Thursday 6 June
Film Screenings: Women Entrepreneurs
Españomics (13:33) > Eight Latinas, from different backgrounds, share their overcoming stories while they send a message to the world, as we delve into the issues that affect the female Hispanic community in North America. What would you do to follow…
Film Screenings: Women and Sports
Reclaiming Identity: Stories from Grassroot Soccer Changemakers (11:25) > Four young women from South Africa tell their personal stories of reclaiming identity. This film includes four first-person digital shorts, written/directed/produced by the young…
Film Screenings: Women Artivists
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin Trailer (2:17) > Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a feature documentary that explores the remarkable life and legacy of the science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who passed away in 2018. Produced with Le Guin’s…
360° Films: Virtual Reality
This year, we are excited to introduce a new immersive component of the Film Festival – 360° films with the use of Virtual Reality headsets! Put yourself in the shoes of girls and women around the world. Featuring: The Vidya Vox Story - The Female…
Film Screenings: Menstruation
Menstruation: What to Expect (3:18) > This educational video was created from a collaboration between AMAZE.org and The Moving Company. The animated video, developed by sexual health experts, focuses on the physical and mental changes a young person…
Film Screenings: Movements
#Halsey4GlobalHer (2:42) > In this short PSA, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Halsey joined the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) to oppose Trump’s deadly global gag rule (GGR), which bans U.S. global health assistance to non-U.S. organizations…
Film Screenings: Women and Spirituality
My Body is Not A Weapon (8:34) > 'My Body is Not a Weapon,' the debut film by world renown photographer Platon (USA), documents the harrowing experience of wartime rape survivors and forced child laborers, and the extraordinary holistic healing sanctuary,…
PANEL: Responsible Storytelling
How are filmmakers changing harmful narratives of women and girls? Hear directly from filmmakers who have integrated local communities in their storytelling practices, hired gender-equitable film crews, and promoted diversity and inclusion in their creative…
Film Screenings: Women and Innovation
Unladylike 2020 (8:00) > UNLADYLIKE2020 is an innovative multimedia series featuring extraordinary, unsung women from the turn of the 20th century, launching in 2020 in honor of the 100th anniversary of American women's suffrage. With a television broadcast…
Film Screenings: Feminism
Not Yet Satisfied (14:00) > Not Yet Satisfied is a short documetary film following journalist Eliza Anyangwe as she travels to Accra and Johannesburg to meet feminists who are opening up space for conversations about sex and sexuality. Despite religious…
Film Screenings: Girls' Education
Beyond Boko Haram (9:43) > Psychologist Fatima Akilu works with victims and members of Boko Haram and set up Nigeria's first de-radicalisation programme. Director(s): Kagho Idhebor and Nicky Milne Married, Still a Child (1:25) > IMAGE Plus is a project…
Film Screenings: Women in Media
Always - Generation of Firsts (2:42) > There is a generational shift happening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a new wave of Saudi women is emerging. At this turning point, Always wanted to celebrate this Generation of Firsts, in a society that provides…