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49%’s Feminist Film Club

Opening remarks and greetings. Following the screening, conversation with Dr. Adina Kamien, Senior Curator of Modern Art at The Israel Museum, and artist Andi Arnovitz

Hilma

Dir.: Lasse Hallström
| 120 minutes

Hilma af Klint is today considered a groundbreaking artist who invented an abstract artistic language influenced by nature, philosophy, and mysticism. Hallström presents an extensive biography of the artist and invites the viewer to be swept into a bustling and vibrant world of symbols, shapes, and colors.

Opening remarks and greetings

Catwalk

Dir.: Johan Skog
| 95 minutes

Emma dreams of becoming a fashion model and asks Pär Johansson and the Glada Hudik-theatre for help. An unattainable dream for most, especially if you have a disability. Together with a group of unusual models, they begin a bewildering journey.

Opening remarks, greetings, and dance performance

Writing with Fire

Dir.: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
| 93 minutes

Against all odds, India's Khabar Lahariya news network has gained a strong following. Initiated and managed by Dalit women, this group of journalists investigates and reports on various political and social issues. Their story offers a new and different understanding of the democratic experience in a segmented society. 

49%’s Feminist Film Club
Opening remarks and greetings

Quickening

Dir.: Haya Waseem
| 89 minutes

A Pakistani-Canadian teenager struggles to define her identity as she is pulled between her newfound social life at university and her family’s traditional values. With innovative camerawork, hypnotizing atmosphere, a non-linear narrative, and mesmerizing performances, Quickening is a brilliant debut film. 

Opening remarks and screening followed by conversation with Kifaya Ayati

Portrait

Dir.: Yael Kipper, Ronen Zaretzky
| 82 minutes

As time draws closer to the jail release of her violent husband, Kifaya Ayati is looking for a way to survive. She paints women harmed and murdered by their spouses and meets their families. Every meeting becomes an indictment against Israeli society, police, and courts.