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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Maria in Nobody's Land

Marcela Zamora Chamorro 2010 86 Min
MARIA IN NOBODY'S LAND is an unprecedented and intimate look …
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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 …
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Two Mothers

Anne Zohra Berrached 2013 79 Min
KATJA (43) and ISABELLA (37) decide to get a child. …
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In My Skin

Anna-Sophia Richard 2018 72 Min
Why do women stay in violent relationships even when they …
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Hot Dog

Alma Buddecke, Marleen Valien 2019 8 Min
Hannah wasn't always happy about the existence of her 'Vajayjay'. …
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The Lady Anatomist

Iris Fegerl 2019 55 Min
For a long time, the wax portrait of a woman …
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Monika

Christian Werner 2011 55 Min
Barely out of her teens, dependent on her family and …
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The Impossible Picture

Sandra Wollner 2016 70 Min
Vienna in the 1950’s. A childhood captured on 8mm film, …
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Fuck You

Anette Sidor 2018 15 Min
On a night out with friends, Alice steals a strap-on …
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Sorry Not Sorry

Julia Thelin 2019 898 Min
Feride is on her way home from a party when …
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You Are Overreacting

Karina Paciorkowska 2018 4 Min
What is the place of women in our contemporary reality? …
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Three Centimetres

Lara Zeidan 2018 9 Min
Four Lebanese girls go on a Ferris wheel ride to …
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My Gay Sister

Lia Hietala 2017 15 Min
Majken has known that she is a lesbian since she …
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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 …
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Wild Nights with Emily

Madeleine Olnek 2018 84 Min
This film is about Emily Dickinson’s life as a writer, …
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Of Girls and Horses

Monika Treut 2014 82 Min
Alex is 16, a misfit, a drop-out, a failure. She …
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The Summer of Sangaile

Alanté Kavaïté 2014 88 Min
17 year-old Sangaïlé, is fascinated by stunt planes. Afraid of …
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Sister my Sister

Nancy Meckler 1994 89 Min
Thriller based on a real murder which took place in …
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Rafiki

Wanuri Kahiu 2018 83 Min
“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and …
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Princess Cyd

Stephen Cone 2017 97 Min
PRINCESS CYD follows 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin (Jessie Pinnick) while …
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Oma & Bella

Alexa Karolinski 2012 75 Min
Oma & Bella is an intimate glimpse into the world …
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