Films
Subject Herstory: Herstory is a term for stories written from a feminist perspective. Stories focusing on the role of women or told from their point of view.
Black Box Diaries
A Japanese journalist becomes both detective and protagonist in her own story of overcoming a sexual assault and confronting both the boss of Japan's leading TV networks and a deeply conservative system. Dramatic, moving and determined to change a toxic culture.
Shiori Ito / Japan, United States & United Kingdom / 2024 / European Premiere
Copa 71
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023
E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
A love triangle of jealousy in the Parisian art scene of the 1930s is brought to life in a stylish docufiction about iconic artist and architect Eileen Gray, who built her modernist dream house on the Riviera, only to be upstaged by Le Corbusier.
Beatrice Minger & Christoph Schaub / Switzerland / 2024 / World Premiere
Frida
Frida Kahlo's illustrated diary is brought to life by poetic animations in a passionate and dramatic account of the iconic Mexican artist's life, told in her own words.
Carla Gutiérrez / United States & Mexico / 2024 / International Premiere
Housewife of the Year
It was a different time! The female contestants on an Irish TV show with an iconic gentleman host look back on a beige-coloured chapter in TV history. More than entertaining kitsch, and with some delightfully quick-witted ladies in the winning role.
Ciaran Cassidy / Ireland / 2024 / World Premiere
Invisible Nation
With unrestricted access to Taiwan's current president, we follow the tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the country's first female head of state, during a time of great political tension between East and West. A competent and charismatic defender of democracy.
Vanessa Hope / United States & Taiwan / 2023
Marching in the Dark
The widows come together to break the vicious cycle of debt and climate related chaos in Indian agriculture that has pushed their desperate husbands to kill themselves - and leave them with the debt. A powerful and compelling film about solidarity between sisters.
Kinshuk Surjan / Belgium, Netherlands & India / 2024 / World Premiere
Teaches of Peaches
Fuck the pain away! 20 years after queer musician Peaches kicked off the new millennium, she's embarking on an anniversary tour - and she's armed with bare breasts, a razor-sharp entourage and a prophetic fuck you to the patriarchy.
Philipp Fussenegger & Judy Landkammer / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere