Reel Venus Film Festival is a three day event which was created and launched in 2003 to showcase an eclectic body of current alternative and mainstream, film and video shorts, 30 minutes or less in length, directed by emerging and established women directors, video and multimedia artists from the United States and abroad, whose work pushes traditional boundaries in storytelling methods that inspire, entertain, excite, inform and provoke its audiences with challenging topics, themes and images.

All genres, themes and topics are considered and included with special emphasis given to works that expand the boundaries of creative expression through cinema and photography which uniquely incorporate digital media giving the filmmaker and photographer as artist and storyteller a wider range of tools to create stories with.

In addition to showcasing a rich body of work on an annual basis, Reel Venus will strive to fulfill the following creative programming initiatives as a form of outreach to women filmmakers, photographers and multimedia artists and film, photography and new media community at large:

• Establish a presence in New York City as a premiere media event that women filmmakers, photographers and multimedia artists from the United States and Abroad come to know and refer to as an artistic playground increasing exposure of their work and networking opportunities for creative and professional growth.

• Increase awareness of the short film as an art form, by periodically showcasing selected works from seasoned and established, pioneering women directors who have paved the way.

• Increase the exposure of work from emerging and established women filmmakers and photographers locally and abroad to a wider, untapped audience by creatively programming, partnering and collaborating with local and international Film/Media Arts entities that share the vision of promoting emerging film, photography and multimedia art directed, photographed and conceived by women.

• Encourage intimate dialogue between women directors and photographers in presentation to the public at quarterly scheduled lecture/discussion series facilitated by a guest speaker.

• Provide periodic social forums/symposiums, which encourage women filmmakers and photographers to exchange ideas with one another as well as artists from other related mediums.