The prestigious Women in Film & Television Awards 2024 ceremony will take place at London Hilton Park Lane to celebrate the work, success and achievements of women in front of and behind the camera.
Now in its 33rd year, at the Women in Film & Television Awards 2024 we will look forward to be honouring the much-admired and worthy winners across 14 categories including directing, writing, producing, performance, business and contribution to the medium.
THE AWARD CATEGORIES
THE ARGONON
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding acting achievement by a performer in TV, film or digital media within the last two years.
THE BBC NEWS & FACTUAL AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by a woman in news, factual programming, current affairs or documentary work in film, TV or digital media in the last two years.
THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE MEDIUM AWARD
This Award recognises a woman who has achieved excellence through her exemplary body of work over a period of at least 15 years, in film, television or digital media. This is an intermediate level of lifetime achievement, and our second most prestigious award after the Lifetime Award.
THE DIRECTOR AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by a director in film, TV or digital media across entertainment, comedy, drama or factual within the last two years.
THE EIKON PRESENTER AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by an onscreen presenter in film, TV or digital media in the last two years.
NB Nominations for women working onscreen in News and Current Affairs should be made in the BBC News and Factual Award category.
THE ENVY PRODUCER AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by a producer in film, TV or digital media within the last two years.
THE EON PRODUCTIONS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This Award recognises a woman whose lifetime body of work makes her an inspiration and role model. This award is in the gift of the WFTV Board of Directors.
THE IMDb PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement, by a line producer, production supervisor, production manager, location manager, production accountant, or post-production supervisor in film, TV or digital media within the last two years.
THE ITV STUDIOS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
This Award recognises a woman who made a significant impact in any aspect of production, in front of or behind the camera in film, TV or digital media in 2023. It also recognises a woman who has contributed to raising awareness or making significant change in the area of women’s equality in that year.
THE MBS EQUIPMENT CO
CRAFT AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by a woman working in craft in film, TV or digital media production, within the last two years including camera, sound, lighting, grips, stunt work, production design, prop master, costume, hair, make-up and prosthetics.
N.B. This is not an award for post production. There is a separate award for post.
THE MERCURY STUDIOS
BUSINESS AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding business achievement by a woman in film, TV or digital media within the last two years, e.g., an executive producer, distributor, legal and business affairs executive, managing director.
THE NETFLIX NEW TALENT AWARD
This Award recognises a woman who can be seen as a significant emerging talent in film, TV or digital media, within the last two years.
THE POST PRODUCTION AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement and creativity by a woman in post production in film, TV or digital media within the last two years. Roles eligible are sound (including composers and foley artists), editing, grading and VFX.
THE SCREENSKILLS
WRITING AWARD
This Award recognises outstanding achievement by a woman writing for film, TV or digital media (including games) within the last two years.
WHO WILL YOU NOMINATE?
Nominations are now open until Friday 14 June, 17:00.
You can nominate more than once in any category. Nominations are accepted for anyone within the industry and are anonymous. Entries are free and open to all.
The nominations will be considered by an industry jury, who will decide the winner of each award. We do not share or release nominations or shortlists. The winners will be announced at the WFTV Awards 2024, which will take place on the afternoon of Friday 6 December at the London Hilton Park Lane.
Please note that we recommend that you write and save your responses to the application questions on a word processor such as Microsoft Word, Pages or a Google Document first before copying and pasting them into our Typeform application form as you cannot save your responses on the application form. Below are the questions we ask on the nomination form:
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE:
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Name
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Job title
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Company name
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Professional website / LinkedIn profile
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In which category are you nominating this person? You can nominate the same woman in as many relevant categories as you like but you must complete a new form on each occasion. Only one nomination per woman in each category is necessary.
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Give us your reasons why this person deserves to win this Award in 2024. This does not need to be a definitive account of their career, but please provide as many examples and stories as possible of why they are an outstanding candidate for this award. Your statement will help inform the jury in their discussions. Where relevant, please name recent films or productions in which they have shown excellence.
Please write a minimum of 250 words. This statement will form the basis for the jury’s consideration of the nominee, so please include as much detail and relevant information in your entry as possible. These are some prompts that may be helpful to use as a guideline. You do not need to base your statement on these:
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How does the woman you are nominating exemplify this award?
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Is there a project, action or piece of work that exemplifies why they should win this award?
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Why is this woman an inspirational leader?
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What has been the reception and impact of their work in the industry?
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Describe their craft, expertise and/or experience.
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How has this woman shown ingenuity or innovation?
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Has this person overcome challenges or obstacles in their work? How did they do this?
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Finally, please complete your details. We will only use this if we need to contact you for further information regarding your nomination.
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Name
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Email
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Job Title
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Company Name
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SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION(S) HERE
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