Location | Accra, Ghana |
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Founded | 2017 |
Website | www |
The Ndiva Women's Film Festival (NWFF) is an African film festival for women filmmakers and audiences, established in Accra, Ghana in 2017. [1] The founder and executive director of NWFF is Aseye Tamakloe. [2] The festival distinguishes three categories: film by women, films for women by women and films by men about women. [3]
The first NWFF, targeted at African women filmmakers and women of African descent, ran from 1–3 November 2017. [2]
The scope of the second NWFF, held 1–3 November 2018, was widened to include women filmmakers worldwide. [4] The opening film was The Life of Esteban by Inés Eshun and the closing film was Potato Potahto by Shirley Frimpong Manso. [5]
The third edition of the NWFF took place on from 28 October to 2 November 2019. [6] This also included a five day workshop in Screen writing and Directing for women screen writers and film directors, panel discussions and an awards ceremony.
In 2024, the NWFF took place from 9 to 11 August at the Goethe Institut in Accra. [7] It featured the following films: