Women in Film and Television NSW are proud to present of the 16th World of Women - WOW Film Festival 2009. A 5 day program with screenings and forum sessions running October 14-18 at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington and forums at Metro Screen, Paddington and the Australian Film Television & Radio School, Moore Park.

Program highlights and all the Festival News with welcome movies and filmmaker Q & A's can be seen on-line, along with the announcement of WOW Film Festival Winners.

We are really excited by the launch of the DIGI-MEDIA VODULE Competition sponsored by KODAK. This is another first for WOW and we hope you will check out the finalists and cast your vote on our very own festival YouTube Channel. Kodak is also sponsoring the award for Best Music Video.

Best Woman Screenwriter is another new award with a prize sponsored by Film Mosaics.

SBS Television is renewing its commitment to the WOW Film Festival by offering an SBS Award.

Miller Camera Support is again sponsoring the award for Best Woman Cinematographer.

Filmmakers and the WOW Film Festival appreciate the support of our sponsors; Spectrum Films, Panavision, Tresscox Lawyers, Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Metro Screen, Deluxe Australia, Art Resistance, Videocraft, Tiffen, Australian Director’s Guild, Australian Cinematographers Society, Amicko Films and Wacom who have provided prizes for the awards of Best Australian Fiction Drama, Best Australian Fiction Comedy, Best Australian Student Film, Best Australian Documentary, Best Australian Animation and Best International Film.
IndieFlix.com is again supporting the Online Film Competition for the 2009 WOW Film Festival. Indie-Fest @ the World of Women Film Festival was the first voter-based program of its kind to hit the global film festival circuit and IndieFlix.com CEO Scilla Andreen was thrilled to debut internationally at WOW Film Festival 2008. WOW Festival links can be seen at: www.indie-fest.com/wow.

Further sponsors of the WOW Film Festival are NSW Film & Television Office, City of Sydney, JAM Directions, ARRI Australia, Sony, dLux Media Arts, TVD Broadcast, The PHOTO studio, Corban & Blair, Watershed Premium Wines, Nivea, Tobijug Media, Printers Korner, Chauvel Cinema, WIFT NSW MMW, WIFT Victoria, Screenworks, Engine, Astrochimp, Aurora Channel and Inside Film. The WOW Film Festival National Tour is supported by Screen Australia.

JAM Directions is our sponsor for the creative direction and design of WOW's image, website, trailers and print.

Thank you to all our wonderful supporters and sponsors without whom our great success could not be achieved.

Sil-Nyin Cameron,
WOW Festival Director

THE WOW FILM FESTIVAL NATIONAL TOUR for 2009 is travelling to over 20 national locations & overseas • Current Tour Program

TICKET INFORMATION: TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CHAUVEL CINEMA.

Either buy in person or order online at www.chauvelcinema.net.au

For further information contact Sil-Nyin Cameron
WOW Film Festival Director
Tel: 0402 246 601
New Email Contact for WOW: wowfilmfestival@wiftnsw.org.au