18/05/2026
Women of the Waves Continues its Film Festival Success - The Monash Arts student short documentary Women of the Waves continues its extraordinary run of film festival screenings after being selected to screen at the 2026 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) in July. Having already won the Best Documentary award at The 11th National and International Benalla Short Film Festival in 2025 and enjoyed previous selections to festival screenings at the 2025 Young Australian Film Festival, the Faser Shorts Film Festival and an encoreBenalla Festival screening in Violet Town, Victoria, Women of the Waves will screen at Cinema Nova on July 11 in the shorts program of this major Melbourne film festival. / Women of The Waves celebrates the impact community has in breaking barriers to access for female surfers in a male dominated sport. It showcases the ocean as a potent yet empowering place for women to connect with others who to a shared strength. This film was created by Monash students Producer Emma Oxley, Director Han Soo Yoo, Cinematographer Viktoriia Katsarska, and Sound Director Ricardo Jansen Correa. / Women of The Waves was produced as part of the coursework assessment for the 2025 Arts Film Studies unit ATS3983 Screen Project: From Film Theory to Media Production in the school of Media, Film and Journalism. / Women of the Waves will screen in the MDFF26 Shorts Sessions 1,
10.15am, on Saturday Jully 11, Cinema Nova in Carlton
Tickets - https://www.cinemanova.com.au/events/melbourne-documentary-film-festival