The festival will be accompanied by panels and workshops in which Palestinian women filmmakers will participate and\or moderate. Guest filmmakers and film historians\theoreticians will conduct these panels and workshops in order to promote discussion and understanding of women’s cinema and provide practical skills and know-how.  There will be general public talks on women’s cinema and women filmmakers’ representation strategies as well as specialized workshops directed towards the filmmaking community in general and the woman’s filmmaking community in particular. 

The planned lectures and workshops which will accompany the festival include:

1.  Palestinian Women Filmmakers - Representational Strategies & Production Conditions.    

Roundtable of Palestinian women filmmakers.    1 site - Ramallah.

2.  Arab Women Filmmakers – Themes & Motifs (with film clips).  Rebecca Hillauer.  Discussant:  Marie-Claude Behna. 

3 sites – Ramallah, Nablus & Bethlehem.

3.  Feminist Film Theory & Practice. 

Sally Hibbin & Dr. Kay Dickinson.

3 sites - Ramallah,  Nablus & Bethlehem.

4.  Advanced Documentary Techniques.  

Kim Longinotto.    1 site – Ramallah. 

5.  Film Markets, Commissioning Producers & Festivals. 

Sally Hibbin & Marie-Claude Behna.  

2 sites – Ramallah and Bethlehem.

6.  About Film Festivals. 

Sara Hultman. 

1 site - Ramallah.

Awards

This is not a competitive festival, but it will present awards for Outstanding Achievement.  There will be 4 awards given each year:

1.                  Palestinian Woman Film Award.

2.                  Arab Woman Film Award.

3.                  International Woman Film Award.

4.                  Audience Favorite Film Award.  (We will not offer this prize in our first festival).