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Films · Aug 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomie d'une chuteJustine Triet

A 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.

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Films · Nov 2020

Little Big Women

孤味Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu

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.

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Films · Oct 2019

Papicha

Mounia Meddour

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.

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Films · Sep 2018

The Chambermaid

La camaristaLila Avilés

Lila Avilés's debut centers a hotel room attendant in Mexico City, using minimalist drama to show hidden cleaning labor, fantasies of mobility, and women's isolation.

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Films · May 2004

Moolaadé

Ousmane Sembène

Four girls threatened with cutting seek sanctuary from Collé, turning one courtyard into a conflict over women’s authority, collective resistance, and the power to redefine tradition.

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Films · May 1975

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Chantal Akerman

There's no rioting, protesting, or marching for civil rights here. Jeanne Dielman, single mother and sometime sex worker, has a simple life: laundry, dinner, the occasional john. The mundanity of being a housewife is on achingly tedious display for three-plus hours in Chantal Akerman's experimental film. And that's why it's brilliant.