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She Said
Maria Schrader places survivors’ voices, a former assistant’s settlement and a newsroom’s verification side by side to ask what makes testimony publishable.
- MeToo Movement
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Media Representation Critique
The Woman King
A historical action epic directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, starring Viola Davis. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century West African Kingdom of Dahomey's all-female warrior regiment, the Agojie, following General Nanisca as she trains a new generation of female warriors to defend the kingdom. The film explores important themes of Black female power, African historical narrative, decolonialism, and women's military leadership.
- Black Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
- Female Friendship
Plan 75
In a near-future aging Japan, the state encourages citizens over seventy-five to end their lives. Chie Hayakawa examines ageism, withdrawn care, and the manufacture of voluntary choice.
- Ageism and Gender
- Care Economy
- Economic Empowerment
The Blue Caftan
Le Bleu du caftanTouzani connects craft, silence and care to queer desire within marriage, asking how love beyond possession can retain a place and choices for everyone.
- Arab Feminism
- Queer Feminism
- Family
Joyland
Haider finds work in a Lahore dance troupe as his wife, Mumtaz, is pushed out of her salon job. His employer, the trans dancer Biba, has authority in the theater and meets a different reception on public transport. Saim Sadiq moves among them to ask whose work, desire, and leisure count.
- South Asian Feminism
- Trans Feminism
- Queer Theory
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A groundbreaking sci-fi comedy-fantasy film starring Michelle Yeoh as a Chinese-American immigrant mother who must save the world across the multiverse. Directed by the Daniels, this film redefines the concept of action heroes through its profound exploration of Asian American women, intergenerational relationships, identity, and family dynamics.
- Immigrant Identity
- Family Liberation
- Intersectional Feminism
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
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 joins fictional love letters to footage from Indian campuses. An aspiring editor’s voice asks how caste governs intimacy and what students can preserve of their own history.
- South Asian Feminism
- Caste and Gender
- Social Movements
Prayers for the Stolen
Noche de fuegoTatiana Huezo follows three girls in a Mexican mountain village. A hiding place, a haircut and games played in abandoned houses show how violence enters growing up and giving care.
- Latin American Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Girlhood
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Lingui, les liens sacrésAmina salvages wire to make stoves while Maria needs someone to hear her decision. From the opening craft to the women’s voices at the end, Lingui traces what it takes to help someone in practice.
- African Feminism
- Reproductive Justice
- Bodily Autonomy
Rehana Maryam Noor
Rehana can dismiss a student for cheating. Getting the medical college to look into another student's experience takes more power than she has. Doors and the sound of her breathing connect the two events.
- 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
Meera teaches Shyamkali to film with a phone, and Suneeta takes her reporting to the mines. Read the documentary alongside Khabar Lahariya’s public response to see what the journalists themselves wanted the camera to account for.
- South Asian Feminism
- Dalit Feminism
- Caste and Gender
The Great Indian Kitchen
A toothbrush arrives with paste already on it. The kitchen sink keeps leaking. Jeo Baby follows the timing of serving, cleaning and preparing for pilgrimage to show how a household allocates its time.
- 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
Breach of Trust
Mishal Mahmud’s short documentary examines the USC gynecologist abuse scandal through survivors and advocates, asking how professional authority and institutional reputation obstruct accountability.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Legal Equality
- Social Justice
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