Four Women of Egypt

Four years after a military coup overthrew the Brazilian government in 1964, all civil rights were suspended and torture became a systematic practice. Using a mix of fiction and documentary this extraordinary film is a searing record of personal memory, political repression and the will to survive. Interviews with eight women who were ...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Lúcia Murat

Cast

Irene Ravache, Maria do Carmo Brito, Estrela Bohadana

Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families. They may have lost their virginity, refused an arranged marriage or left an abusive husband. Even if a woman is raped or merely the victim of gossip,...

Runtime

57m

Cast

Olympia Dukakis

After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut as a feature film director in 20 Fingers (2004), Abbas Kiarostami urged her to direct a sequel to the film. In Dah be alaveh Chahar (10 + 4), though, circumstances are different: Mania is...

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Mania Akbari

Cast

Amina Maher, Behnaz Jafari

Short directed by Agnès Varda in 1986 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the French Cinematheque, presenting a contrast between the famous stairs from the place along with classic film images also revolving around stairs.

Runtime

3m

Director

Agnès Varda

Cast

Isabelle Adjani

Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.

Runtime

8m

Director

Fiona Dalwood

Cast

Alex de Vos, Sarah de Vos, Dana Katz