SCREENINGS & EVENTS
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FILM CRITICS WORKSHOP
The Woman’s Greatest Value Is Her Silence
A young woman from southern Italy tells of her life as a migrant in Frankfurt – re-enacted by fellow immigrants so she doesn’t break the code of silence.
Lullaby
Double bill: Chytilová’s FAMU graduation film about a model hitting the limits of her comfortable life, and Zhelyazkova’s portrait of mothers and babies inside the women’s prison in Sliven.
The Ceiling
Double bill: Chytilová’s FAMU graduation film about a model hitting the limits of her comfortable life, and Zhelyazkova’s portrait of mothers and babies inside the women’s prison in Sliven.
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Panel: Women in the History of Documentary
Why did so many women documentary makers vanish from film history – and how do we bring them back? A conversation with the ANOTHER STORY team. Free admission.
The Women’s Greatest Value is her Silence
A young woman from southern Italy tells of her life as a migrant in Frankfurt – re-enacted by fellow immigrants, straddling documentary and fiction, minor and major history.
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Masterclass by Alisa Kovalenko on the role of women in documentary today
Documentary filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko on the role of women in documentary today. Free admission.
Polish Shorts Programme
From factory-floor observation to video art: works by Krystyna Gryczełowska, Dorota Kędzierzawska, Irena Kamieńska, Ewa Partum, Teresa Tyszkiewicz and others.
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Masterclass by Magda Szymków
A masterclass with filmmaker Magda Szymków as part of ANOTHER STORY at HER Docs.
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Wikipedia Workshop for Young People: Rethinking History and Increasing the Visibility of Bulgarian Women Directors
Young participants rethink history by researching and writing Wikipedia articles that make Bulgarian women directors visible.
I often Think of Hawaii
16-year-old Carmen, growing up on the edge of Berlin, performs her dreams of dancing and escape for the camera – a vivid mix of reality and fantasy.
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The Ceiling
Marta works as a model and seems content – until a chance meeting exposes the invisible ‘ceiling’ over her life. Chytilová’s early take on her great theme: emancipation.
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Nightshift
Punk icon Jordan plays a night receptionist in a West London hotel, watching a parade of nocturnal figures – a dreamlike film from London’s countercultural scene.
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Wikipedia Workshop: Swiss Women Directors
Hands-on session: together we research and write Wikipedia articles on Swiss women filmmakers – rewriting who gets remembered.
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Wikipedia workshop on Polish female directors
With Wikimedia CH: together we write and expand Wikipedia biographies of the Polish directors screened that evening. In the cinema foyer.
Polish Working Women Shorts
Polish shorts on women’s work and emancipation – including 24 Hours of Jadwiga L., often seen as a forerunner of Jeanne Dielman. Presented by filmmaker Beatrice Minger.
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Another Story Gathering: Feminist Genealogies and Practices in Documentary Cinema
Featuring: Sara Fgaier (director, editor, producer), Anna Masecchia (University of Florence), Rosa Barotsi (Sapienza University of Rome).
The Ceiling & A Bag of Fleas
Two early Chytilová films closing MAMCO’s Sylvia Sleigh exhibition, followed by a discussion with director Stéphanie Barbey.
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Feminist Critics’ Workshop – Day 1
Two-day workshop for emerging film critics on feminist film analysis and writing about rediscovered women’s cinema.
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Feminist Critics’ Workshop – Day 2
Two-day workshop for emerging film critics on feminist film analysis and writing about rediscovered women’s cinema.
Lullaby
Seventeen babies live in the women’s prison in Sliven. Zhelyazkova listens to the mothers who gave birth behind bars – and asks what a newborn sees and hears there.
The Ceiling
Marta works as a model and seems content – until a chance meeting exposes the invisible ‘ceiling’ over her life.
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Panel: Rewrite film history?
“Who decides which films are remembered? A panel on archives, canons and the women who shaped documentary.” We avoid framing the filmmakers as left out or forgotten.
Donna – Women in Revolt
Starting from the 1979 fascist attack on Rome’s Radio Donna, Scholten traces 80 years of women’s resistance in Italy through archive footage and interviews.


