To move forward and develop, it is important to remember our history and understand how exactly we got to this point. The power of choice, the awareness of one's past and the desire to get rid of annoying, limiting labels — this is what drives us in the process of forming our own identity. In the six films of the FEM*RIOT program, we will talk about the women who stood up for our rights, remember why we continue this fight and listen to the stories of how traumatic experiences are transformed into strength and scars become evidence of healing.
TEDDY
Milda Baginskaite
UK | 2021, 13 min
Teddy is an identity-focused coming-of-age film, inspired by the cruel reality of teenage pressures to "fit in", whether in culture, class, style or sexuality, the film tells a story of a Lithuanian misfit searching for recognition amongst her British classmates. Its goal is to highlight the power of choice when shaping our own identity and join the conversation around the importance of liberating oneself from labels, especially at a young age.
BOOBS
Marie Valade
Canada, Quebec | 2021, 7 min
A young woman is confronted with the birth of paper breasts on her body and must learn to tame a strange love-hate relationship with her femininity.
FONTIS NYMPH
AIna López
France | 2021, 17 min
At Place de la Concorde, between the obelisk and the Eiffel Tower, where drops of water flow on the breasts of the nymphs caused by the jets of the Fountain of the Seas, conversation, depictions of fable art and ancient descriptions of vulva flow in this short experimental. We center in on Julie, who meets up with her friends and tells them how she first found out about female ejaculation. Creating her own fable.
CICATRICES
Hannah Rosselin
France | 2021, 8 min
C-sections, scoliosis, mastectomies, accidents, tortures… 11 women and trans people, bound by a significant trauma, speak openly, with no barriers.
GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE
Urška Djukić and Emilie Pigeard
UK, England | 2021, 13 min
Four old women, reflect on their memories of old times when they were young and how different the relationships between men and women were back then. Their voices merge into one single voice, that of the grandmother Vera, who tells her story in proper detail. A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.
Q&A with Urška Djukić, the director of the film GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE
IN THE SILENCE OF AN ABYSSAL SEA
Juliette Klinke
Belgium | 2021, 19 min
What's worth remembering? Who decides what is worthy of remembrance? Through images shot at the beginning of the 20th century by women filmmakers, the director questions her references. Between past and present, memories and omissions, the audience (re)discovers women who have made cinema what it is today. A sensorial and poetic journey questionning about our own knowledge and social constructions.
Q&A with Juliette Klinke, the director of the film IN THE SILENCE OF AN ABYSSAL SEA