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Films_on_Women

Films on Women

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Historically in film, the roles of female characters are restricted and female protagonists were rare. This has changed over the years, and we now have a significant amount of films with female protagonists. Enjoy the selection of films on women from all around the world!

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For Nothing

Stephan Geene 2014 95 Min

Unannounced, Aziza is once again standing in her room in …

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Naomi's Journey

Frieder Schlaich 2017 92 Min

20-year-old Naomi lives a simple life with her younger siblings …

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The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

Lisa F. Jackson 2007 76 Min

Shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of …

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Invoking Justice

Deepa Dhanraj 2011 85 Min

In Southern India, family disputes are settled by Jamaats—all male …

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Salma

Kim Longinotto 2013 89 Min

When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian …

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Kiruna-Kigali

Goran Kapetanovic 2012 15 Min

In the midst of frost and snow, a woman is …

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I, Julia

Arvin Kananian 2020 15 Min

Julia is a 14 year old, living what seems to …

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HIGHWAY

Vanessa Gazy 2016 10 Min

On a stark mountain highway, troubled teen hitchhiker Hester Black's …

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The Room of Bones

Marcela Zamora Chamorro 2015 61 Min

THE ROOM OF BONES follows the passage of four mothers …

Film Still "Two Mothers"

Two Mothers

Anne Zohra Berrached 2013 79 Min

KATJA (43) and ISABELLA (37) decide to get a child. …

Film Still "Hot Dog"

Hot Dog

Alma Buddecke, Marleen Valien 2019 8 Min

Hannah wasn't always happy about the existence of her 'Vajayjay'. …

Film Still "The Lady Anatomist"

The Lady Anatomist

Iris Fegerl 2019 55 Min

For a long time, the wax portrait of a woman …

Film Still "Monika"

Monika

Christian Werner 2011 55 Min

Barely out of her teens, dependent on her family and …

Film Still "The Impossible Picture"

The Impossible Picture

Sandra Wollner 2016 70 Min

Vienna in the 1950’s. A childhood captured on 8mm film, …

Film Still "Sorry Not Sorry"

Sorry Not Sorry

Julia Thelin 2019 898 Min

Feride is on her way home from a party when …

Film Still "You Are Overreacting"

You Are Overreacting

Karina Paciorkowska 2018 4 Min

What is the place of women in our contemporary reality? …

Film Still "Three Centimetres"

Three Centimetres

Lara Zeidan 2018 9 Min

Four Lebanese girls go on a Ferris wheel ride to …

Film Still "My Gay Sister"

My Gay Sister

Lia Hietala 2017 15 Min

Majken has known that she is a lesbian since she …

Film Still "Woman Who Acts"

Woman Who Acts

Toshiyuki Teruya 2020 18 Min

Akira is an old man with little time left to …

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Juck

Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert, Ulrika Bandeira 2018 18 Min

Juck (literally Hump) is the dance group that made its …

Film Still "Wild Nights with Emily"

Wild Nights with Emily

Madeleine Olnek 2018 84 Min

This film is about Emily Dickinson’s life as a writer, …

Film Still "Of Girls and Horses"

Of Girls and Horses

Monika Treut 2014 82 Min

Alex is 16, a misfit, a drop-out, a failure. She …

Film Still "The Summer of Sangaile"

The Summer of Sangaile

Alanté Kavaïté 2014 88 Min

17 year-old Sangaïlé, is fascinated by stunt planes. Afraid of …

Film Still "Sister my Sister"

Sister my Sister

Nancy Meckler 1994 89 Min

Thriller based on a real murder which took place in …

Film Still "Rafiki"

Rafiki

Wanuri Kahiu 2018 83 Min

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and …

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