Founded in 2011, the Athena Film Festival champions diverse, nuanced, and complex stories of women leaders through its annual showcase of narrative films, documentaries, and short films, alongside powerful and thought-provoking conversations, and its numerous year-round creative development programs. To date, more than 540 films have been screened at the festival — 90% directed by women or nonbinary individuals — and Athena’s creative development programs have supported more than 700 filmmakers.
The Athena Film Festival Ethos
Women’s leadership takes no singular form: stories of trailblazers and stories of everyday leadership; stories of unsung heroes, of women whose leadership has been questioned, dismissed or erased; stories of women who have risen up and spoken truth to power; stories of women who empower their communities, inspire and educate. These are the stories we want to see. These are Athena stories.
