I CAN’T BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE TO PROTEST THIS …

How Long, Not Long

A powerful and excruciating animated poem inspired by the icons of resistance (e.g., Martin Luther King, Tank Man, Pussy Riot) as well as scenes of everlasting evil (burning “witches”, the Ku Klux Klan), all mixed up with visions of pain, sorrow, and alienation occurring across societies. Direction Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot Duration 6' Language no dialogue Country Denmark Year 2016

Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron

This photo-collage film takes as its theme the interplay of lies and empowerment. Its experimental approach towards form and narrative (e.g., looped editing, overlapping female/male voice-overs) conveys the poetics of reportage intertwined with discourses of confession, remembrance, and manifesto. Direction Cauleen Smith Duration 7' Language English Country United States Year 1992

Couplets for an Everlasting Eve

Based on verses from the Basque oral poet Maialen Lujanbio, the film delves into centuries-long traditions leading to femicide, inflicted as much within homes as on the most distant front lines. Using a variety of analogue and digital techniques, it follows a disturbing, semi-prayer, semi-drumroll rhythm. Direction Begoña Vicario, Xara Agirre, Ximon Agirre, Malen Amenabar, Mariñe Arbeo, Alots Arregi, Kote Camacho, Iosune Etxarte, Zaloa Ipiña, Oihana Leunda, Arrate Lopez Apellaniz, Ibon Markaida, Andere Duration 6' Language Basque/fr Country Spain Year 2016

Seven

Drawing upon poetics of folk culture from East Europe, the band Same Suki and animation duo Kamila and Mirek Sosnowscy deliver a tale of devilish seduction and murderous motherhood. Crime, transgression, and pain are firmly embedded in the patriarchal order of things. Direction Kamila Sosnowska, Mirek Sosnowski Duration 6' Language Polish Country Poland Year 2015

Vostok Zero

The voice of a cosmonaut re-entering Earth’s atmosphere and dying was accidentally recorded in 1961. This nameless heroine of space and imagination was obliterated from the history of the Soviet space programme. This unique film, pulsating with colour, brings her back into the herstory of the space race.

Direction Perttu Inkilä, Velda Parkkinen, Liis Mehine Duration 5' Language RU/en Country Finland Year 2014

Blossom

A visual piece that plays with avant-garde traditions. Over 11,000 pencil drawings on paper were created in chronological order, the raw and primitive imagery focusing on the squareness of the character design. A woman slowly but patiently restructures her shape and, as it seems, also liberates her sexuality. Direction Jesi Jordan Duration 11' Language no dialogue Country Canada Year 2019

Obervogelgesang

This is an unpretentious take on the awakening of activism, delivered without moralistic didactics. Gentle and minimalistic lines create the black-and-white reality where a teenage girl is confronted with the Nazi past and contemporary, right-wing radicalism. Consistency in protesting matters. Direction Elias Weinberger, Ferdinand Ehrhardt Duration 6' Language DE/en Country Germany Year 2020

#polish_women_resistance

An animated protest created by 49 animators in 48 hours as a response to the decision of the Polish Constitutional Court on the abortion ban in 2020, just as the pandemic was hitting hard. The streets filled with outraged and terrified protesters, while right-wing politicians, religious extremist groups and Catholic church elites rejoiced that lives were being protected. Whose lives?

Duration 8' Language PL/en Country Poland Year 2020

Mid Air

This anti-police, experimental musical is a celebration of DIY animation, witchcraft, and menstruation. Vera Neubauer comments: “I was flirting with the idea that (…) men do not have this relationship with their own bodies, so perhaps that’s why they can be more bloodthirsty.” Direction Vera Neubauer Duration 17' Language no dialogue Country United Kingdom Year 1986