Gitw FILM GALLERY
- Finalists 2019
- Most Recent
- Most Popular
- Child Marriage
- Education
- Economic Independence
- Global Health
- Women in Business
- Maternal Health
- Microfinance
- Poverty
- Sex Trafficking
- Violence against women and girls
- Water
- Women in Media
- Honest Beauty
- Women in Conflict
- Ending Child Marriage
- Ending FGM
- Women in STEM
- Global Impact
- Stand Up Men
ALL FILMS ARE VIEWABLE ONLINE. SEARCH BY CATEGORY ABOVE AND SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW FILMS. ALL PAST FILMS ARE VIEWABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AND PAST WINNERS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
We want to thank all of the students who submitted their amazing films to the GITWFF 2019! We are overwhelmed by the passion, creativity and quality of the films. Finalists will be announced on this page no later than March 15, 2020.
The top films will all be acknowledged at our Red Carpet Awards Ceremony and screening on Sunday, April 12, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Winners will be announced and all prizes will be awarded at the Red Carpet Awards Ceremony in Austin.
Additionally, A People's Choice award will be given (one film will be chosen by judges from the ten films that have most likes). If you have questions, pleases email filmfest@connecther.org.
*Some Films May Contain Mature themes
Judges’ Choice Top 5
A Film for Gugu By Aida Namukose, African Leadership Academy, South Africa
Dignity By Rachel Deva Rani Dharmapalan, Oakland School for the Arts, USA
Lucia By Gerardo Torres Hernández, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
We Could Be Champion Too By Novera Hasan Nikkon, Jagannath University Dhak, Bangladesh
What I Love Most By Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Vietnam
Global Impact
Dilemma By Diana Senator Lyoto, Catholic university of health and allied sciences (CUHAS), Tanzania
In Search of Rekha Hasda By Hasanul Hoq and Abu Owazed Sah Showmik Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Surviving Burns By Mallika Sehgal, FLAME University, India
Green IS (Environment)
Ecovillage Brachoua By Fatima Mouhammou, Abdelmalek Essady University, Morocco
Introduction to Reusable Menstrual Cups By Taryn Everdeen, Paston College, United Kingdom
What I Love Most By Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Vietnam
Honest Beauty
Girls and Dolls By Megan K Palmer, SUNY Geneseo, USA
Make Me Divine By Bobbi Broome, Kent State University, USA
Pitt Soley By Rigodon Soeurette, Faculte d'Ethnologie, Haiti
The Skin Tone Rule By Amanda Gordon, New York University, USA
#BuyOurProduct By Sharlene Richards and Cailyn Hoertz, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Ending Violence
GONE By Haythem Makhlouf, ISIMA, Tunisia
She Matters By Suhayl Omar, Riara University, Kenya
Surviving Burns By Mallika Sehgal, FLAME University, India
Stand Up Men
Stand Up Men By Emily Seshadri, University of London, United Kingdom
Tumaini By ISHARA MUSIMWA Gentil, NADEGE CIBOGO Felista, Université Catholique de Bukavu and Université Officielle de Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
We Could Be Champion Too By Novera Hasan Nikkon, Bangladesh
Let Girls Learn (Education)
A Film for Gugu By Aida Namukose, African Leadership Academy, South Africa
Aya's Home By Aidan Ellis, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, USA
Bangladesh's Girls By Inaya Ahmed, The Lawrenceville School, USA
Dilemma By Diana Senator Lyoto, Catholic university of health and allied sciences (CUHAS), Tanzania
In Search of Rekha Hasda By Hasanul Hoq and Abu Owazed Sah Showmik Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Best Film Production
A Heist of One's Own By Pubali (Priya) Ghosh, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Roles Reversed By Olivia Lovito, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Ruza By Raashi Metkari, FAMU International, Czech Republic
Women in Tech
Change the World by Promoting Girls in STEM By Lilia Becker, Shipley School, USA
GEMS: Girls Empowered by Math & Science By Sadie Price-Elliott, Sussex County Technical School, USA
The Science Behind the STEM Gender Gap By Tiffany Fang, High Technology High School, USA
GEMs Choice
Child Marriage Robbed Me of My Childhood By Suzete Da Graça André, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Lucia By Gerardo Torres Hernández, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
She Matters By Suhayl Omar, Riara University, Kenya
Most Innovative Solution
As Girls / As Women Gillian Ryan Dittmer, Rider University, USA
Aya's Home By Aidan Ellis, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, USA
Ecovillage Brachoua By Fatima Mouhammou, Abdelmalek Essady University, Morocco
One Letter or Other By Natalia Stefanni and Aguilar Fernandes, PUC-Campinas, Brazil
People’s Choice:
GONE By Haythem Makhlouf, ISIMA, Tunisia
Lucia By Gerardo Torres Hernández, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Silently Sorry By Meghan Montminy, Pelham High School, USA
Tumaini By ISHARA MUSIMWA Gentil, NADEGE CIBOGO Felista, Université Catholique de Bukavu and Université Officielle de Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo