Category Archives: Women,s voices

Uninvited (Ekaterina Ganzhela) Russia

Uninvited
Ekaterina Ganzhela
Russia. 2024. 20 min

A couple arrives unannounced to visit their adult son, who is celebrating his birthday. However, upon arriving home and not finding their son, the parents discover a tied-up, exhausted hostage. Now they face a dilemma: whom to save – the unknown victim or their beloved son, who is a maniac.

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Windows (Jin Ailing, Wang Huiyuan) China

Windows
Jin Ailing, Wang Huiyuan
China. 2025. 18 min

A blind woman and a man with cancer meet in a hospital through their shared interests. The man, who has lost all hope in life, is gradually drawn to the woman’s optimism and decides to donate his corneas to her. Just then, he learnsthere might still be a chance for him to survive. What choice will he make?

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Interview to Kim Longinotto (UK)

FILMING SALMA by Kim Longinotto

Kim Longinotto is a British documentary filmmaker focusing on human rights issues in developing countries. She was the director of Shooting the Mafia … the film I posted about earlier this week. I thought she sounded very interesting and found this interview with her.

Her films that include Sisters in Law, Dreamcatcher and Pink Saris were well received at festivals around the world. Some of her works recently appeared at Prague’s One World IHRDFF as part of her retrospective and we met Kim Longinotto for this interview after her masterclass presented during the 2018 East Doc Platform in which she commented on her concepts and priorities in documentary filmmaking.

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The Magic of Meow (Rooney Zong) China

The Magic of Meow
Rooney Zong
China. 2025. 11 min

Monica, a young woman raised in HongKong, is immersed in the commercial industry. The demands of her job preventher from taking the time to heal from her recent breakup. One day, she encounters a mysterious fortune teller who reveals that her tumultuous love life will take a turn due to a “man with a cat.” This sets the stage for a whimsical and unexpected romantic journey.

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First Last Month (Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu) Poland

First Last Month
Elena Vatamanu Margineanu
Poland. 2024. 21 min

Doina, a 12-year-old girl, has her first period on the day her grandma has a stroke. Since then, their roles are inverted. When Doina’s dad considers taking grandma to a nursery home, the girl has to prove to him that she is mature enough to take care and keep her only mother figure close to her.

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Mine (Kaja Sajdak) Poland

Mine
Kaja Sajdak
Poland. 2024. 16 min

A 70-year-old, wealthy Polish woman, Elżbieta, refuses to help her Ukrainian housekeeper, Oksana. When as a result of their conflict, Oksana disappears at night without a word, Elżbieta goes on a journey to find her. The expedition reveals the fate of Ukrainian war refugees who have arrived in Poland.

A third-year student of Film Directing at the Warsaw Film School. Director of short etudes and 1AD, assistant director and set designer in professional productions including feature films. She combines her passion for cinema with her love for painting and other visual arts. She is a certified fine artist, which she also actively uses in the film industry.

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Anjali Monteiro, Jury at Imagineindia for Best Editing

Anjali Monteiro is a former Professor from the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She is involved in documentary production, media teaching and research. She played a key role, along with her colleague and partner, Prof. K.P. Jayasankar, in setting up of the MA and Ph.D. programmes in Media and Cultural Studies at TISS, the first of its kind in India and has done pioneering and innovative work in critical media education in India. In recognition of their contribution, the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad conferred the Prof. Satish Bahadur Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film Education on them, at the 6th Alpavirama — International Youth Film Festival, in November 2022.

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Whispering Walls (Eylem Kaftan) Turkey

Whispering Walls
Eylem Kaftan
Turkey. 2025. 70 min

Whispering Walls is a creative, cinematic, and artistic meditation on a Turkish artist in New York in 1960’s trying to navigate his way in a complicated time in American history when people were out on the streets for civil rights and when art was a true act of struggle expressing itself in the most intense way on street walls.

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