The International Images Film Festival (Harare) 22nd Edition 2025 Catalogue : Greetings from Molleen Chisveto, IIFF Acting Director

The International Images Film Festival (Harare)

22nd Edition 2025 Catalogue

and Greetings from Molleen Chisveto, IIFF Acting Director

See link to Catalogue below.

The International Images Film Festival for Women is back again for its 22nd edition, running from 22 to 26 August. We are excited to bring you a line up of women centred films with the theme ‘Women Make The World A Better Place’. The theme draws attention to how women remain resolute in their pursuit of a better world for themselves and their communities by being brave and courageous, by claiming their rightful places in economic activities, by demanding justice, and by taking leadership in order to challenge a repressive patriarchal world that has brought horrors like planet-destroying climate change and a resurgence of racism and gender discrimination into our world. In these times, creative and cultural industries are chronically underfunded. Producing the 2025 edition of IIFF has been no mean feat. I'm grateful to all the filmmakers whose work we screen over the next few days. I invite everyone to enjoy our programme of fifteen films that range from short fiction, to long and short documentaries and long fiction, all carefully selected from around the world. Two industry masterclasses complement the screenings. A documentary production masterclass takes place on Saturday 23 August, and a film business masterclass takes place on Sunday 24 August. Details are in this programme.

IIFF is thankful to be in a position to continue its contribution to realising SDG 5: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere for yet another year. Telling stories of violence and harmful practices against women and girls and making such actions public works towards SDGs 5.1 and 5.2. Leadership only comes with public presence. IIFF, a woman founded, led and run organisation puts women firmly in the public space. This contributes to SDG 5.4 and encourages other young women to occupy public spaces. The creative industry is now a growing economic sector globally. IIFF is a platform for training and solidarity for women in the film industry, which also includes the use of technology in women's empowerment, as set out in SDG 5.B. This year special thanks go to the Embassy of the Republic of Ireland for supporting the Documentary Production Masterclass and the festival, the Embassy of Switzerland for hosting the opening film and reception, the Spanish Embassy for sponsoring the Business of Film masterclass, for allowing us to use their venue, Japanese Embassy for providing us with a film from their catalogue, and the Alliance Francaise for sponsoring us with their venue. We are delighted to welcome Elixir on board as a corporate partner.

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