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Wrong Generation
Shili Munyama’s Namibian drama turns estranged friends’ grief into collective protest, asking how a fictionalised movement connects gendered violence, public visibility and accountability.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Social Movements
- Intersectional Feminism
Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens connect wildfire evacuation, queer performance and collective care, asking how ecosexual reciprocity can confront catastrophe without erasing unequal risk.
- Ecofeminism
- Environmental Justice
- LGBTQ+
The Substance
A body horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Following washed-up actress Elisabeth who, after being fired due to ageism, uses a mysterious drug to create a younger, perfect version of herself. Through extreme body horror aesthetics, the film deeply explores crucial issues including ageism, beauty standards, body politics, female self-hatred, and patriarchal control over women's bodies, becoming a representative work of contemporary feminist horror cinema.
- Media Representation Critique
- Body Politics
- Gender Politics
Blink Twice
Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut, a psychological thriller starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum. Following cocktail waitress Frida who is invited to tech billionaire Slater King's private island vacation, only to discover the men on the island are plotting sinister activities. The film deeply explores crucial issues including power abuse, sexual violence, collective trauma, female solidarity, and elite corruption, showcasing women's awakening and resistance when facing systemic oppression.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Economic Empowerment
- Gender Politics
MaXXXine
The concluding chapter of Ti West's X trilogy, with Mia Goth returning as Maxine Minx. Set in 1985 Los Angeles, Maxine transitions from adult film star to pursuing mainstream Hollywood acting career while facing threats from a serial killer. The film deeply explores crucial issues including women's survival struggles in the entertainment industry, sex work destigmatization, Hollywood power structures, and how women fight for autonomy in male-dominated industries.
- Sex Worker Rights
- Economic Empowerment
- Media Representation Critique
All We Imagine As Light
A groundbreaking work by Indian director Payal Kapadia, this historic masterpiece won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Following three women of different ages - Prabha, Anu, and Parvaty - working together at a hospital in Mumbai, it explores their complex personal lives and the power of their mutually supportive friendship. With its poetic visual language, the film deeply examines crucial themes including female friendship, intergenerational solidarity, identity formation in urban development, and gender politics in modern India.
- Female Friendship
- Cultural Identity
- Intersectional Feminism
Anora
A romantic comedy-drama directed by Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Mikey Madison stars as sex worker Ani who falls in love and impulsively marries Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch, before facing fierce opposition from his family's forces. With its authentic, nuanced performances and sharp social critique, the film deeply explores crucial issues including sex worker rights, class differences, economic inequality, and women's survival struggles in capitalist society.
- Sex Worker Rights
- Economic Empowerment
- Class Analysis
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
A black comedy drama directed by Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, starring Susan Chardy. Following young woman Shula who discovers her uncle Fred's body late at night, the film explores the revelation of buried family sexual assault secrets during funeral proceedings with her cousins. With its unique African perspective, the film examines the complex relationships between family trauma, cultural traditions, and women's voices, becoming an important representative work of contemporary African feminist cinema.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Family Liberation
- Cultural Identity
My Sextortion Diary
Diari de la meva sextorsióPatricia Franquesa turns the digital traces of intimate-image blackmail into a documentary about consent, gendered shame and reclaiming authority over one's own story.
- Bodily Autonomy
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Digital Feminism
Laapataa Ladies
Through the absurd comedy of two brides swapped on a train due to identical veils, this film exposes how rural Indian patriarchy employs the 'erasure of the face' to systematically invisibilize female identity.
- Patriarchy Critique
- Cross-Cultural Feminism
- Everyday Life Practices
Girls Will Be Girls
Mira becomes her boarding school's first girl head prefect. Shuchi Talati uses an appointment ceremony, a conversation about astronomy and a house with adjoining rooms to follow what two generations of women want for themselves.
- South Asian Feminism
- Girlhood
- Bodily Autonomy
Dahomey
Mati Diop follows 26 looted treasures returning to Benin, joining a constructed ancestral voice to young people's debate over restitution and cultural authority.
- African Feminism
- Decolonial Feminism
- Colonial History
The Marvels
A superhero film directed by Nia DaCosta, the first Black woman to helm a Marvel movie, following three female superheroes Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan who are forced to work together to save the universe when their powers become entangled. The film explores themes of intergenerational female solidarity, multicultural identity, and women's representation in superhero cinema.
- Female Friendship
- Intersectional Feminism
- Cultural Identity
Poor Things
A surrealist fantasy drama directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone. Adapted from Alasdair Gray's novel, it follows the extraordinary evolution journey of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life through brain transplantation in Victorian times. The film explores profound themes of female sexual autonomy, body politics, social liberation, and personal awakening through richly imaginative visual language, becoming a significant representative work of contemporary feminist cinema.
- Female Desire
- Bodily Autonomy
- Sexual Liberation
Bottoms
A surreal campus comedy directed by Emma Seligman about two queer high school students who start an after-school fight club to win over their dream cheerleader crushes. This film explores themes of queer identity, female friendship, gender power subversion, and adolescent sexual awakening through extremely exaggerated techniques, becoming a representative work of new-era queer feminism.
- Queer Feminism
- Female Friendship
- Gender Norms
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomie d'une chuteA gripping courtroom drama dissecting a marriage, truth, and gender roles through the trial of a woman accused of her husband's murder. Winner of the Palme d'Or.
- Women's Cinema
- Legal Equality
- Power Dynamics
Barbie
In the seemingly perfect world of Barbieland, Barbie begins to question the meaning of her existence and embarks on a philosophical journey to the real world. This pink-packaged blockbuster explores profound issues of patriarchy, beauty standards, and female identity in an entertaining format.
- Postmodern Feminism
- Media Representation Critique
- Patriarchy Critique
Loud Enough - Surviving Justice
Hilary Klotz Steinman follows Madison Smith and her family’s struggle for accountability, asking why evidence does not automatically become justice and who bears the cost of public persistence.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Legal Equality
- Social Movements
Four Daughters
Les Filles d’OlfaKaouther Ben Hania uses testimony and reenactment to examine intergenerational violence, maternal authority and extremist recruitment in a Tunisian family.
- Arab Feminism
- Female Friendship
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
In Flames
After a death in the family, Mariam and Fariha stand to lose the flat they share. A smashed car window, a night watchman's knock and a disputed signature trace how their options narrow.
- South Asian Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Patriarchy Critique
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Adapted from Judy Blume's groundbreaking 1970 novel, follows 11-year-old Margaret Simon as she navigates puberty's physical changes, religious exploration, and identity formation. This warm and honest coming-of-age film explores female adolescent experiences, mother-daughter relationships, religious freedom, and the universality of women's intergenerational experiences through a delicate perspective.
- Gender Socialization
- Mother-Daughter Relationships
- Youth Rights
Polite Society
The feature directorial debut from ‘We Are Lady Parts’ creator Nida Manzoor, an action-comedy that blends Bollywood, martial arts, and sisterhood in an empowering story. Following rebellious teenager Ria's mission to save her sister Lena from becoming a wealthy man's caged-bird wife by organizing a friend rescue operation. The film explores themes of cultural identity, family expectations, female autonomy, and intergenerational female solidarity through innovative visual language.
- Cultural Identity
- Female Friendship
- Family Liberation
Banel & Adama
Banel e AdamaRamata-Toulaye Sy’s Pulaar-language fable joins a woman’s refusal of prescribed motherhood to love, communal duties and the troubling power of myth.
- African Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Women's Cinema
Women Talking
A drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley, adapted from Miriam Toews' novel of the same name. Set in a Bolivian Mennonite community, following a group of women who gather to discuss their future after discovering systematic sexual assault by men in their community. The film deeply explores important issues including religious patriarchy critique, collective trauma and healing, women's political awakening, and the power of silence versus voice.
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Political Consciousness