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Youth program: Girls on Film is the new special program offered by the 9th WFFIS. As vaguely categorized into the youth or the transitional stage, "teen-age women" are neglected. 'Girls on Film' focuses on their specific and diverse life. It also reorients the role of 'teen age women' into active creators in pop culture breaking the image as a distorted object or the role of sheer consumers of mass media,
In this program, WFFIS introduces the documentaries and feature films by "teen-age women" and feature and short films made by the older generation from all over the world on the topic of 'teen age women'
Through these films, we can examine the sexuality of "teen-age women" which are regarded as "asexual" or "non-sexual" in society. Also the problems about poverty and class and relationships in peer groups, family and subculture will be lively discussed.
In Sexy Thing, Loving Annabelle and A Passing Rain, teenage girls are on a journey to search for their sexual identity. Their own journeys eventually deal with all social problems like sexual violence and prejudice as well as an individual level of courage.

The diverse group of girls in the films, How Nikita Got Herself a Horse, We All Communicate. But Do We Understand Each Other?, Grrl X-ing, Belfast Girls reveal their condition of life as well as their reaction to them, Teen age girls experience connection and disconnection in their peer group and they are exposed to the various problems including racial issues, drug problems, pregnancy, and child's upbringing. These films show how they deal with these problems and get over them eventually. Especially the collection of 7 short films, Grrl X-ing is the output of the Feminist Workshop program by 'Reel Girls'. Even with its clumsiness, this film engages the audience with the strength and frankness of girls solving their problems. Also based on the work by the Haja center's workshop participant, video artist LIM Min-ouk expresses her strong and reflective introspection on Korean society from the standpoint of a young female.

Both August Story and The First Time I was Twenty are feature films which share the pain of teens in adolescence. Yan Yan Mak who was already invited to WFFIS with the film, Butterfly delivers the moment of first love with subdued, but touching style. In The First Time I was Twenty, a chubby girl's challenge to enter into the School's brass band which was prohibited to girls is introduced with a bright and lively humor.
With screenings, WFFIS also provides the series of events related to Girls on film. WFFIS wish these series can invite teen girls into the feminism culture scenes and engage them more actively. By doing so, WIFF can be a true stage of cultural festival where different generations of women can gather together and think about feminism in a more festive way. (KWON Eun-sun)