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Films · May 2023
In Flames
Zarrar KahnZarrar Kahn uses supernatural horror to follow a Karachi mother and daughter after the death of their family patriarch, exposing how grief, property insecurity, and male surveillance make ordinary movement dangerous.
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Films · Jul 2021
Rehana Maryam Noor
Abdullah Mohammad SaadA 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.
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Films · Oct 2016
Burning Birds
Davena VihagunSanjeewa PushpakumaraSet amid Sri Lanka’s political violence, this drama follows a widowed mother of eight whose struggle for income reveals how war, sexual exploitation, and social respectability converge on women’s bodies.
04Films · Sep 2015
3000 Nights
3000 LaylaMai MasriMai Masri’s prison drama follows a Palestinian teacher who gives birth in Israeli custody, locating motherhood, collective resistance, and political imprisonment within the same carceral space.
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Films · Jan 2015
The Second Mother
Que Horas Ela Volta?Anna MuylaertThis Brazilian drama uses the conflict between a live-in housekeeper, her daughter, and an employer's family to expose domestic labor, separated motherhood, class boundaries, and women's dignity.