Africa Star(2024)

ARIANNA(it)

Le Témoin Nocturne(fr)

Many women are killed in the city during the night by one and the same killer but his identity remains unknown. A young man will therefore want to do his own investigation in order to avenge them.

Fly-Tipping(en)

Margot's overwhelming experience of miscarriage.

Tanwa Savage(en)

After failing to have a child with his beloved wife, a man eager to be a father conceives an ill-fated plan to sow his seed with other women.

Craqdi(Because I am worth it)(en)

This tape is about a girl who seeks to free herself, the triangles represent Nazism The visual video tries to give another vision of reality from the purest freedom.

L’Ultimatum(fr)

In a small apartment, a couple spends a tense evening. Arguments are frequent, but that evening, the situation reaches a climax. During a violent altercation, Sophie, exasperated, speaks to express everything that goes through her head to her boyfriend Marc. Her monologue marks a turning point in their relationship and in her daily struggle as a woman.

Day of the Idiots(de)

A woman experiences psychic disintegration and ends up in a psychiatric hospital.

Interview with a Woman(th)

A documentary is an interview that asks questions. With an emphasis on femininity female-male as I interviewed her I wanted to express the "Femininity" in my male body. The movie is like a superposition of the thoughts and feelings of two people who have "femininity" in their hearts as I interviewed her. I would also like to have a voice to express my opinion. In the hopes that someone will come to interview about a life that has been overlooked because the body is not a "woman".

Blossom in Midnight(zh)

The film is about a woman from a rural area and works in a small restaurant as a cleaner with very low pay. As she has to support her family (mother and daughter), she has no money for herself for better makeup or dress up. She has low esteem. She later was fired by the boss. Because of no money and no home, she goes to the massage parlor and works there a sex worker. It happens that the first customer is the chef of previous restaurant. She has admired him for a while. In this first sex exchange, she is well satisfied both emotionally as well as economically. She starts sex work this way and becomes more confident.

As Curvas da Estrada(pt)

This hybrid documentary, crafted for the Psychosocial Processes II course at UNIRIOS, intricately weaves together contemporary perceptions of female aging in the Alto Sertão of Alagoas. Through the eyes and lived experiences of its central character, the film delves into the nuanced expressions of womanhood as it intertwines with the passage of time, offering an intimate exploration of identity and resilience in a richly textured cultural landscape.

Good Night June(en)

Amid endless rain, environmental chaos and a society ruled by violence, a mother must protect her daughter from the external dangers of their dystopian world and the perilous threat within their own home.

Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail(en)

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible but eventually drove them apart. Their story reflects, to a degree, the situation of anyone who has ever shared the life of another.

KATHARSIS(pt)

Love You Forever(en)

Confronted with trauma, women contain, compartmentalize, distract, and ultimately carry on— lessons learned from a society of partially blind eyes. Shannon is a mother enraptured with invisible pain. She endures in chaotic calm, cracking from the inside out. Exploring the definition of motherhood and female madness, we ask: is reckoning with female pain more dangerous than playing pretend?

Xsmall(es)

Othello(en)

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Kenopsia(es)

A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a storm, she finds a nest on the ground of her garden with a small egg that gives signs of life, and when she rescues him she puts aside her monotony to take care of him as if she were his mother.

The warmth of the kitchen(es)

Between flavors, scents and colors, Elia recalls her life, since she learned to cook her first meals, her joys and sorrows, always surrounded by her family, who remember her for her incomparable seasoning and the love she leaves in every meal.

Two City Girls(cn)

In order to wait for her lover Fan Chun-tak to finish his study in Australia, Tang Sau-man works as a governess in Chui Shek-wah's house. Chui is Fan's brother-in-law. Chui spoils his wife Fan Kam-ping. She becomes lazy and dependent on Tang. Fan finishes his study and returns. He decides to transform his elder sister. He asks her best friend, Pang Shui-ha, to persuade her. Pang has a crush on Fan. Pang uses this opportunity to get intimate with Fan. Tang originally thinks that after Fan comes back, she no longer has to live in somebody's shelter. But Fan spends all his time with Pang. Tang is unhappy and drinks to vent her unhappiness. Tang gets drunk and Chui takes care of her. However, Ping thinks that they have dubious relationship and throws Tang out. Tang falls down a slope and loses one leg. Fan is angry with himself and decides to marry Tang. Ping also realises that she is wrong. She decides to change her lazy character and takes care of the disabled Tang.

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