16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2025

The winning films were announced on December 16th 2025.

Winner - THE AWAKENING (India), dir. Sumi Mathai

Runner Up - THE TRUCK (US), dir. Elizabeth Rao

Second Runner Up - A MOVE (Iran), dir. Elahe Esmaili

Audience Award Winner - WHERE WE STOP (UK), dir. Rachel Coburn

Thank you to our 2025 jury: film producer Anna Higgs, Freya Seath (Strategic Advocacy Advisor - Preventing GBV), filmmaker Georgi Banks-Davies, Guilherme Nascimento Valadares (Founder of PapodeHomem and research director of the PDH Institute, Brazil), Imogen Carter (Founding Editor of the female-led media title The Nerve), film and TV producer Alison Owen, José Campi Portaluppi (Director of Communications and Advocacy - Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, US), filmmaker Nadia Latif, filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond, filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, and actor Susanne Wuest.

Read more about our 2025 films here.

16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2024

The winning films were announced on December 16th 2024.

Winner - WE DID NOT CONSENT (UK), dir. Dorothy Allen-Pickard

Runner Up - NINE DAYS IN AUGUST (GER), dir. Ella Knorz

2nd Runner Up - BATHSHEBA (UK), dir. Myah Asha Jeffers

Audience Award Winner - SAFE (UK), dir. Debbie Howard

Thank you to our 2024 Jury: Actor/writer Zawe Ashton, Tabitha Morton (Executive Director at UN Women UK), EVP, Head of Creative at Maven Screen Med Jenny Halper, Juliet Kirby (Producer for Aluna Entertainment), actor/writer and activist Sarah Solemani, Liza Marshall (Producer for Hera Pictures), Yarit Dor (Intimacy Coordinator and Movement Coach), Director Soudade Kadaan, Koye Adeboye (UN Spotlight Initiative), and writer, broadcaster and host of Sex Talks, Emma-Louise Boynton.

• Read more about our films and jury here.

16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2023

The winning films were announced on December 14th 2023.

Winner - DANDELION, dir. Lorena R. Valencia

Runner Up - HOMEMAKER, dir. Ciara Kerr

2nd Runner Up - SMILE, dir. Jo Smyth

Audience Award Winner - BARRICADE, dir. Alice Johannessen

Thank you to our Jury for 2023; Kalliopi Mingeirou, Madeline Di Nonno, Daniel Guinness, Golda Rosheuvel, Saffron Burrows, Prano Bailey-Bond, Emily Atef, Isabella Odoffin, Sarah McCaffrey, Patsy Stevenson.

• You can read about our Finalists and Jury here.

16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2022

The winning films were announced on December 15th 2022.

Winner - CANDY, dir. Sarah Grant

Runner Up - LOLA, dir. Silvia Staderoli

2nd Runner Up - THE VIOLENCE BETWEEN US, dir. Camilla Guerreiro

Audience Award Winner - BEFORE DAWN, KABUL TIME, dir. Tara Motamedi

Thank you to our Jury for 2022; Adwoa Aboah, Ben Hurst, Emma Appleton, Eva Birthistle, Uzma Hasan, Dorothy Allen-Pickard, Jane Randel and Kimya Motley.

• You can read about our Finalists and Jury in SCREEN (here).

In 2021, 16 DAYS 16 FILMS was excited to present a retrospective of our past three years of winners and showcase their amazing talent and incredible films during the 16 Days of Global Activism Against Gender Based Violence.

See below for our full 2020, 2019 and 2018 editions, and our previous 16 Days 16 Films winners, finalists, and programmes.

16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2020

The winning films were announced on December 16th 2020 via an online event you can watch here.

Winner - THE ROAD IS A RED THREAD, dir. Melissa Elizondo Moreno

Runner Up - BALLET AFTER DARK, dir. B. Monét

2nd Runner Up - EXPENSIVE SHIT, dir. Adura Onashile

Audience Award Winner - EYES DOWN, dir. Charlotte Daniel

Thank you to our Jury for 2020; including Anna Friel, Ashley Judd, Barbara Broccoli, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, and Sarah Gavron.

• You can also read about our Finalists and Jury in VARIETY (here) and SCREEN (here)

16 DAYS 16 FILMS 2018

Congratulations to all 16 of our filmmakers for their varied & wonderful films, and thank you to Film4 for hosting the evening.

Our 2018 winning films were:

• Winner - CIRCLE, dir. Jayisha Patel

• Runner Up - EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS, dir. Miranda Stern

• 2nd Runner Up - SILENCE, dir. Fiona Compton

Special thanks to UK SAYS NO MORE, Hestia Charity, National Film and Television School, Monroe Creative Studio and Film4, and to all of our jury members for their thoughtful consideration of all our shortlisted films.

16 Days 16 Films 2018 Official Selection

1. The Grey Area - Katie Clark

2. Voices - Ellie Hodgetts

3. Domestic Policy - Alicia MacDonald

4. Sick of It - Olly Banks

5. Silence - Fiona Compton

6. First Kiss - Ali Aschman

7. Match Day - Katie Mallinder

8. Everybody’s Business - Miranda Stern

9. Kontrol - Simona Mehandzhieva

10. Rage - Maisie Bruno

11. 11 - Miranda Stern

12. My Journey - Ana Ladislau

13. Just Ask For It - Jacquie Drager

14. People You May Know - Louisa Fielden

15. Cracked - Ioana Bulai

16. Circle - Jayisha Patel

Press Release - download it from here