EMPOWERING DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT REMARKABLE WOMEN AT KUNDURA CINEMA IN MARCH
Kundura Cinema’s March screening programme offers eight must-see documentaries centering around inspirational women to celebrate International Women’s Day. Documentaries include renowned titles which have previously been screened at major international film festivals such as; Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival and Locarno International Film Festival. The March screening programme not only brings together the best documentaries about empowering women but also includes a panel to discuss “Female Film Pioneers”, running for two days, on March 7 and 8 at Kundura Cinema.
March Screening Programme Special: Documentaries On and By Inspirational Women
Delphine et Carole, Insoumuses directed by Callisto McNulty focuses on the feminist movement in Europe during 1970s. Produced in 2018, numerous issues on feminist agenda of the time, such as the legalization of abortion, free birth control opportunities, rights of sexual minorities meet with the audience from the viewpoint of Delphine Seyrig, actress and women’s rightist, and, Carole Roussopoulos, documentary film-maker and video artist.
Romantic Comedy produced in 2019 by Elizabeth Sankey focuses on the past, present and future of the romantic comedy genre in cinema. In this documentary directed over various examples from past to present, the director opens up for discussion the concepts imposed by romantic comedy movies.
Overseas by the director Sung-A Yoon centers around the women preparing for working abroad in a training centre for housework. Women practicing both as an employee and employer in their training learn the niceties of house work on one hand, and understand how to cope with any potential psychological and physical harassment while experiencing homesickness. Overseas produced in 2018 questions the notion of “modern slavery” in our globalized world while highlighting those women’s determination, solidarity, and the stand they take against the challenges awaiting them in the future.
Director Gabriel Mascaro’s Housemaids documentary, produced in 2012 focuses on the daily routines like cooking, cleaning, ironing and childcare of the real housemaids. The documentary also draws attention to their way of living with a foreign family. Throughout the movie, housemaids run around the house working and share their memories on their backgrounds; commenting about love and happiness.
School of Seduction by Alina Rudnitskaya follows three Russian women in their 30s, with utterly different backgrounds but same mission: to extend their area of freedom within the society with a wealthy husband. School of Seduction elaborates what it is like being a woman in Putin’s Russia.
The documentary The Feminister by director Viktor Nordenskiöld, centers around Margot Wallström who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sweden between 2014 and 2019. Director reveals in his documentary the brave and effective actions of the Minister on one hand, and points out the international political atmosphere and the women’s place within this atmosphere, on the other.
The documentary Fiancées filmed by the Swiss director Julia Bünter in 2019, tells the story of three young Egyptian women who are about to get married; and portrays the modern society in Cairo that has become a huge metropolis with its population over 20 million. The movie tells the story of three young couples, planning to get married with a desire to set a free life independent from their families, stuck between the pursuit of freedom and traditions in Egypt, which has witnessed significant changes in the recent years politically, economically and socially.
Ella Maillart: Double Journey addresses the colonialism, gender norms and international policies in the eyes of the remarkable traveller of 20th century, promising an unforgettable experience to the audience. Ella Maillart travels all alone in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan for almost a year and has a chance to observe closer the colonial system. She not only records via camera what she sees; but also tells the story on her letters and diaries. These letters, diaries, footages and photographs reveal the documentary Ella Maillart: Double Journey, inspiring the directors Antonio Bigini and Mariann Lewinsky after 75 years Diaries and letters of Maillart are narrated by the voice of a great actress, Irène Jacob.
March Screening Programme Special: Documentaries On and By Inspirational Women
Delphine et Carole, Insoumuses directed by Callisto McNulty focuses on the feminist movement in Europe during 1970s. Produced in 2018, numerous issues on feminist agenda of the time, such as the legalization of abortion, free birth control opportunities, rights of sexual minorities meet with the audience from the viewpoint of Delphine Seyrig, actress and women’s rightist, and, Carole Roussopoulos, documentary film-maker and video artist.
Romantic Comedy produced in 2019 by Elizabeth Sankey focuses on the past, present and future of the romantic comedy genre in cinema. In this documentary directed over various examples from past to present, the director opens up for discussion the concepts imposed by romantic comedy movies.
Overseas by the director Sung-A Yoon centers around the women preparing for working abroad in a training centre for housework. Women practicing both as an employee and employer in their training learn the niceties of house work on one hand, and understand how to cope with any potential psychological and physical harassment while experiencing homesickness. Overseas produced in 2018 questions the notion of “modern slavery” in our globalized world while highlighting those women’s determination, solidarity, and the stand they take against the challenges awaiting them in the future.
Director Gabriel Mascaro’s Housemaids documentary, produced in 2012 focuses on the daily routines like cooking, cleaning, ironing and childcare of the real housemaids. The documentary also draws attention to their way of living with a foreign family. Throughout the movie, housemaids run around the house working and share their memories on their backgrounds; commenting about love and happiness.
School of Seduction by Alina Rudnitskaya follows three Russian women in their 30s, with utterly different backgrounds but same mission: to extend their area of freedom within the society with a wealthy husband. School of Seduction elaborates what it is like being a woman in Putin’s Russia.
The documentary The Feminister by director Viktor Nordenskiöld, centers around Margot Wallström who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sweden between 2014 and 2019. Director reveals in his documentary the brave and effective actions of the Minister on one hand, and points out the international political atmosphere and the women’s place within this atmosphere, on the other.
The documentary Fiancées filmed by the Swiss director Julia Bünter in 2019, tells the story of three young Egyptian women who are about to get married; and portrays the modern society in Cairo that has become a huge metropolis with its population over 20 million. The movie tells the story of three young couples, planning to get married with a desire to set a free life independent from their families, stuck between the pursuit of freedom and traditions in Egypt, which has witnessed significant changes in the recent years politically, economically and socially.
Ella Maillart: Double Journey addresses the colonialism, gender norms and international policies in the eyes of the remarkable traveller of 20th century, promising an unforgettable experience to the audience. Ella Maillart travels all alone in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan for almost a year and has a chance to observe closer the colonial system. She not only records via camera what she sees; but also tells the story on her letters and diaries. These letters, diaries, footages and photographs reveal the documentary Ella Maillart: Double Journey, inspiring the directors Antonio Bigini and Mariann Lewinsky after 75 years Diaries and letters of Maillart are narrated by the voice of a great actress, Irène Jacob.
