We too cannot believe that in 2020 women* still have to fight for their identity and sexuality. These films present different stories, but the experiences faced by half of the world's population are similar. At the same time, we see two women on the screen — an academic and sculptor, and head of a female fight club, whose professional and personal life have gone against all institutional, social and cultural restrictions.

Curated by Lena Syrbu and Sasha Prokopenko

ANNA KONDA FEMALE FIGHT CLUB BERLIN

Till Gerstenberger

Germany / 2019, 11 min

Anna Konda empowers women. Head of the FFCB (the Female Fight Club Berlin), and a notorious female fighter herself, she pushes her girls to build inner strength and courage against all social norms through combat. She is a wanted specialist for a certain kind of job in the Berlin underground.

CARNE

Camila Kater

Brazil / 2019, 12 min

Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to their bodies, from childhood to old age.

A CAT IS ALWAYS FEMALE

Martina Mestrovic, Tanja Vujasinovic

Croatia / 2019, 16 min

Through a feminist lens, the filmmakers pay homage to their professor Marija Ujevic Galetovic – one of Croatia’s most important sculptors. Marija's life story and views are told through a combination of video footage and animation of her feminine sculptures.

PANTHERS

Erika Sánchez

Spain / 2020, 22 min

Joana and Nina are two 13-year-old friends in the midst of puberty. The first one, bubbly and brazen, has vital questions about female gender. Both are young women of their time and condition: social networks, immediacy and excesses. Today, Joana has decided to put an end to her existential anxiety. At that moment a macabre game devised by Joana begins. That decisive moment of puberty will cause something in each of them to change forever.

ROUGE

Kostis Theodosopoulos

Greece / 2019, 18 min

A sexist violence incident fires tension in Danai's friendship with Ilona and Toufa. Torn between theory and practice, the three friends realize that patriarchy won't die with bottles (only), and they now have marks to prove it.