Festival runs: October 10-13th 2024. Join us!
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City of Angels Women’s Film Festival is a four-day live event (with special online events) screening outstanding features, shorts, documentaries and more that women have played a substantial role in creating from all over the world.
City of Angels Women's Film Festival is an IMDB qualifying festival and is in the TOP 100 BEST REVIEWED film festivals in the world according to Film Freeway. City of Angels Women’s Film Festival has grown into the premier women's film festival in the country, with an Oscar style awards live gala, important prizes, celebrity guests and competitive submission fees!
COAWFF empowers and connects women and those identifying as female in the film industry, and showcases extraordinary films made by women and celebrates diverse women's stories both in FILM and SCRIPT format and welcomes you to send in your material here or visit Film Freeway:https://filmfreeway.com/coawff
We look forward to serving the needs of our fellow filmmakers and writers in 2024!
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Introducing COAWFF
2024 Angel Award Recipients:
Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lumley DBE is an English actress, former model, author and activist. She is the recipient of three BAFTAS Awards, a Tony Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play, the Special Recognition Award at the 2017 National Television Awards and the BAFTA Fellowship Award for her work on screen and stage. In her many stage appearances she has worked with Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Nunn and Jonathan Miller. She played the legendary character Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous until 2012 and stepped back into the role in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie in 2016. Her other film credits include On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Shirley Valentine, James and the Giant Peach, Ella Enchanted, The Wolf of Wall Street and Paddington 2 among many others; and on TV, The New Avengers, Sapphire and Steel, Coronation Street, Finding Alice, Motherland, the Netflix series Fool Me Once and also numerous travel documentaries which have her criss-crossing the globe, with another adventure on its way. Joanna is also known as the 'daughter of Nepal' for her continuing work with the Gurkhas.
City of Angels Women's Film Festival is beyond thrilled to honor Joanna Lumley with an Angel Award in 2024. Joanna is one of the industry's most formidable actresses of all time and a huge inspiration to so many. She received her Damehood in 2022 for her services to drama, entertainment and charitable causes. We are delighted that such an iconic, immensely talented and beautiful artist has joined our family of Angel Award recipients. Please enjoy her acceptance speech video.
Alan Ball
Academy and Emmy Award-winning writer/director/producer Alan Ball is among our generation’s most important creative voices. Born in Atlanta, Ball studied Theatre Arts at Florida State University. In March 2000, AMERICAN BEAUTY, Ball’s first screenplay to get produced, won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Ball went on to create and executive produce the groundbreaking HBO drama SIX FEET UNDER. The series ran for five seasons and received two Golden Globes, six Emmys, and an Emmy and DGA Award for Ball’s direction of the pilot.
In 2007, Ball made his feature film directorial debut with TOWELHEAD, distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. In 2008, Ball continued his successful collaboration with HBO by creating and executive producing the series TRUE BLOOD. The series received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Television Drama Series, as well as an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, a Producer’s Guild nomination, and a Grammy soundtrack nomination for Ball. Then, in 2018, he created and executive produced HERE AND NOW for HBO. In 2020, Ball wrote, directed, and produced UNCLE FRANK for Amazon Studios, which was nominated for an Emmy.
Shout out video from five of our festival alum...
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT CITY OF ANGELS...
"I love the mission and the vision of this festival."
Guillermo del Toro. Oscar winning director.
"The festival's programming is incredible! My shorts block was as good as any I'd seen at Sundance or SXSW. I would highly recommend this festival."
Jon Matthews. Director
"I can’t say enough how welcoming and hands on this festival was. The films were excellent and were given real attention. And the Gala was so wonderful! Not to be missed. Thank you City Of Angels Women’s Film Festival for showing creatives the love."
Diane Lansing. Director/Writer
"I attended the festival as a first-time filmmaker and felt so welcomed and supported! The festival organizers are so kind and helpful, as are the filmmakers in attendance. It was good vibes all around!"
Adrienne Picciotto. Director/Writer
"Lisa, Cynthia and Paul did an amazing job. The five stars across the board are well deserved. It was an honor to be a part of this festival."
Logan Boettcher. Writer
"This is a fabulous film festival not to be missed! It's so well organized. Lisa and COAWFF Team are the best host. Our cast and crew enjoyed the screening and the gala very much! We are honored to be part of this wonderful film festival!"
Her Missing Twin Movie Team.
"The City of Angels Women's Film Festival is a great and inclusive film festival that I was grateful to be a part of!"
Natalie Jasmine Harris. Director/Writer
"I am so grateful to City of Angels for awarding my script "Charlotte" Best Feature Screenplay. Founder, Lisa K. Crosato, has been wonderfully communicative and helpful. She is creating a vibrant, empowering community and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. If you have a female-centric script that you want seriously considered enter this festival!"
Linda Manning. Director/Writer/Actress
"We were thrilled to be among the nominees and then to win was amazing. The Festival Team was wonderful, and their event was absolutely lovely. So happy to be present with so many other talented women filmmakers!"
Melissa Jo Peltier. Director/Producer
"What a wonderful festival! Great communication. Beautiful red carpet gala. The Q A was engaging and informative. Loved it!"
Julia Bergeron. Director/Writer
"City of Angels Women's Film Festival" couldn't be more perfect. Every aspect of the festival was thoughtfully curated-from the diverse showcase of films, the panelists and venues...It lives on in my heart."
Aina Dumlao. Director/Writer/Actress
"City of Angels Women's Film Festival is definitely one of the best film festivals I've ever been to and I've been to a lot of festivals. It was fun and a great networking experience. The panels were some of the best I've attended. Panelists included: Jim Uhls (FIGHT CLUB), Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (SHANG-CHI, JOHN WICK) and Casting Directors Lisa London and Mark Teschner. The Awards Night Party was unparalleled. I literally thought I was at a Cannes Film Festival party. I'm so glad we chose this prestigious event to showcase our work."
Nunzio Fazio. DGA Director/Actor.
"The City of Angels Women’s Film Festival has given two of my projects with female writer/directors an amazing opportunity to connect and empower themselves with the Hollywood Film Industry through participating in this festival. We were excited to win “Best Foreign” with our UK entry. I highly recommend submitting to this amazing festival!"
Paul Dubois. Producer/Director/Actor.
"The City of Angels Women’s Film Festival is a hidden gem that isn’t going to stay hidden after its recent success. Everything about the event was fantastic! The intimacy of the venue, the hospitality, and the personal care hits you the minute you walk in the door. This is a filmmaker-focused festival and you feel it right away. What’s so amazing is the quality of filmmakers you meet and the planning put into enhancing conversations and connections. I loved everything about CITY OF ANGELS WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL and can’t wait to return.”
Michelle Muldoon. Director/Writer/Producer
"City of Angels Women's Film Festival is amazing! Great audiences and events, and as a filmmaker, I appreciated the support for quality projects by underrepresented groups. Can't wait to see what's next for them."
Mitch Del Monico. Director/Writer
"City of Angels Women's Film Festival rocks! You don't want to miss it! This is a festival for serious filmmakers who also want to network!"
Natalie Denise Sperl. Director/Writer/Actress.
