Women Movies

Caridad won a washing machine in a raffle at her old hair salon. Her daughter Helena thinks that this hulk, as she likes to call it, will only bring...

The encounter can never happen between a man in the past (tense) and a girl in the present (tense) in the garden of times.

Five women tell stories about scars they have on their bodies and share the process of self-acceptance that goes beyond their own traits.

In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...

Angel, a once vibrant beautiful Cree woman, becomes weary and spiritless after enduring viscous spiritual, physical, and emotional abuse from her...

A young Dutch girl (my mother, filmed by my father in-love). A little redhead (me, filmed by my father). Boys (my brothers). And through the images...

"Barriers" is a documentary in which three women over 60 and a group of young women participate in a game that exposes the prejudices surrounding...

This is the story of a man living quietly under an assumed identity, when a mysterious woman suddenly appears in his life. It is the directorial...

A wounded woman is capable of much; a swarm of well organized and motivated women can do much more.

An intimate depiction of two Quebecers muslim women, this documentary delves into the reality of veiled women in contemporary Quebec.

This short film denounces the standards of beauty which Sahrawi women are subjected to, who use whitening products to lighten their skin, ignoring...

“The Funeral Dancer" navigates the life of "Jazz," a skilled funeral entertainer thriving in a world where funerals symbolize social prestige....

A young woman fights for survival against a mysterious botanical infection

The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible. Although today's one...

An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren’t major players in the cod fishery before the...

1937. Pepita and Mari Carmen spend every afternoon together trying to cope with the loneliness of the war. Between buttons and balls of yarn they...

A Woman is a Flower is about the bond between two sisters who are dealing with two very different and heavy struggles.

Mercedes, an elder healer, keeps alive the tradition of healing the “Evil Eye” while facing the fear of social judgment in a community...

Western Sahara is a country full of stories. We chose to focus on the Sahrawi women living in Spain, where they have taken up careers in different...