St. John's International Women's Film Festival

Advancing gender equity in the screen industries by championing women & gender diverse artists since 1989 • October 21 - 25, 2025 #sjiwff36 #sjiwff

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✨ Thinking back to #sjiwff35 has us feeling nostalgic already. ✨ We wouldn't be here without our audience members & we want to hear from you! If you attended a film this year, please share your thoughts via this brief survey: https://t.co/Wnkbgn9Dyy #sjiwff

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We’re still abuzz from celebrating #sjiwff35 & we are excited to share that #sjiwff has been nominated for the 2024 @stjohnsbot Business Awards in the "Business Builder" category! We’re thrilled to be recognized alongside so many amazing businesses!

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Thank you for an incredible week of inspiration, collaboration, and community 📷 Our sincere gratitude to the filmmakers, artists & film lovers who joined us for our 35th annual Festival & Industry Forum. Thanks to all of our generous sponsors & funders. #sjiwff #sjiwff35

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🥰 (If you ask us, every festival should end with a zombie intervention.)

[Sook-Yin Lee @sookyinlee]

Whoa, @SJIWFF an exceptional film fest, St. John’s NFLD a hub of culture & community. Last video is a zombie intervention + us kicking up our heels, cause joy is an aim! Thanks @jenntvbrown 4 screening @payingforitfilm & bringing us together with generosity and care. 💗🎬🌈🤸🏽‍♀️

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✨ #sjiwff35 day 5: our final day of the festival was one for the books (yep, that's a teddy bear wearing a top hat). 🎩

Check out all of the photos from that day, and the rest of the festival, via our Facebook page!

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Did you miss Staceyann Chin & @LaurieTownshend's Q&A at our #sjiwff35 screening of A MOTHER APART?

Read about their raw & real discussion via @yahoocanada: https://t.co/6E6Ifo9IyE

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"...his story is more than worthy of a feature length platform."

— @theGATE on the rare, profound journey of WILFRED BUCK through ancestral knowledge, personal resilience, and science. Discover the full story tomorrow at #sjiwff35.

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"Champions or not (no spoilers), these young woman are inspiring in their strength, both within themselves and their friendship."

— @InTheSeats on CURL POWER subjects as girlhood champions; find out if they became ice champions tomorrow at #sjiwff35!

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“We have to focus on the story and the content. That has to come first, no matter what.”

— Valerie Creighton (@CMF_FMC)

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✨#sjiwff35 day 3: we work hard and play hard ✨

[Sook-Yin Lee @sookyinlee]

This SATURDAY OCT. 26 in ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND: brunch with cast & crew @payingforitfilm @SJIWFF 10AM (tickets at the door ) Plus a comic book signing with #ChesterBrown and I in the Market at 11:30am. Can't wait!

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"Nothing can stop an individual’s journey when their heart and soul are devoted to a mission of their own."

True devotion & commitment can push you to overcome anything. SHEPHERDS screens tomorrow at #sjiwff35.

https://t.co/GKWjIeGjor

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"With this awareness came the tears and a monumental responsibility: to heal the best way I knew how—by making a film."

At times, the only way to heal is to confront your story head-on. SEGURIDAD screens tomorrow at #sjiwff35.

https://t.co/2npem7AvLC

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"Living in such a place that is beautiful in so many ways, but can also be oppressive in other ways...being an artist who grew up in such a place that certainly hits home for me."

— SWEET ANGEL BABY's Melanie Oates at #sjiwff35 Opening Night

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🌟 from forum to folk night at #sjiwff35 day 2 🌟

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@vulture 🎟️ Get your tickets here:

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"Girls Will Be Girls is a modest work, but like some of the greatest films, it comes to vivid life before our eyes."

—@vulture masterfully captures the subtle power and emotional depth of GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS.

See it tonight at #sjiwff35!

https://t.co/z1EvU6R4Jd