SACRA

A Tale of Two Sisters(ko)

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

Anatomy of Hell(fr)

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Pothos(en)

Ivy gets her first period during her first communion.

Ginger Snaps(en)

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

Towelhead(en)

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

I am Leo(de)

Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis. "I am Leo" immerses itself into the emotional world of a child who is on the way to discover their gender identity. A film about expectations that overwhelm, about thoughts that restrict and about the courage to find yourself.

Alma's Rainbow(en)

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

Silent Cycle(hi)

A 12-year-old girl must take a stand against her conservative grandmother after being excluded from a family ritual upon getting her first period.

Pad Man(hi)

Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

The Estrogen Gospel(en)

A young transgender woman takes a hike through the English countryside in an attempt to resolve her spiritual crisis - but an ancient evil strives to ensure that she never completes her journey.

The Day I Hate to Go to School(ko)

Eun-jung, who is poor enough to buy a sanitary pad, leaves school without her father's knowledge and sneaks into her house. And they spend the day in their own way, familiarly.

Heart and Guts(pt)

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.

Sawsan(ar)

Sawsan is 22-years-old and, like many her age who still live at home: feels suffocated and regularly fights with her parents. Eventually she decides to run away and journey into the night life of Bethlehem city where she finds an unexpected surprise.

Dabur(fa)

A couple are on the threshold of divorce. In the absence of his wife, while the father tries to keep their daughter with him, he confronts his daughter's first period experience.

Je ne te dirai plus oui, Endy(fr)

Cage of Flame(en)

A bewitching celebration of menstruation which uses a variety of animation techniques from pixilation to scratch on film. An antidote to the vacuous sanitised view of menstruation promoted by advertising. A dream life of angels. What wings really mean. The wise wound and its belly music. Desire is vulvic and creativity claims the calendar of bodies.

In the Blood(en)

A violent sneeze in church leaves a teenage girl confined to a claustrophobic bathroom stall, which grows more bloody and nightmarish by the minute, as she struggles to get a tampon.

For Colored Girls(en)

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

Shedding(pt)

In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.

Eve's Bayou(en)

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.