or more women. The festival also offers film classes, thematic forums and debates. The competition is open to women from around the world who have made a feature-length documentary, a short length fiction and a documentary film.
The festival offers a number of prizes, including several Audience awards and the "Grand Jury Prize." There is a festival archive containing more than 10,000 films by women.

## Winners of the Grand Prix

| Year | Title (English) | Title (Original) | Director(s) | Country |
| 1980 | Germany Pale Mother | Deutschland bleiche Mutter | Helma Sanders-Brahms | West Germany |
| 1981 | Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness | Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany |
| 1982 | A Question of Silence | De stilte rond Christine M. | Marleen Gorris | Netherlands |
| 1983 | Born in Flames | | Lizzie Borden | United States |
| 1984 | With a Fixed View of Money | Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld | Helga Reidemeister | West Germany |
| 1985 | Kasik Düsmani | La Chambre de mariage | Bilge Olgaç | Turkey |
| 1986 | By Touch | Przez dotyk | Magdalena Lazarkiewicz | Poland |
| 1987 | Loyalties | | Anne Wheeler | Canada / United Kingdom |
| 1988 | Business as Usual | | Lezli-An Barrett | United Kingdom / United States |
| 1989 | Celia | | Ann Turner | Australia |
| 1990 | Memories of a River | Tutajosok | Judit Elek | Hungary |
| 1991 | Vigour | Kracht | Frouke Fokkema | Netherlands |
| 1992 | Freud's Leaving Home | Freud flyttar hemifrån. | Susanne Bier | Sweden / Denmark |
| 1993 | Speak Up! It's So Dark | Tala! Det är så mörkt | Suzanne Osten | Sweden |
| 1994 | The Sex of the Stars | Le Sexe des étoiles | Paule Baillargeon | Canada |
| 1995 | Eden Valley | | Amber Production Team | United Kingdom |
| 1996 | Summer Snow | Nu ren si shi | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Floating Life | | Clara Law | Australia |
| 1998 | In That Land... | V toy strane... | Lidiya Bobrova | Russia |
| 1999 | Happy Birthday | S dnyom rozhdeniya! | Larisa Sadilova | Russia |
| 2000 | Seven Songs from the Tundra | Seitsemän laulua tundralta | Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio | Finland |
| 2001 | The Days Between | In den Tag hinein | Maria Speth | Germany |
| 2002 | Mostly Martha | Bella Martha | Sandra Nettelbeck | Germany |
| 2003 | The Best Day of My Life | Il Più bel giorno della mia vita | Cristina Comencini | Italy |
| 2004 | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos | Icíar Bollaín | Spain |
| 2005 | Chinese Eye | Sepet | Yasmin Ahmad | Malaysia |
| 2006 | Sévigné | | Marta Balletbò-Coll | Spain |
| 2007 | How Is Your Fish Today? | Jin tian de yu zen me yang? | Xiaolu Guo | China |
| 2008 | Mainline | Khoon bazi | Mohsen Abdolvahab, Rakhshan Banietemad | Iran |
| 2009 | Knitting | Niu lang zhi nu | Yin Lichuan | China |
| 2010 | Pudana: Last of the Line | Sukunsa viimeinen | Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio | Finland / Russia |
| 2011 | Missing Man | Propavshiy bez vesti | Anna Fenchenko | Russia |
| 2012 | Invisible | Lo Roim Alaich | Michal Aviad | Israel |
| 2013 | Hemel | | Sacha Polak | Netherlands / Spain |
| 2014 | Broken Hill Blues | Ömheten | Sofia Norlin | Sweden |
| 2015 | Objects in Mirror | Ashya dar ayeneh | Narges Abyar, Mohammad Hossein Ghasemi | Iran |
| 2016 | Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents | Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern | Stina Werenfels | Switzerland |
| 2017 | Lipstick Under my Burkha | Lipstick Waale Sapne | Alankrita Shrivastava | India |