CARE & CONTROL (short films category)

The CARE & CONTROL short film category explores how women's capacity to give and receive care is shaped, and quite often restricted, by societal, legal, and economic systems. These films highlight the difficulties encountered when navigating oppressive structures, asserting rights, and seeking autonomy within these constraints.

Amplified, Egypt, 2024, 19’

Hind is a charming young Karate athlete with a hearing disability. After she’s subjected to a violating incident at the Karate center, Hind’s world gets distorted.

Like a spiral, Canada, 2024, 28’

A dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafala system.

Contractions, United States of America, 2024, 12’

Takes us to Memphis, Tennessee where we contemplate the discontinuation of abortion services at a women’s health clinic.

Last resort, Canada, 2024, 15’

An Iranian mother must find the will to change her destiny to be able to obtain custody of her daughter.

Goodbye, castle!, Romania, 2024, 20’

The story of Ana and her sister, Florina, as Ana relives, in a healing manner, her bittersweet childhood memories growing up in the social care system.

followed by Q&A session (in English)