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49%’s Feminist Film Club

Opening remarks, greetings, and dance performance

Writing with Fire

Dir.: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
| 93 minutes

Against all odds, India's Khabar Lahariya news network has gained a strong following. Initiated and managed by Dalit women, this group of journalists investigates and reports on various political and social issues. Their story offers a new and different understanding of the democratic experience in a segmented society. 

49%’s Feminist Film Club
Opening remarks and greetings

Quickening

Dir.: Haya Waseem
| 89 minutes

A Pakistani-Canadian teenager struggles to define her identity as she is pulled between her newfound social life at university and her family’s traditional values. With innovative camerawork, hypnotizing atmosphere, a non-linear narrative, and mesmerizing performances, Quickening is a brilliant debut film. 

Opening remarks and screening followed by conversation with Kifaya Ayati

Portrait

Dir.: Yael Kipper, Ronen Zaretzky
| 82 minutes

As time draws closer to the jail release of her violent husband, Kifaya Ayati is looking for a way to survive. She paints women harmed and murdered by their spouses and meets their families. Every meeting becomes an indictment against Israeli society, police, and courts.

Opening remarks and greetings. Following the screening, conversation with Dr. Adina Kamien, Senior Curator of Modern Art at The Israel Museum, and artist Andi Arnovitz

Hilma

Dir.: Lasse Hallström
| 120 minutes

Hilma af Klint is today considered a groundbreaking artist who invented an abstract artistic language influenced by nature, philosophy, and mysticism. Hallström presents an extensive biography of the artist and invites the viewer to be swept into a bustling and vibrant world of symbols, shapes, and colors.

Opening remarks and greetings

Catwalk

Dir.: Johan Skog
| 95 minutes

Emma dreams of becoming a fashion model and asks Pär Johansson and the Glada Hudik-theatre for help. An unattainable dream for most, especially if you have a disability. Together with a group of unusual models, they begin a bewildering journey.