IFFR 2015

Boo Ji-Young

Some female employees of a Korean hypermarket are suddenly side-lined by the management. In an environment in which the customer is always right and the staff subservient, these women - against all expectations - fight back. The man, or in this case, woman in the street, fighting for her rights.

Signals: What the F?!

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Kim Longinotto

Longinotto's documentary is about Brenda Myers-Powell, who fights against sexual exploitation and supports prostitutes in Chicago. Brenda knows what she is talking about: her own story, involving teenage prostitution and a life of violence and abuse, is in stark contrast to her dauntless energy and optimism.

Dreamcatcher

Ana Lily Amirpour

An Iranian vampire Western? Yeah, really! Bad City, a desolate city in Iran, is populated by drug dealers, pimps and other shady characters. A vampire (on a skateboard) decides to do something about it. Cool, stylish and with nods to Sergio Leone, James Dean and Sin City, among others.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Artemio Narro

It all starts off lightly enough, with Spanish Natalia arriving in Mexico to visit her boyfriend. But don’t get too comfortable: when she and a group of wild chicks meet an unsuspecting cowboy, the film takes a dark turn. A shocking commentary on violence in Mexico, in which the male and female roles are reversed.

Me quedo contigo

Mark Sawers

Just imagine: since 1953, women have been able to reproduce without interference from male genes. Men are no longer being born and are an endangered species. This deadpan mockumentary follows the youngest man still alive - Andrew Myers (37) - in a world in which women wear the trousers.

No Men Beyond This Point

Gogol 's Wives

Get in the mood for Pussy Riot on Stage by watching the first part of the documentary Pussy Versus Putin, about the battle of the feminist and political group against Putin as documented by film collective Gogol’s Wives.

Pussy Versus Putin

Laura Amelia Guzmán Conde

Israel Cárdenas Ramírez

The European woman Anne (Geraldine Chaplin) is enjoying a luxurious stay on the coast of the Dominican Republic. Young Noéli makes a living from relationships with tourists. Sand Dollars is a portrait of the complex romance between Anne and Noéli. A loving film about holidays, pleasure, loneliness and morality.

Sand Dollars

Ana Lungu

Cristiana is thirty and from a classically bourgeois family. She works on her PhD, meets friends and has an affair with a married man. When her parents move, leaving the parental home to her, she goes after what she wants: a dog. Intimate, personal observation of puberty at the age of 30.

Self-portrait of a Dutiful Daughter

Nancy Andrews

Dr. Myes is about to make a scientific breakthrough: adding animals' senses to humans. Her research is not going smoothly, however, and her good intentions quickly turn against her. A unique mix of 1930s Hollywood and 1960s B-movies, with dashes of horror, animation and musical.

The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes

Luke Fowler

Mark Fell

Impressionist journey through the archive of the Leeds Pavilion, which in the 1980s started out as a feminist photo studio. Former members, male and female, give their vision of the studio’s artistic and activist past, the reasons for which are as current as ever.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025