It is 1810 and fifteen year old Jane is about to meet her fiancée and get her period. Both for the first time. And at the same time.
As millions of women and girls take shots and pills to stop their periods, the meaning of menstruation changes. Current marketing of hormonal birth control (Depo-Provera, Seasonale, Seasonique, Lybrel, Anya) attracts customers by promising freedom from monthly periods. For many consumers, menstrual suppression eliminates painful monthly flow, giving them more control in their lives. For others, menstrual suppression represents a frightening shift in thinking about the human body and another dangerous experiment on woman’s health. Period: The End of Menstruation? interrogates the cultural and medical side effects of suppression before 'the curse' disappears.
A woman sailing solo across the Atlantic finds herself lost and on the brink of starvation and she must use her wits to figure out her next meal.
Documentary about the floods in the Šumperk area in July 1997.
Tilly, Miah and Safa are three young women who endure debilitating period pain. Following an adolescence with little menstrual education, support or relief, they navigate the physical and emotional toll of intensely painful periods while trying to maintain a normal life.
A middle school girl's sudden shift into womanhood sparks an exploration of the intersection of the mind and body.
A warm and surreal, comic exploration of reproductive anxiety and the pressure to have it all figured out.
With the help of her family, Bee puts on a period party to celebrate the return of her period after a battle with anorexia. Mum's neurotic, Dad's embarrassing and Gran doesn't quite get it. Plus, little sibling Lou is a wee bit scarred. While the vagina cake melts and the uterus pinata awaits a beating, Bee comes to terms with the messiness of family and womanhood.
One ordinary morning, a 10-year-old girl is surprised by the arrival of her first period.Therefore, through the metaphor established between our protagonist and an apple, the social pressures placed on girls from this moment in their lives are shown, with the help of a poem recited by the same girl 10 years later.
Amor e Morte
The Devil's Carnage
An anthology of horror shorts
At a restaurant, Joe complains to Paul about how he doesn’t have enough space in his life. Suddenly the restaurant becomes a café, a therapist's office, and an interrogation room as Joe reveals the horrible thing he’s done to bring peace into his life.
Step into the world of spine-chilling horror as your beloved final ghoul, Jessa Flux, unveils six bone-chilling horror shorts. Brace yourself for an eerie journey through Phobaphobia, the fear of fear itself. With Jessa Flux as your haunting guide, immerse yourself in the terrifying realms crafted by renowned horror directors. Encounter the unleashed fears of Coulrophobia, Claustrophobia, Wiccaphobia, Scelerophobia, Agrizoophobia, and Kosmikophobia. This anthology promises to leave you trembling in fear and yearning for more terror.
A boy (Alex) prepares for a test that he is very stressed about while his careless friend (Chris) thinks he will do good on. While studying, strange things start happening to Alex.
A young man receives a dead serial killer's arm during a transplant and then becomes prime suspect when murders start anew.
Following a girl's release from an asylum, she is reunited with her older sister and together they return to their abandoned family home. However, the two sisters harbour a dark and tragic family secret, which begins to unfold after their return.
Why do you want acceptance? If it's not going to happen, then forget about what it was you wanted acknowledged and just have some soup, like always.
A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
On a shady side-street in Koreatown, a diabolical woman (Dawna Lee Heising) lures in beautiful homeless girls, junkies, speed freaks, illegal aliens, and the average ex-high school prom queen, simply down on her luck. It is in this deadly house of shame that these new victims will be enslaved, and sold on the flesh market.