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Because We Are Girls
Haunted by a childhood secret, courageous Indo-Canadian sisters from small-town British Columbia finally face their abuser in court, exposing how their rigidly sexist upbringing—reinforced even by the Bollywood films they loved as girls—conditioned them as victims.
| | Runtime: | 85 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Punjabi | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Canada | | Children & Youth | | Families & Family Relationships | | Gender & Sexuality | | Survivor Stories | | South & Central Asia | | | Director(s): | Baljit Sangra | | Producer(s): | Selwyn Jacob | | Executive Producer(s): | Shirley Vercruysse | | Writer(s): | Baljit Sangra | | Cinematography: | Grant Baldwin | | Composer: | Genevieve Vincent | | Sound: | Eva Madden |
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Born in Evin
After discovering she was born in one of Iran's most notorious torture prisons, and with her mother refusing to speak, the filmmaker sets off to find answers from anyone willing to break decades of silence.
| | Runtime: | 98 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Austria | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | Persian | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Personal Histories | | Survivor Stories | | Middle East | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | http://syndicadofs.com/films/born-in-evin | | | Director(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Producer(s): | Alex Tondowski | | Ira Tondowski | | Editor(s): | Dieter Pichler | | Writer(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Cinematography: | Siri Klug | | Sound: | Rudolf Gottsberger |
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Haydee and the Flying Fish
Forty years later, a Chilean woman who was obscenely tortured under Pinochet's regime awaits a potentially historic court verdict and a chance to begin healing unimaginable wounds.
| | Runtime: | 73 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Chile | | Brazil | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Spanish | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Crime & Justice | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Survivor Stories | | Women & Women's Stories | | Latin America | | By Program - Sort: | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | Formally Adventurous | | Website: | http://errante.cl/haydee-y-el-pez-volador | | | Director(s): | Pachi Bustos | | Producer(s): | Paola Castillo | | Executive Producer(s): | Belisario Franca | | Editor(s): | Titi Viera-Gallo | | Writer(s): | Pachi Bustos | | Paola Castillo | | Cinematography: | Pablo Valdés | | Composer: | Juan Antonio Leyva | | Magda Rosa Galbán | | Sound: | Romina Núñez |
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"I Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip…"
Fusing tough subject matter with wicked humour and inventive spoken word, this thought-provoking performative doc stages four young actresses playing interchangeable roles to recount real-life abortion experiences.
| | Runtime: | 42 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | UK | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Health & Healthcare | | By Program - Sort: | Formally Adventurous | | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | Website: | http://www.20storieshigh.org.uk/show/i-told-my-mum-i-was-going-on-an-r-e-trip-television-broadcast | | Highlight: | Highlight | | | Director(s): | Lindy Heymann | | Producer(s): | Julia Samuels | | Justine Potter | | Roxanne Moores | | Editor(s): | Mark Elliott | | Writer(s): | Julia Samuels | | Cinematography: | Deepa Keshvala | | Composer: | Keith Saha | | Sound: | Keith Saha |
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Khartoum Offside
Fighting for their right to play soccer and one day compete at the FIFA Women's World Cup, a team of fearless Sudanese heroines clash with tradition, politics and religion on the field of their dreams.
| | Runtime: | 75 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Sudan | | Denmark | | Norway | | France | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Arabic | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Africa | | Religion & Spirituality | | Sports & Recreation | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | By Program - Sort: | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | | Director(s): | Marwa Zein | | Producer(s): | Henrik Underbjerg | | Marwa Zein | | Jihan El Tahri | | Editor(s): | Mohammed Emad Rizq | | Writer(s): | Marwa Zein | | Cinematography: | Marwa Zein | | Composer: | Tunde Jegede | | Sound: | Sara Kaddouri | | Marcel Knuth |
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Leftover Women
Fearful of being labelled "leftover"—a term for an urban, educated and unmarried woman in her late 20s—women in China must find a partner before they turn 27, or risk rejection from their own families.
| | Runtime: | 82 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Israel | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Mandarin | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Families & Family Relationships | | Love & Relationships | | Women & Women's Stories | | Asia | | By Program - Sort: | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | | Director(s): | Shosh Shlam | | Hilla Medalia | | Producer(s): | Hilla Medalia | | Shosh Shlam |
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Maxima
A multi-billion-dollar mining corporation would never suspect that one Peruvian subsistence farmer could bring them to their knees, but they meet their match in a fearless Indigenous woman who remains uncowed after years of violent intimidation.
| | Runtime: | 88 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Spanish | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Advocacy & Activism | | Agriculture & Fishing | | Capitalism & Big Business | | Ecology & the Environment | | Indigenous Cultures & Issues | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Latin America | | Poverty | | | Director(s): | Claudia Sparrow | | Producer(s): | Ryan Schwartz | | Claudia Sparrow | | Executive Producer(s): | Lesley Chilcott | | Leandro Marini | | Louise Runge | | Steven J. Berger | | Scott Dixon | | Susan Bay Nimoy | | Editor(s): | Alejandro Valdes-Rochin | | Composer: | Mauricio Yazigi |
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Persister Panel Discussion
Women's voices and stories from all over the world take centre stage in the Persister film program. What are they saying about the cultural, political and economic forces that undermine or uphold women's fight for equal rights and against gender-based violence? Where is Canada situated within the conversation?
| | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Program Category: | Persister |
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Persister Shorts Program
Women speak out from both sides of the camera against a culture that accepts men's abuse of power, patriarchy's control over female bodies, and the racist, sexist, sizeist and ableist beauty standards imposed on them.
| | Runtime: | 77 | | Country Listing: | Various | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Various Languages | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Various |
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Red Moon
At the age of nine, the director's aunt was abruptly whisked from Turkey to Belgium, and became a child bride just four years later. Now, both women trace the timeline of her shattered childhood to reclaim her stolen life.
| | Runtime: | 95 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Belgium | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Turkish | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Personal Histories | | Religion & Spirituality | | Survivor Stories | | Women & Women's Stories | | Western & Central Europe | | Middle East | | By Program - Sort: | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | Website: | http://www.cobra-films.be/fecdetails.php?lang=en&id=340 | | | Director(s): | Tülin Özdemir | | Producer(s): | Gilles De Valck | | Editor(s): | Fanny Roussel | | Writer(s): | Tülin Ozdemir | | Cinematography: | Helene Moteau | | Composer: | Shadi Fathi | | Gulay Hacer Toruk | | Sound: | Marie Paulus | | Loic Villiot |
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A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
Football and feminism collide as former cheerleaders file class-action lawsuits and face off with the multi-billion-dollar NFL corporation, alleging rampant wage theft, sexism and labour violations.
| | Runtime: | 85 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | America | | Labour & Working People | | Popular Culture | | Sports & Recreation | | Women & Women's Stories | | By Program - Sort: | Closed Captions & Full Subtitles | | Website: | http://www.awomansworkdoc.com | | | Director(s): | Yu Gu | | Producer(s): | Elizabeth Ai | | Yu Gu | | Co-Producer(s): | Jin Yoo-Kim | | Editor(s): | Victoria Chalk | | Writer(s): | Elizabeth Ai | | Cinematography: | Yu Gu | | Composer: | Allyson Newman | | Sound: | Sung Rok Choi |
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