Our Empowerment

Reel Women International Film Festival located in
Burbank CA is now Accepting


Submissions. Early Deadline Sept 1, 2006 Regular
Deadline Oct. 15, 2006. Festival dates March 8-12th
Created to showcase and honor the works of
accomplished and emerging female filmmakers, Reel
Women Int. Film Festival was described by Backstage
West as a "must attend event for all women in the
entertainment industry".

The four day festival held panels and workshops
including "Women Who Write" presented by The Writers
Guild. Panelist included screenwriters Robin Swicord,
who penned "Memoirs of a Geisha" and Cheryl Edwards
who wrote "Against the Ropes". The Women's Steering
Committee of The Director's guild hosted a director's
panel which featured Millicent Shelton, director of
hits TV series "The Bernie Mac Show","Barbershop" and
"Everybody Hates Chris". Debra Zimmerman, President of
Women Make Movies New York presented to two part
Finance/fundraising workshop.


Diana Means is the Founder and Executive Director of
RWIFF. Her goals in creating this festival are to
increase the number of women working as directors,
producers, and writers, and to encourage more diverse
and powerful screen images of women.
For more information on submissions visit
www.rwiff.com or www.withoutabox.com


Reel Women Int Film Festival
1317 N San Fernando Blvd. #340
Burbank CA. 91504
818 749 6162