Film footage from the era is interwoven with interviews with music lovers to make a portrait of Maxine Sullivan, the ti…
Featuring icons such as Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, Anna Mae Winburn and Pauline Brady, this short film portrays the women …
In times where modern medicine has progressively intervened in maternal childbirth, a woman embarks on a journey where …
This documentary premiered at Locarno follows a series of female characters from Naples, all linked in some way to the …
Through interviews, re-enactments and documentation of live events, this documentary reflects on the evolution of the l…
After going blind while grieving the loss of her two children, a seventy-eight year old woman decides to overcome the s…
A Google Earth map lands in a bucolic French countryside landscape. Among a group of young people is Anastasia, a young…
At 81 years old, Erika and Tine are a couple out of the mold. As artists who defied East German repression, they now hu…
Told with snippets from films of the time, before us is the incredible biography of Leonie Brandt, an actress who serve…
Filmmaker Juan Fernandez films the flowers, animals and objects that inhabit a house. But he is really portraying the m…
This is the inspiring story of Eva Kor. In the Holocaust, she was a victim of Nazi experiments conducted by Mengele. Af…
This documentary, awarded at the prestigious IDFA, films over the years two Iranian girls from their religious initiati…
In 1965, a group of intrepid young women didn't know they were making history by participating in a survival adventure …
Amanda and Viengsay, two young Cuban women, strive every day to continue their careers in the demanding world of ballet…
Bhanu and Bhuntu, two young Indian women leave their villages to live and work in a suburban textile center. Through th…
This inspiring documentary tells the success story of a group of women from rural India who defied patriarchy through t…
In this documentary filmed inside a motel in Santiago, Chile, the women who do room service have a lot to say about lov…
In the midst of a Cuba undergoing major changes, a young athlete is torn between committing herself to her track team o…
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese filmmaker documents the radiation-free zone.…
Following the Chinese government's one-child policy, workers at a birth control center in a remote rural village are ta…
A Russian folk tale about a woman saint gives way to a performance exercise by a group of young women inside a house fu…
Innu poet and activist Natasha Kanapé feels a call from her indigenous roots every day. She tries to empower herself an…
A young woman goes out into the street in the middle of the night. We hear her voiceover and we feel very close to her.…
What makes two women sisters? Is it just the biological aspect or can it be a magical and invisible thread? In this doc…
Four social workers in Argentina are available 24/7 to assist abused women through a telephone line that can make the d…
A legendary icon of folk music, a singer who was the source of inspiration for Bob Dylan, this essay-documentary is a p…
Premiered at the prestigious IDFA, this documentary follows the Swedish rapper Silvana over several years through her w…
Arami returns from Europe to Paraguay to take care of her elderly mother, who suffers from epilepsy and Parkinson. Clou…
A group of conservationists led by brave women follow a migratory route of the ancient white sharks.
This documentary by filmmaker Rama Rau is a journey as raw as it is impressive to the golden years of the burlesque sce…
Tree planting in Rajasthan, India, has become a symbol of freedom in the middle of the desert. Families in this communi…
This documentary follows Hedil and Naam, two Yazidi women who try to give their families a decent life in a refugee cam…
This raw and visceral portrait of Hip Hop artist Vianey Otero, also known as So Icey Trap, takes us into the fascinatin…
A young Russian woman fights along with the LGBTI community against a law that discriminates homosexuals. But her love …
During the dictatorship of Pinochet in Chile, a women's movement took to the streets to protest against the regime for …
A 26-year-old Kurdish-German woman returns to Turkey and becomes the mayor of her city, near the border with Syria and …
A glimpse into the soul of Teresa Smith, an African-American mother who through her profound singing finds a way to dem…
In the Cerro Rico mines in Bolivia, three humble women try to survive in a microcosm hostile to women. And dynamite is …
Trapped in an Indian society that does not accept their relationship, two young lesbian women commit suicide in Nandigr…
Filmmaker Caio Baú makes an intimate portrait of his sister Luiza, a special young girl who navigates her life between …
Filmed over several years, this documentary is a portrait of an old brothel in a mining area of Australia and the las…
This documentary is a delicate accompaniment to four septuagenarian women in their constant and emancipatory habit of s…
Why is it so important to be pretty? Why does the gaze of others matter so much? This personal documentary explores the…
A young girl returns home after from a Youth Educational Center in Lodz. On the eve of her 18th birthday, the fears tha…
Mariana left her parents' house to live with her boyfriend in Lisbon. But when he leaves for New York, Mariana begins a…
With a “direct cinema” approach, this film follows Peipei, a young female artist who does not conform to the institutio…
Even though they don’t speak English, Illiterate women from towns around the world with no electricity try to learn how…
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