Full-length documentaryGrey ZoneThe medical term “grey zone” applies to babies born between the 22nd and 24th week of pregnancy. The likelihood of their survival is extremely low.
Feature filmJulie Keeps QuietTeenage Julie, the local tennis school’s top talent and coach Jeremy’s favourite, is put on the spot when Jeremy is unexpectedly suspended for the suicide of a young woman who was a star junior player a few years earlier. Julie gradually realises the nature of her relationship with her coach and those around her urge her to speak up. But Julie keeps quiet.
Full-length documentaryMotherboardAt age 38, documentarist Victoria Mapplebeck found herself in a difficult situation. Unable to combine solo motherhood with freelance directing, she didn’t have the means to provide for her family. So she turned the camera on herself and her son Jim. She recorded their life together for 20 years – from Jim’s first steps to when he started university. Even more challenging than Jim’s puberty, was the author's insidious illness.
Full-length documentaryMy Sextortion DiaryWhat do you do if someone steals your computer and threatens to send intimate photos of you to all your contacts.? That happens to filmmaker Pati, who bravely decides to document her experience as a sexual blackmail victim.
Full-length documentaryThe Brink of DreamsWomen in a remote south Egyptian village should help men, keep quiet, and bear children. To protest against these stereotypes, some girls start a theatre group.
Full-length documentaryWriting HawaAfghan documentarist Najiba Noori’s film is both an intimate portrait of her mother Hawa and a story of female emancipation in her homeland. Hawa was married at 13 to a much older man she now cares for.
Feature filmYear of the WidowFor translator Petra, things don’t end with her husband’s death. Instead, a gruelling process ensues. She has no time to grieve. The film charts her first year as a widow, when she has to make decisions and deal with endless things. At the post office, the bank, the notary...
Full-length documentaryZurawski v TexasAmanda Zurawski nearly died due to Texas’s abortion ban and now can’t have a child because of the procedures she underwent. In an effort to change the law, she takes her painful case to court (she was unable to carry her child to term for medical reasons).