FF 2023
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Opening on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, the Festival Filministes promises to reflect contemporary feminist issues. and filmmakers that are not usually represented in film festivals and to create safe spaces for discussions and reflection on feminisms. We screen recent documentaries, short movies and fictional films. An art exhibition and occasional dancing events are also part of our event programs. For the first time, some of the discussions and films will be accessible to English speakers.
We look forward to seeing you!
Feministly, Les Filministes
Opening of the exhibition
Cuentos Lúteos of Alejandra Zamudio
Ausgang Plaza || 5 to 7 pm || Free entrance
Cuentos Lúteos is a continuation of Alejandra Zamudio’s drawing exploration into the symbolic depths of the menstrual cycle. This exhibition delves into the luteal phase, where Zamudio draws connections between the cyclical nature of women's bodies and the rhythms of creativity. Like a woman’s nutrient-rich uterine lining on standby for the possibility of inception and the eventual birth of a child, so is the artist’s required meditative and contemplative process in waiting for inspiration. The large and small format drawings of Cuentos Lúteos exemplify the intimate and complex practice of contemplation to reality.
*A discussion with the artist, moderated by Camille Bédard, will take place during the opening (English).
Back to the feminist future
a triple and festive program Come dressed for the future!
Short films : There are other worlds
Feature : The end of Wonderland - The factory of possibilities : queer art DIY
Feature : Up Uranus - sex/space and galax/sex
Short films : There are other worlds
Ausgang Plaza || Doors : 4.45 pm | Screening : 5.15 pm
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What if other worlds were possible? The films in this program speculate on our future, revisit our past and plunge us into dystopian or retrofuturistic universes in which aliens, robots and new technologies mingle. We meet around a campfire a strange creature from outer space, we go in search of a lover kidnapped by mysterious forces, we rethink our relationship with robots and machines through advertising archives, we glimpse the future ravages of lunar extractivism and we end with a ride in a horse-taxi in an overheated France. These feminist science-fictions reveal issues related to gender inequalities while proposing a critical reflection on the environmental crisis and the growth frenzy of our capitalist societies.
*The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.
Warnings: These films mention aggression and address eco-anxiety.
Keywords: science fiction, anticipation story, retrofuturism, robots, aliens
The End of Wonderland by Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
The Factory of Possibilities: Queer DIY Art (bilingual event)
Ausgang Plaza | Screening : 7:30 pm
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How can art be a vehicle for self-determination? How can one create on one's terms, for oneself and by oneself, in a capitalist society? Queer artists often resort to so-called DIY practices, which allow them to propose new imaginaries where their identities can be expressed. The documentary The End of Wonderland follows trans multidisciplinary artist and sex worker Tara Emory in her explosive and colorful queer world, where everything is made and everything is possible. Through the intimacy she has developed with her protagonist, director Laurence Turcotte-Fraser draws the portrait of an engaging, proud and uncompromising woman.
*The screening will be followed by a discussion with Tara Emory and Laurence Turcotte-Fraser (English with French direct translation available).
Warnings: This film contains nudity and surgical procedures. It addresses precarity, eviction, compulsive hoarding disorder, transphobia and family rejection.
Keywords: artistic practices, trans identity, sex industry, robots
Up Uranus by Tara Emory
Sex/space and galax/sex Screening of the film
Film for adults (18 +)
Ausgang Plaza | Screening : 10:15 pm
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Tara Emory's work is fascinating: building herself the sets for her films, making costumes and robots, she is a leading figure in DIY adult film.
Up Uranus took almost 12 years to make, and now this independent film is finally available!
Warnings: This movie contains scenes of unsimulated sexuality
Keywords: robots, sex, science fiction
Through the Night by Loira Limbal
Closing night: Taking care, always
Preceeded by our closing happy hour
Ausgang Plaza | Screening: 7.30 pm
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To make ends meet, people in the U.S. are working longer hours across multiple jobs. This modern reality of non-stop work has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon: the flourishing of 24-hour daycare centers. Through the Night is a verité documentary that explores the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a childcare provider—whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center.
The film follows a mother who works the overnight shift at a hospital; another holding down three jobs to support her family; and a woman who for two decades has cared for children of parents with nowhere else to turn. Over the span of two years, across working holidays, seven-day work weeks, and around-the-clock shifts, the film reveals the personal cost of rising wealth inequality in the U.S and the close bonds forged between parents, children, and caregivers.
Warnings: The film addresses precarity, illness, and mental load.
Keywords: daycare, childhood, care, parenting, educators
Online program
on Tënk
Available from March 8 to 16 on Tënk, our online programming will allow you to discover fifty feminist short films for free.
Whether you watch the films comfortably on your couch or while cooking, in the bath or on your phone, in full or in excerpts between two bottles, in the middle of the day or at night, know that we have chosen these films with love, thinking of you!
