關於台灣國際女性影展：
台灣國際女性影展自1993年舉辦至今，由台灣女性影像學會辦理。為現今台灣歷史最悠久的議題性影展，亦是亞洲繼印度、東京、香港等地，最早出現的女性影展之一。旨在推廣女性創作者／女性視角為主的影像創作，透過電影映演及相關活動建構國際交流平台，並為國內觀眾引介具時代意義、性別思潮的優秀外片及國片，拓展性別之於影像的當代意義。
1993年，第一屆「女性影像藝術展」（Women Make Waves），於台北霍克藝術會館舉辦，為台灣國際女性影展濫觴；2000年，第七屆正式移至戲院舉辦，並更名為「女性影展」（Women Make Waves Film / Video Festival），奠定女性影展的影展定位；2012年再度更名為「台灣國際女性影展」（Women Make Waves Int'l Film Festival, Taiwan）。
1998年，時值「女性影像藝術展」已舉辦五屆，為確立影像藝術展的日後發展，「台北市女性影像學會」於該年9月成立，為一非營利組織，首屆理事長為黃玉珊。學會自2001年起辦理女性影展全國巡迴，此舉為全國首創，與地方戲院、社區、校園及藝文場所等共同辦理放映，期望使性別影像遍及全國，藉此消弭影像教育城鄉差距，並推廣性別平權和影像美學。
2004年「台北市女性影像學會」轉型為全國性的「社團法人台灣女性影像學會」，由陳明秀擔任首屆理事長。自此，學會致力於全方位女性影像推廣工作，包括書籍刊物出版、影音發行、網路資料庫建置等業務，除提供教學資源外，也豐富國內電影及性別研究資源。近年亦著手辦理各類型工作坊，如紀錄片培訓營、策展人培訓班、實驗電影工作坊等、編劇工作坊等，鼓勵女性創作者透過鏡頭執掌轉移，勇敢創作發聲。
Established in 1993, Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival, Taiwan has been one of the major film festivals in Taiwan and has established itself as the biggest one dedicated to supporting female talents. It is also the longest running and largest issue-oriented film festival in Taiwan. Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival aims to celebrate the achievements of outstanding female talents, to explore different aspects of female experiences, feminism, and beyond, and to promote equality and rights of all genders. By covering a wide range of genres, issues, and representations of gender, WMWIFF seeks to promote great cinematic arts by female talents and to advocate gender equality through films with feminist consciousness and various subjects.
In 1993, the inaugural Women Make Waves, jointly organized by the Awakening Foundation and B&W Film Studio, was the predecessor of Women Make Waves Int'l Film Festival Taiwan. In 2000, Women Make Waves was renamed as Women Make Waves Film/Video Festival. This marked the first time the film festival hosted screenings at the cinema. The film festival expanded significantly, solidifying itself as one of the major cultural events. In 2012, the film festival was officially renamed as Women Make Waves Int'l Film Festival Taiwan.
In 1998, as the film festival entered its 5th edition, gender studies and discourses had become prominent in Taiwan. To ensure the prospect of the film festival, Taipei Women's Film Association was founded in September of the same year. HUANG Yu-Shan served as the first chairwoman of the Association. In 2001, the film festival established the model of nation-wide film tours, marking one of the first film festivals to do so in Taiwan. It has jointly held screenings with local theaters, organizations, universities, educational institutions, and cultural venues, in order to reduce rural-urban differences and promote gender equity through films beyond Taipei.
