Embracing femininity as a form of empowerment
FEMININITY: Two films from Nordisk Panorama observe groups of women going against social conventions in claiming back youth on their own terms.
femininity
The power game
GAZE: The mechanisms of exploitation of women as sexual objects in Hollywood films, exposed.
De – rrida – construction
VISIONS du REEL: This year’s festival featured the 2002 film Derrida as a part of the oeuvre of Kirsten Johnson, who worked as cinematographer. The film follows French philosopher Jacques Derrida. But is it possible to film-philosophy?
Weird scenes inside the streets and favelas of a South American city
ART: A dreamlike celebration of street art and protest in the heart of Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s 6th largest city.
The power of celluloid, rediscovered
FEMININITY: A marvellous representation of feminine resilience in a hostile masculine world.