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The 18th KIN International Women's Film Festival starts on Monday, November 29.

This year, the film festival will be held both online and offline, its press service said.

The screenings will be held at AGBU Armenia Hall (2/2 Melik-Adamyan Street).

The films will become available online after their live screenings. Each film is available for 300 online views.

The opening ceremony will be followed by a screening of the competition program films, including “Marvelous” (dir. Lusine Zakaryan, documentary, Armenia, 6 min), “When Autumn Leaves “ (dir. Rachel Gawie, Fiction, Israel, 20 min), “Under a Ceiling in Tehran” (dir. Kimia Eyzad Panah, Fiction, Germany/Iran, 23 min), “Hear Us Sweet Freedom!” (dir. Helen Ispirian, Fiction, Germany, 12 min) and “Merry Grandmas”, (dir. Natalia Mirzoyan, Animation, Russia, 8 min).

The films will be screened in the original language, with Armenian translation (via headphones) and English subtitles.

Entrance to all screenings is free.

A total of 51 films from 19 countries will be screened as part of the traditional Competition and Guest programs.

“In the frames of the Guest program we will have live screenings of renowned films that premiered at Berlin Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. “Little Mom” by Céline Sciamma and “Should the Wind Drop” by Nora Martirosyan will have live screenings only,” the festival said.

The 18th KIN Film Festival pays a tribute to Soviet film director Ekaterina Vermisheva.

Its jury members are Lucyann Kerry (producer, U.S.), Elena Kutsenko (film critic, Russia), Tamara Hakobyan (film critic, Armenia), Karine Avanyan (journalist, Armenia), Hovhannes Hakobyan (film director and cinematographer, Armenia).

The following prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival: Best Film, Special Prize, diplomas, a prize awarded by Russian Centre for Science and Literature in Yerevan, Audience Award, which will be based on the audience's votes.

The KIN International Women's Film Festival runs through December 3.