Poetic closeness to nature of the human body, growing leg hair, the journey through fantastic dream landscapes, acts of rebellion and literally dancing vulvas. With a versatile Female Gaze we move between dreamy utopia, hard-hitting reality and self-confident target-state.
Es Muss
[It Must]
Silvia’s day could not have been worse: First she is fired a few years before her retirement, then she gets fined during a traffic control and finally, she loses her choir solo. Enough is enough! Silvia decides to engage in an act of silent resistance.
Silvia’s day could not have been worse: First she is fired a few years before her retirement, then she gets fined during a traffic control and finally, she loses her choir solo. Enough is enough! Silvia decides to engage in an act of silent resistance.
Directors:Jumana Issa, Flavio Luca Marano
Producer:
Filippo Bonacci
Screenplay:
Jumana Issa, Flavio Luca Marano
Robin Angst
Cast:
Lotti Happle, Ruth Schwegler
Editing:
Jumana Issa, Flavio Luca Marano
Sound designer:
Simeon Sigg
Film school:
ZHdK
Glückspfad
[Happytrail]
Franka has a problem that shouldn’t be one: body hair. Between social norms, hair removal possibilities, and inner insecurities, a young woman guides us through her very personal experiences and her deliberate decision to proudly accept and love her own body.
Franka has a problem that shouldn’t be one: body hair. Between social norms, hair removal possibilities, and inner insecurities, a young woman guides us through her very personal experiences and her deliberate decision to proudly accept and love her own body.
Directors:Thea Sparmeier, Pauline Cremer, Jakob Werner
Hannes Schulze
Music:
Sebastian Farnbacher
Sound designer:
Nils Plambeck
Töchter
[Daughters]
What does it mean to be your parents’ daughter? Three shots, three families, three encounters. The filmmakers sit down for open conversations with their families, explore the limits of parent-daughter relationships, and address traumas and fears.
What does it mean to be your parents’ daughter? Three shots, three families, three encounters. The filmmakers sit down for open conversations with their families, explore the limits of parent-daughter relationships, and address traumas and fears.
Directors:Quynh Le Nguyen, Stella Deborah Traub, Katharina Soon-Hi Thaler
Producer:
Marlon Hofmann
Jonas Kleinalstede
Editing:
Narges Kalhor
Sound designer:
Andrew Mottl
Film school:
University of Television and Film Munich
Fall Float Fly
At the speed of thought a soul travels through a landscape of dreams, feelings, and spaces, discovering the dichotomy of darkness and light in human life by diving into a fantastical dreamscape and exploring the poetry of contrast.
At the speed of thought a soul travels through a landscape of dreams, feelings, and spaces, discovering the dichotomy of darkness and light in human life by diving into a fantastical dreamscape and exploring the poetry of contrast.
Director:Qurratul Ain Saeed
Yi-jia Chen
Spit
Livia wakes up from a wet dream. She has a vivid fantasy about a man physically abusing her. Struggling to understand what this desire is about and how to deal with it, she tries to figure out what the line is between passion and violence.
Livia wakes up from a wet dream. She has a vivid fantasy about a man physically abusing her. Struggling to understand what this desire is about and how to deal with it, she tries to figure out what the line is between passion and violence.
Director:Sarah Miro Fischer
Producer:
Maximilian Seidel
Selma Von Polheim Gravesen
Costume:
Carina Ortiz, Clara Zimmermann
Decors:
Danyue Li
Lighting:
Maximilian Feldkamp, Leyla Hoppe, Hannes Schulze
Music:
Stephen O’Connor
Sound designer:
Nils Plambeck
Sound mixer:
Samuel Schwenk, Colin Shaw
Art director:
Agnes Maagaard Petersen
First ad:
Sorina Gajewski
Assistant camera:
Louis Reiss, Peter Zender
Depictions of sexual abuse
Flora
Flora focuses on the delicate connection between the female body and nature. The filmmaker relies on a documentary film style with which she moves between reality and associative visual impressions.
Flora focuses on the delicate connection between the female body and nature. The filmmaker relies on a documentary film style with which she moves between reality and associative visual impressions.
Director:Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz
Producer:
Krystyna Doktorowicz
Screenplay:
Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz
Martyna Dylag
Cinematographer:
Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz
Editing:
Olga Bejm
Music:
Szymon Orlowski
Sound designer:
Szymon Orlowski
Line producer:
Malgorzata Miszczak
Make Her Dance
Get in the Mood! This animated film project breaks taboos, celebrates female pleasure and is a feast of body positivity.
Get in the Mood! This animated film project breaks taboos, celebrates female pleasure and is a feast of body positivity.
Director:Carolina Cruz
Producer:
Khristina Demenshina
Correia André, Cruz Carolina, Giulia Falciani, Bergstroem Felicia
Music:
Bertolt Pohl
Narration:
Gayatri Parameswaran
Sound designer:
Weronika Malinowska
Art director:
Carolina Cruz