13 September 2025
Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) champions and showcases the work of older women on screen and behind the camera with an annual short film festival and year-round events and film screenings, and we’re delighted to be hosting their 2025 festival right here at Depot.
This is the 11th edition of the festival and it promises to be a joyful day for anyone – all ages and genders welcome – who loves to watch fascinating and surprising films. If you want to be part of building a more equal, inclusive world, then join us on 13th September for a fantastic day of films and fun!
We’ll be updating this page with more exciting information as it gets revealed, so do check back frequently or bookmark this page!
Saturday 13 September 2025
Image credits Sharon Kilgannon.
With fun, fearless and real stories by and about women over 50, WOFFF champions and showcases the work of older women on screen and behind the camera
Join us at the 11th Women Over 50 Film Festival at Depot this September, for:
– three programmes packed with award-winning international short films: animation, comedy, documentary, experimental and drama
– a panel event with special guests
– the Awards Ceremony celebrating outstanding filmmakers and writers
Enjoy your day out at Depot for the Women Over Fifty Film Festival and beat the lunchtime rush by pre-ordering our hearty and nutritious deluxe salad box, available exclusively for WOFFF attendees.
Filled with delicious seasonal ingredients and packed full of flavour, this vegan salad box is sure to keep you satisfied through the superb selection of films on show at the festival. To top it off, pre-ordering means your lunch will be ready for you to tuck straight into during the break, giving you more time for what’s important – chatting with your fellow festival goers about the films you’ve seen!
Please note: our salad box may differ from the image due to availability of seasonal ingredients.
Included in your salad box:
Carrot Hummus, Vegan Potato Pesto salad, Confit Garlic Broccoli and Toasted Seeds, Quinoa Tabbouleh, Pickled red cabbage, Mixed Leaves, Toasted Mamoosh Pitta (GF toast available on request)
WOFFF25 Angel Pass
Be an angel and sprinkle some joy on WOFFF in its 11th year!
You can add a £25 donation by choosing the WOFFF25 Angel Donation option from the ticketing screen. This gift will go directly to WOFFF, helping the festival grow and supporting its future.
WOFFF Angels will have their names listed in the WOFFF25 programme and on the WOFFF website.
WOFFF ALL DAY PASS
Sat 13 September
All Day Festival Pass which gives you access to all of the paid-for WOFFF events at Depot – Programme 1, 2, 3 and Panel Event!
WOFFF Session 1 - Disruptors
11:00 (75mins)
There’s a joy in breaking stuff. There are guides to help us break through. Walk the edge of the path with a miner, a vampire and an old Whistler’s Mother gal.
Followed by filmmaker Q&A
Films in this programme:
Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History | Dir: Cheri Gaulke | USA | 2025 | Documentary | 8min
Olga’s Eyes | Dir: Sarah Carlot Jaber | Belgium | 2023 | Drama | 22min
The Tale of Mari | Dir: Anya Vaughn | USA | 2024 | Animation | 7min
A Burning Turret | Dir: Humberto Flores | Mexico | 2025 | Drama | 22min
We’re All Black Down Here | Dir: James William Mellors | UK | 2024 | Drama | 15min
WOFFF Session 2 - Home and abroad
13:00 (75 mins)
Where is your heart at home? Where is it safe to lay your head? The work of creating and preserving belonging never ends. Photographer or lover or healer – there are ways of weaving connection.
Followed by filmmaker Q&A.
Films in this programme:
Gossip/Clecs | Dir: Harri Shanahan | UK | 2024 | Animation | 2min
Of All The Things | Dir: Steff Lee | UK | 2025 | Animation | 8min
The Pearl Comb | Dir: Ali Cook | UK | 2024 | Drama | 21min
Holding Stone | Dir: Evie Bulloch | UK | 2025 | Animation | 2min
The Illustrated Woman | Dir: Isabel Hergura | India, Spain | 2023 | Animation | 8min
My Dad, Guyana and Me | Dir: Noella Letitia Mingo | Guyana, UK | 2025 | Documentary | 9min
Journey Back to Alcedo | Dir: Gianna Haro Vallazza | Ecuador | 2024 | Documentary | 24min
WOFFF Session 3 - Living Legends
17:00 (74 mins)
What does vocation look like? A woman’s body shaped by dance, the hands of an artist. The desire to heal and to connect – and to deliver the milk with a kind word.
Followed by filmmaker Q&A.
Films in this programme:
A Year of Hands | Dir: Cally Trench | UK | 2024 | Experimental | 1min
Visible Mending | Dir: Samantha Moore | UK | 2023 | Documentary | 8min
Pegs & Bacon | Dir: Sarah Nicola Mason | UK | 2025 | Documentary | 9min
The Architect of the Liminal | Dir: Deb Ethier | Canada | 2024 | Experimental | 3min
Ode to Age | Dir: Kati Kallio | Finland | 2024 | Experimental | 8min
RISA| Dir: Kate Weare, Jack Flame Sorokin | USA | 2024 | Documentary | 21min
Chai-Coffi | Dir: Sanjoli Malani | India | 2023 | Drama | 23min
WOFFF Panel Event
15:30
Join our special guests for this year’s panel event. These talks are always filled with amazing industry insights and stories from women over 50 in front of and behind the camera. You won’t want to miss this conversation!
WOFFF25 Awards Ceremony
18:45
Close out a fantastic day with WOFFF at Depot with our free-to-attend awards ceremony.
Celebrate with us as the top animation, drama, documentary, experimental, student films and the best short scripts are announced.
We’ll also be screening one final film to send us on our way:
Somber Tides | Dir: Chantal Caron | Canada | 2024 | Experimental | 12min
This event is free, but booking is required.