05.10 | 20:45
18+
The festival's traditional non-competitive programme LADIES FIRST, compiles animation works about women, created by women. This year's programme is particularly impressive: the variety of voices, languages, and cultural and social issues creates a real polyphony of meanings. Unfortunately, there are many new stories on old topics: sexual objectification, physical and mental violence, dysmorphophobia, and gender discrimination. Fortunately, women's voices are becoming more and more confident and determined in these stories. Who knows, maybe one day we will even see the long-awaited happy ending?
Running time 73 min.
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France | 11:00 | 2021
As every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grand-parents for a few days of vacation in the country. The green grass of the garden, the swimming in the lake, the fishing with Grandpa, everything seems as sweet as Grandma’s strawberry pies. Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
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Chile | 02:47 | 2021
What behaviors and activities are considered appropriate for girls in school? Thinking that it is not appropriate for girls to scream loudly or to do activities that are considered for boys; assuming that they are the caregivers and should be more responsible for considering themselves more mature than their peers, are some examples of the normative idea of gender.
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USA | 04:50 | 2022
In a typical day at swim practice our protagonist is bombarded by the whistling of her eccentric coach, the burden of God’s watchful eye, the majesty of the older swimmers, and naughty recordings on her teammate’s cellphone. Not to mention the horror of getting her period. Crushes, tampons, and granola bars are the only things getting her through. All the while, our protagonist comes to understand herself and her body.
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Canada | 04:17 | 2023
A despondent, unnamed character struggles to balance self-acceptance and self-loathing when their worst fears manifest in the form of a sickly deer.
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Poland | 04:40 | 2023
Love conquests, rivalry, friendship and hatred all collide when a girl decides to hit the gym.
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United Kingdom | 09:30 | 2022
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.
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USA | 03:55 | 2022
A girl haunted by a past man in her life seeks out the help of a therapy pig who takes her through a surreal simulation where she faces various obstacles and confronts her crippling anxiety.
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Croatia | 06:33 | 2023
An empty paper depicts a struggle between artistic composition and decomposition as the voice of the narrator-protagonist reminisces about her tumultuous relationship with a former girlfriend.
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Germany | 04:00 | 2023
Cool Cat invites you! To join the world of Pussy Love. Enjoy a show of lust and laziness! Let’s have fun with tits and dicks. The claws are sharp, the soda is sparkling and the fur is getting wet. Romance is kitsch. But even the most jaded cat can still be lost for love.
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Hungary | 04:30 | 2023
Based on real events, the movie presents the phenomena of objectifying the female body, which has as consequences frustation, vulnerability and body image dissatisfaction.
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Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, USA | 09:19 | 2023
In a world ruled by crows and discrimination, a young girl decides to fight for justice.
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Argentina | 01:52 | 2022
After spending her childhood in her father's glass shop, the author interprets glass as a familiar material. A confused childhood observed 20 years later, a childhood that the glazier's daughter tries to treasure using paint and glass, elements that she will soon discover are just as fragile as her own memory.
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Brazil, USA | 03:18 | 2022
The older me wants to know the younger you, but our asynchrony only allows me traces you have left behind.
