TWE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:
Reel
Equals
Reel Equals
TWE International Film Festival
Tickets available now!
Tickets available now!

International Film Festival: REEL EQUALS
March 6 – 11, 2025
For 25 years, the Reel Equals Film Festival has shared fresh voices and underrepresented perspectives with in-person and online audiences.
We are known for presenting a carefully curated selection of shorts and feature films from all over the world. Our audiences see great films – and they also develop an understanding of how media shapes our behaviors and life choices, and why broader media representation is so critical.

International Film Festival: REEL EQUALS
March 6 – 11, 2025
For 25 years, the Reel Equals Film Festival has shared fresh voices and underrepresented perspectives with in-person and online audiences.
We are known for presenting a carefully curated selection of shorts and feature films from all over the world. Our audiences see great films – and they also develop an understanding of how media shapes our behaviors and life choices, and why broader media representation is so critical.
Reel Equals 2025 FEATURES:
This year’s film festival will include The Green Room: a selection of films, panels, and conversations about our environment.
This program will feature films and discussions about the local environment in 2025: water in the bay, the role of local leaders, change mitigation vs adaptation, land stewardship, and so much more.

Reel Equals at a Glance
Hundreds of Films
508 films screened from 1999-2024
TWE Around the Globe
Half of our films over the last 25 years have come from outside of the USA, including:
7 from Kenya 7 from China 7 from Afghanistan 8 from Israel 9 from Iran 12 from India 12 from Australia 38 from Africa 75 from Europe
25th Anniversary: 2024
Online and in-person screenings of 32 films, honoring of Legacy Leaders and Greatest Hits, Ringling and Sarasota Art Museum host
Hundreds of Films
508 films screened from 1999-2024
TWE Around the Globe
Half of our films over the last 25 years have come from outside of the USA, including:
7 from Kenya 7 from China 7 from Afghanistan 8 from Israel 9 from Iran 12 from India 12 from Australia 38 from Africa 75 from Europe
25th Anniversary: 2024
Online and in-person screenings of 32 films, honoring of Legacy Leaders and Greatest Hits, Ringling and Sarasota Art Museum host