Women-filmmakers

Extinction

Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...

Death is Dangerous, it Could Hurt

Three rhythmic storylines are characterized by the rituals of everyday life and the vicissitudes of existence, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use. 

Bye Bye Tiberias

Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.

K-Family Affairs

Filmmaker Arum Nam's parents are part of the proud 386 generation, which played a significant role in achieving democratization in South Korea. Eager to pass on a better world to Arum, her father became a public servant, and her mother, a feminist activist. But Arum’s perspective shifts at 18 with the Sewol ferry disaster. Also reflecting on events like #MeToo and impeachment, Arum ponders her ...

Oasis

After an unprecedented social uprising, Chile chooses to write a New Constitution. A colorful assembly will be in charge of writing down the dreams of dignity and social justice of an entire people. What could go wrong?

Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women

In an Armenian village, five women from different generations tell their stories and discuss life and war as they prepare _lavash_. This fine bread whose dough is simply made from flour, wheat and water is an Armenian tradition – and since 2014 it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It's in the _tonratun_ (the bakehouse), devoted e...

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.

The Patron Saints

Laced with black humor, _The Patron Saints_ is an unorthodox documentary about a home for the aged and disabled. By turns lyrical and unsettling, the directors eschew more traditional approaches to the subject, opting for a mesmerizing atmospheric treatment and turning narration over to the home's youngest patient and his candid confessions.

God Provides

Shot in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and bound by elements of fiction, this unexpected documentary short is a glimpse into faith-based sentiment and inexplicable loss. While a man searches for his kitchen appliances in the bushes, elsewhere a grinning preacher takes souvenir snapshots for his congregation, and a woman with a disability journeys to a quieter place.

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

A sixty-year-old man, who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth that have shaped his life. He takes us back to his idyllic childhood with his mother, his first love found in a cotton field and lost in the woods, and the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the police, in a cold and dark place.

The Porters

Young people from Brussels consult a list of nearly 8,000 objects collected during an expedition to the Congo between 1911 and 1913. These witnesses to colonial history open a dialogue on realities once told, now shown and interpreted. A journey back in time.

The Cactus of Klaus

The grounds of Klaus Rinke’s Los Angeles studio overflow with an otherworldly cactus garden. The cactus—a plant firmly rooted in the horticultural zeitgeist—is a lifelong obsession of the enigmatic artist whose career as a pioneering conceptual artist spans more than 6-decades. Striking footage of the cacti garden reveals a surreal hidden geometry and illuminates the uncanny ways in which cacti...