How can an end be put to violence that seems so old and omnipresent? In a courtroom, bureaucratic mercilessness lets us sense the resistances awaiting those who seek justice in the courts. This program begins with accounts of gender-based violence and the failure of the state and opens up into a world of solidarity, love, creativity, and strength forged within families, activists, or even one's own body. (Clarer Winter)
CN: Sexualized Violence
A man is cleaning a stairwell. In a Danish courtroom, the events of a party are being reconstructed. An interpreter translates from Danish into German. A young woman listens. A sexual assault is recounted in the precise language of an interrogation transcript.
CN: Sexualized Violence
Yara, a young Mozambican woman, confronts the stigma surrounding mental health in her society. Trapped in a toxic relationship with her mother, she battles inner demons. As she finds the courage to speak her truth, a transformation unfolds. Yara takes us on an intimate journey in this cinematic letter – a film about reclaiming power and discovering healing through self-expression
Gaïa is a living planet whose body is inhabited by humans. As its resources begin to diminish, her inhabitants attempt to fertilise her egg to create another planet – a new habitat. But Gaïa intervenes and prevents their attempt at fertilisation.… >>>
CN: Violence
In this intimate video letter, the director addresses her aunt, a victim of femicide years ago, to tell her what it has been like to live and grow up with her absence. This short documentary seeks to remember with tenderness those who are no longer here and to find, in the shared memory, a gesture of resistance and love.
The film follows a collective of trans women, sex workers and gender-dissident voices as they challenge the oppressive forces of colonialism, racism and patriarchy that have long sought to marginalize and silence them.
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