Festival

Festival presentation: 

Opening day and Red Carpet Gala held Thursday, April 20th at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills. The remainder of the festival, April 21-23, 2017, will take place at the Monica Laemmle in Santa Monica.

Festival Nickname: 

Ass-kickin' Women Film Festival

Edition: 

4

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

Women

Category/Format: 

not specified

ARTEMIS WOMEN IN ACTION FILM FESTIVAL

Artemis Motion Pictures announces the first ever film festival dedicated to honoring female driven action films, the women who pioneered them, the women who contributed to the success of the genre, and the undiscovered talent of the future.

Artemis Motion Pictures Film Festival wants YOUR films and shorts. We are interested in all narrative, animated, and documentary films meeting the criteria below.

All submissions must feature women either starring or co-starring as a physical action character. 

Shorts – up to 40 minutes. Films – 40 minutes or longer.

Narrative films, any genre that features action. For example Terminator 2: Sci-Fi/Action; Aliens: Horror/Action; and The Heat: Comedy/Action.

Animated films, any film that features action. For example Frozen, Brave, Tangled,and The Croods.

Documentary films are open to any stories about women in the armed forces, public service (police force, fire fighters, paramedics, etc.), pro and non-pro sports, basically any story that celebrates women in action or depicts heroic acts.

We will present Artemis Awards for Audience Choice, Best Film, Best Director, Best Documentary, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Fight Scene, Best Action Sequence, Best Villain, as well as others.