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The Lost Daughter
Adapted from Elena Ferrante's novel, tells the story of middle-aged literature professor Leda whose Greek vacation is disrupted by a young mother who triggers painful memories of her own motherhood. This psychological drama explores the contradictions of motherhood, conflicts between female self-realization and maternal expectations, and society's idealizing pressure on the mother role through complex narrative structure.
- Motherhood Critique
- Feminist Psychology
- Female Desire
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Lingui, les liens sacrésWhen her fifteen-year-old daughter seeks an abortion in N’Djamena, Amina discovers that survival depends on a clandestine network of women whose solidarity exceeds law, stigma, and kinship.
- African Feminism
- Reproductive Justice
- Bodily Autonomy
Happening
L'ÉvénementAdapted from Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's autobiographical novel, following a 23-year-old French university student's desperate and dangerous journey seeking abortion in 1960s France when it was illegal. Directed by Audrey Diwan, this award-winning film deeply explores reproductive autonomy, body politics, class inequality, and women's predicament in patriarchal society, becoming a powerful testimony to contemporary women's rights struggles.
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Abortion Rights
- Bodily Autonomy
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Payal Kapadia combines fictional love letters, student protest footage, and archival fragments to connect caste-separated intimacy with the remaking of Indian universities under nationalist power.
- South Asian Feminism
- Caste and Gender
- Social Movements
Prayers for the Stolen
Noche de fuegoThree girls grow up in a Mexican poppy-growing region where mothers disguise daughters from armed men, making girlhood, friendship, and protective care the center of narco-violence.
- Latin American Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Girlhood
Rehana Maryam Noor
A medical professor’s pursuit of accountability after suspected sexual abuse becomes an abrasive study of institutional denial, maternal pressure, and the costs of being believed only when one performs the perfect victim.
- South Asian Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Patriarchy Critique
Skater Girl
The coming-of-age story of Prerna, a teenage girl from a remote village in Rajasthan who discovers skateboarding and challenges traditional gender expectations and social norms. This family-friendly inspirational film explores Indian rural women's educational rights, gender equality, caste system, and the transformative role of sports in women's empowerment through skateboarding.
- Gender Norms
- Education Equality
- Sports Equality
Writing with Fire
This documentary follows the Dalit women journalists of Khabar Lahariya as they move from print to smartphones, turning reporting into a practice of anti-caste feminist authority.
- South Asian Feminism
- Dalit Feminism
- Caste and Gender
The Great Indian Kitchen
Jeo Baby turns repetitive cooking and cleaning into a rigorous account of how marriage naturalizes women’s unpaid labor, bodily discipline, and religious exclusion.
- South Asian Feminism
- Domestic Labor
- Care Economy
Promising Young Woman
A bold and provocative thriller that confronts rape culture through the story of Cassie, a woman seeking justice for her best friend's assault. This Academy Award-winning film challenges audiences to examine complicity, consent, and the systems that protect predators.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Rape Culture Critique
- Bystander Responsibility
Wolfwalkers
In 1650 Kilkenny, Ireland, the friendship story between English girl Robyn and wild girl Mebh. This hand-drawn animation masterpiece fuses Irish folklore with feminist themes, deeply exploring gender role constraints, environmental protection, cultural colonialism, and female friendship and empowerment through two girls' journey of challenging patriarchal constraints and embracing natural forces.
- Female Friendship
- Gender Norms
- Ecofeminism
Little Big Women
孤味A poignant Taiwanese drama exploring family secrets, grief, and the complex bonds between women across three generations as they organize a funeral for an estranged father.
- Women's Cinema
- Family Liberation
- Mother-Daughter Relationships
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Nearly 40-year-old African American playwright Radha decides to reinvent herself as a rapper after facing setbacks in New York's art world. This semi-autobiographical black-and-white film deeply explores ageism, intersectional oppression of race and gender, artistic autonomy, and middle-aged women's identity reconstruction in male-dominated industries.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Race and Gender
- Arts and Performance
Nomadland
Directed by Chloé Zhao, 'Nomadland' tells the story of Fern, a 60-year-old woman who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, lives in a van and adopts a modern nomadic lifestyle in the American West. The film profoundly explores the impact of economic instability on women and the possibility of seeking dignity and freedom in capitalist society.
- Economic Empowerment
- Capitalism Critique
- Elderly Women's Rights
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always is necessary viewing. A tiny independent film that topped critics' best-of lists, it's about a pair of friends who are forced to travel from their small Pennsylvania town to New York City in search of medical aid for an unwanted pregnancy.
- Abortion Rights
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Anti-Sexual Violence
Emma.
An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel directed by Autumn de Wilde, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The film follows wealthy young woman Emma Woodhouse in Regency-era England as she enthusiastically matchmakes for others, discovering her own true emotions in the process. The director reinterprets this classic literary work with exquisite visual aesthetics and a modern feminist perspective, deeply exploring important themes including female independence, class consciousness, marriage choices, and coming-of-age awakening.
- Class Analysis
- Economic Empowerment
- Female Friendship
Zola
Based on A'Ziah King's viral Twitter story, follows part-time stripper Zola who is convinced by her new friend to go on a road trip to Tampa to earn money dancing, only to get trapped in a sex work situation. This black comedy explores the complex realities of sex work, racial dynamics, female agency, and narrative truth in the social media age through Zola's perspective.
- Sex Worker Rights
- Race and Gender
- Digital Feminism
Little Women
Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women' reinterprets Louisa May Alcott's classic novel from a contemporary feminist perspective, exploring 19th-century women's struggles between artistic creation, economic independence, and social expectations, breathing new life into the classic story.
- Women's Literature
- Feminist Art
- Economic Empowerment
Rocks
The story of East London Black teenage girl Olushola (nicknamed 'Rocks') who must survive independently with her brother Emmanuel after their mother suddenly leaves home, evading social services. This coming-of-age drama showcases deep friendships between girls, urban youth resilience, and the vital role of female mutual aid networks in times of crisis through delicate perspective.
- Female Friendship
- Youth Rights
- Race and Gender
Papicha
During Algeria’s Black Decade, a student turns fashion into collective defiance as armed fundamentalism closes public space around women’s bodies, education, and friendship.
- African Feminism
- Arab Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
Hustlers
A crime comedy-drama directed by Lorene Scafaria, starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu. Based on true events, following a group of strippers who band together to scam wealthy Wall Street clients after the 2008 financial crisis. The film deeply explores crucial issues including class revenge, female solidarity, economic inequality, sex worker rights, and the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on working-class women, presenting a complex story of how marginalized women seek survival and fight back in economic hardship.
- Economic Empowerment
- Class Analysis
- Female Friendship
Made in Bangladesh
Rubaiyat Hossain follows a Dhaka garment worker organizing a union, connecting global fashion’s low prices to women’s labor, marital power, and the risks of collective action.
- South Asian Feminism
- Labor Rights
- Economic Empowerment
Lingua Franca
Written, directed, edited by, and starring Isabel Sandoval, this film brings trans identity, immigration status, care work, and intimacy into one fragile story of a Filipina caregiver in New York.
- Migration
- Trans Feminism
- Care Economy
The Farewell
Lulu Wang's semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Chinese-American writer Billi returning to China to say goodbye to her cancer-stricken grandmother. This warm and profound family drama explores death, family, cultural identity, and the complex roles of women in families through a cross-cultural perspective, showcasing deep emotional bonds between women across generations.
- Cross-Cultural Feminism
- Mother-Daughter Relationships
- Cultural Identity