The China Women’s Film Festival
2017
Browse these amazing films!
Argi
Argi feels different and she makes a point of showing it despite being so young. A prisoner and an outsider in a society that seems to exclude her if she doesn’t adapt to it, this imaginative and curious girl... Read More
Barash
17-year-old Naama Barash enjoys alcohol, drugs and hanging out with like-minded friends. Barash’s activities are an escape from a home where her parents always fight, and a rebellious, army-enrolled sister... Read More
Call Girl
Call Girl is a fictionalised version of events based on the so-called “Bordellhärvan” political scandal in 1970s Sweden, which linked several prominent politicians to a prostitution ring that included underage girls... Read More
Call Me Dad
Call Me Dad explores the painful and delicate issue of domestic violence. For some of these fathers, their fists are their weapons. For others, words and manipulation are the most potent. This abuse is intended... Read More
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap is a documentary that exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap... Read More
CodeGirl
The app market is quickly becoming one of the most profitable markets in the world. However, like most high-powered industries, it is overwhelmingly dominated by men. CodeGirl is a documentary... Read More
Des Femmes et des Hommes
The film takes an in-depth look at the global phenomenon of gender inequality and reveals some surprising economic and social advantages of female empowerment. Through a collection of testimonies... Read More
Et Maintenant, En Va Ou?
Et Maintenant, On Va Ou? is a comedy that portrays the power and cunningness of women when they come together to make peace out of the violence that men create. When a series of incidents incites violence... Read More
Fatima
Fatima is a single mother in France who supports a teenager in revolt, and a daughter starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions... Read More
Fragmentos de Lucía
Lucía travels to Valparaíso, Chile, to look for the mother she has never met after receiving a letter from her. Once she arrives at the alleged meeting point, she finds no trace of her mother and decides to keep looking for her... Read More
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures is based on a true story about African American female mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race. These three women played vital roles in helping the United States become... Read More
Gloria
Gloria García is a 58-year-old divorcée who is still young at heart. Her grown son and daughter have their own lives, yet she tries to make the best out of her situation by going to nightclubs... Read More
Kick It!
Anja is a tough 14-year-old girl who doesn’t care if the boys at school insist that the football pitch is no place for girls. She is like any other young girl who loves to hang out with her friends and... Read More
Lipstick Under My Burkha
Set in the heart of the crowded streets of a small town in India, Lipstick Under My Burkha shows the secret lives of four women in search of a little freedom. Although repressed and trapped in their world... Read More
Ma Folie
Hanna loves Yann and the love letters that he sends her: short, poetic films recorded with an iPhone. However, Yann does not leave her alone. His video-letters become a threat and Hanna does... Read More
Martha & Niki
In 2010 Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos took part in the biggest international Street Dance Competition, “Juste Debout” in Paris. It was the first time ever that two women became World Champions... Read More
No Soy Lorena
A case of mistaken identity becomes a living nightmare when a young actress finds herself relentlessly assailed by debt collectors, in this Kafkaesque fable... Read More
Olya's Love
Olya’s Love is a documentary that follows a young Russian lesbian couple. Olya is a strong member of the Russian LGBT activist community, but her partner, Galiya, is not interested in having politics... Read More
Over the Hill
Over the Hill takes a unique look at the fashion and cosmetics industry and their uncanny powers of persuasion. Rather than making women feel better about themselves, they actually make them... Read More
Reel Women Seen
Reel Women Seen tells the story of the realities faced by women in the film and TV industry yet simultaneously depicts the necessary, possible and achievable ways to transform them... Read More
Slut Phobia
Today, there is a double standard for women. They must be "hot" without expressing too much sexuality, or else being labeled a "slut" lies just around the corner. For women and especially... Read More
Soul Not For Sale
This documentary follows the stories of surrogate mothers who struggle in their role as a vehicle for someone else’s happiness. How do you retain your own identity, and keep control of your own heart... Read More
Tchindas
Tchinda is one of the most beloved women in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals... Read More
The Dreamed Ones
Ruth Beckermann revisits the amorous correspondence between two of the most important postwar German-language poets, Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan. Disarmingly naked... Read More
The Other Half of the Sky
They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China: belonging to a generation who experienced the austerity of China's cultural revolution, followed by the subsequent economic boom... Read More
Todos Están Muertos
Ever since her brother died, Lupe has lived an agoraphobic life at odds with her teenage son and her superstitious Mexican mother. It takes a drastic Day of the Dead ritual to wake her up and teach her the value... Read More
Vessel
Vessel begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea and an unlikely idea. Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by the realities created by anti-abortion law around the world, felt compelled to challenge this... Read More
Wild
A woman has a strange encounter on her way to work. She finds herself gazing into a wild pair of eyes, and it seems to her that her entire life hitherto has been a joke. She cannot forget that instant and becomes... Read More