Revolting against tradition and cultural norms, the agitators of this section challenge their families, their social structure and the conventional wisdom of their peers, ultimately striving to define themselves in opposition – or in the spirit of non-binary action, not at all.
Festival Programme
Films — by Collection
- Aotearoa
- Becoming
- Belonging
- Breaking Through
- Encounters
- Incredibly Strange
- Indigenous Voices
- Mobilise
- Political States
- Portraits
- Proud
- Radical Empathy
- Square Eyes
- Visions
- – Animation –
- – EUROPE! Voices of Women in Film –
- – East & South East Asian –
- – Latin American –
- – Literary Connections –
- – Masterclasses –
- – Middle Eastern –
- – Out of the Past –
- – Shorts –
Breaking Through
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Ema
Pure, unadulterated cinema, the latest from Chilean maestro Pablo Larraín is straight fire: a scorching character study of one woman’s pursuit of sexual and political liberation, lit up by Mariana Di Girolamo’s sensational lead performance.
Family Members
Los miembros de la familia
Stranded after their mother’s passing, a teenage brother and sister awkwardly socialise, take long walks on the beach and get serious about fitness in this dry, Jim Jarmusch-esque hangout film.
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The Perfect Candidate
Saudi superstar director Haifaa Al-Mansour’s latest is a winning homecoming; a seriocomic look at the daily struggles of a doctor running for council – and her fellow women and outsiders – within an Islamic society undergoing dramatic change.
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The Surrogate
In this fiery conversation starter, tough ethical quandaries agitate the sophisticated New York lives of three friends, whose best intentions behind a surrogate pregnancy are complicated when nature intrudes.
Zana
In Kosovo, the pressure on a mother to conceive, from both her conservative family and superstitious village community, builds with intensity in this nightmarish, emotionally charged drama tackling themes of war, trauma and oppressive gender roles.