Leave, Thus Love Me

A visual essay on the stimuli that draw a bridge to past memories of my life; a real documentary about where I was and where I am, what I did and what I do; a reflection of the person I was and continue to be.

A docu-drama shot in 1970, but not completed until 1973, the film sought to encapsulate in an experimental form issues that were under discussion within the Women’s Liberation Movement at this time and to thus contribute to action for change. In its numerous community screenings, active debate was encouraged as part of the viewing experience.

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

An experimental, audiovisual exploration of female corporeity and the effects inflicted upon it by a mystical experience. The conjugation of flesh and spirit born out of the contact with catholic symbolism. Religion and eroticism, as well as temptation and violence, as seen through an earthly spirituality. A short film inspired by real-life testimonies of women in the medieval times regarding their relationship to Jesus of Nazareth and how this translates to the female body.

Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's caught by the police and put into isolation jail, Juliane remains as her last connection to the rest of the world. Although she doesn't accept her sister's arguments and her boyfriend Wolfgang doesn't want her to, Juliane keeps on helping her sister. She begins to question the way her sister is treated.

In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

Sanda spends all her time working in a plastic factory, raising her two small children and catering to an indifferent husband, leaving little room for herself. A chance encounter with another man may offer her an escape from her daily chores.

Three teenage girls living in the village of masculism, where life is absolutely crap, what are they gonna do?

An epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia.

Les Filles Aux Mains Jaunes

When a shy young man arrives on her doorstep, Alice Hartley grabs the chance to escape from her loveless marriage. She and Michael open a Growth Centre with a difference - offering sex, drugs and personalised water births.

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In 1971, a young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader.

A prom queen-to-be must break free from her small town’s ominous legacy of prom queens who die after their crowning.

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Işık visits a friend's summer home to spend some time alone after growing up under the strain of her surroundings and family. Here, she reflects on her prior issues and the challenges she has encountered as a woman.

A four-hour French comedy that masterfully blends absurdist humor with the profound existential philosophy of Albert Camus.

Orbitas is the story of an impossible love which revolves around a planet at war.

The life and rather obscure hardships of a Slovenian feminist author and human rights activist Angela Vode.

In a dystopian city, where women are merely the possession of men, the 17-year-old Valentina escapes from Zéro’s grasp. Vulnerable and alone, she gets rescued by Alex, the leader of a group of young, strong women who fight together against the injustice in the world.