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32 Meters

A humorous look into the heart of a Turkish village, where a group of women decide to challenge traditional social roles in an imaginative way. They do so with due wit and stubbornness.

Full-length documentary

Surrogacy in Georgia exists in a legal gray zone, yet for young single mother Zhana, it seems like the only way to provide herself and her daughter Elena with a dignified life, education, and a future.

Full-length documentary

A Fox Under a Pink Moon

Millions of Afghan men and women live in Iran without permanent legal status or protection. Sixteen-year-old Soraya suffers domestic abuse as well as the inability to freely decide her own future.

Full-length documentary

A Free Daughter of Free Kyrgyzstan

Zere is a rebel, stirring the stagnant waters of Kyrgyz patriarchy. Through her music and public performances, she exposes the alarming state of girls’ and women’s rights in a country where they are expected to sit quietly in the corner.

Full-length documentary

Cuba&Alaska

Kuba and Alaska enlist as paramedics on the front lines near Kharkiv, Ukraine, where the brutality of war tests them daily. Humor and friendship keep their faith in victory alive amid the chaos.

Full-length documentary

Cutting Through Rocks

Sara lives in an Iranian village, where she becomes the first woman elected to the local council. Charismatic and determined, she carves a path through a conservative society on her motorcycle, fighting for the rights of women and children.

Feature film

Deaf

Ángela is expecting a baby, but her genuine excitement is tinged with worry. How will she navigate motherhood in a world that cannot hear her? This exceptionally sensitive drama explores partnership and the challenges of nonstandard parenting.

Full-length documentary

Devi

Once at the forefront of the fight for equality and justice, her voice has now become inconvenient for the regime. Nepali politician Devi Khadku is one of thousands of women who were subjected to violence during the country’s civil war.

Full-length documentary

I Follow Rivers

Mariann Sæther is one of Norway’s most renowned kayakers. Her life is filled with both the thrill of white-water kayaking and raising her two young children, Benjamin and Saga. In her forties, Mariann decides to combine family life with this extreme sport.

Feature film

Love Letters

A year after the legalization of same-sex marriage in France, Nadia and Céline are expecting a child. In their upcoming roles as mothers, they face their own doubts, the complexities of the system, and societal prejudices.

Feature film

Lykke Post Partum

Lykke lives on a picturesque farm with her loving family and is expecting her second child. Nothing seems to suggest that her happiness is about to unravel. Yet something is wrong.

Full-length documentary

Mailin

A mother and daughter share a quiet evening ritual that gradually transforms into a dark tableau of memory and fear. The film sensitively observes how motherhood becomes a journey toward protection as well as a return to a painful past.

Feature film

Manas

Thirteen-year-old Marcielle is growing up in the seemingly idyllic environment of the Amazon rainforest. But as she enters adolescence, she becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of violence tolerated by her community, a cycle she’s determined to escape from.

Feature film

Nomad Shadow

Few feelings in the world compare to the inner conflict Mariam experiences. Overnight, she is deported from Spain to her native Western Sahara, a land that is no longer what it once was.

Full-length documentary

North South Man Woman

North Korean women seek love and stability in South Korea. This intimate and often humorous portrait explores relationships between two divided worlds.

Full-length documentary

River Dreams

The inner world of the Aksai River intertwines with the intimate dreams of young Kazakh women. Moving from poetic reflections on identity and the future, the protagonists gradually arrive at clearly formulated views on the state of their country.

Full-length documentary

She

This atmospheric film tells the story of Vietnamese women working in giant electronics factories. Their testimonies reveal lives shattered by capitalist exploitation and their marginalized position within a patriarchal system.

Virtual reality

Space for Action

Violence alternates with love bombing, a seemingly endless cycle of abuse that many women are forced to endure. Inspired by real-life stories, this film gives survivors the space to express their experiences and emotions.

Feature film

Sunshine

A young gymnast unexpectedly falls pregnant before her Olympic selection trials. Her dilemma reflects the stifling reality of Philippine society and the possibility of deciding her own bodily autonomy despite external pressure.

Full-length documentary

The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control

While male sexual fulfillment is celebrated and easily supported by pills like Viagra, female sexuality remains taboo. That all might be about to change with the idea for a single pill. An exhilarating fight for equality begins.

Full-length documentary

The Woman Who Poked The Leopard

A tender yet radical portrait of the struggle of a Ugandan activist, where arguments are no longer enough. Poetry and the exposed female body become instruments of resistance.

Full-length documentary

Traces

Iryna is haunted by recurring dreams of being back in her beloved garden in Donbas. Among the garden beds and structures, dark memories of wartime trauma emerge. Yet despite the violence she has endured, she finds the strength to help others.

Feature film

Yen and Ai-Lee

Eight years after a desperate act to save her mother, Yen is released from prison and returns home to see her. She discovers that her home is no longer the place she once knew. Yet, while time has relentlessly moved on, the most painful things remain unchanged.