Glasgow Feminist Film Festival
“Every period of time presents a range of things that must be resisted.” – Marko Stojiljković about MOMENTS OF RESISTANCE
Even though it only refers to one specific film in our programme, this quote could easily refer to all five events in our strand COLLECTIVE MEMORY: TRAUMA AND NATION.
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The right to personal autonomy and self-determination is a central concern for activists and allies across feminist, queer and trans movements around the world.
And while some gains have been made in the past, these issues still persist:
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We are delighted to announce two visiting filmmakers at this year’s festival!
Beryl Magoko, director of IN SEARCH… (Germany/Kenya 2018) and Jo Schmeiser, director of MOMENTS OF RESISTANCE (Austria 2019) will attend Femspectives 2020. We will host discussions with both filmmakers after their respective films.
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40 of the top 100 films at the U.S. box office in 2018 were led or co-led by womxn. That’s one of the findings of the Inclusion Initiative conducted at USC Annenberg. The study has examined gender and race on screen in popular films since 2007. In previous years this number hung somewhere between 20 and 33, so it seems that at last, we are moving in the right direction!
But what happens, when we look at who these actors portray? What are the leading roles offered to womxn? Are they mothers? Partners? Best friends?
IT’S COMPLICATED is trying to unpack this question and discuss the complex relationships among womxn on screen.
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The Femspectives 2020 Festival Trailer has dropped!
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Save the Date for the 2nd edition of Femspectives – Glasgow Feminist Film Festival!
20 – 23 February 2020 at Civic House
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