Femininity Movies

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized...

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.

After a violent childbirth and a recent separation, Violeta, the film’s director and a photographer, goes through a moment of rupture in her...

In the American suburbs, two women mysteriously and sensuously entwine in this slow-burning, saucy, abstracted fable on the longing and laboring...

On the banks of the Vistula River, a mermaid, and a bar matron face off against gendered power. Through an emblematic confrontation with a young...

Drag Queens and their cabaret shows are well-known in France, but Drag Kings still remain very much on the sidelines. Chriss Lag traveled all over...

A beautiful intimate portrayal of Muslim women in a hammam.

The cinema of Pernambuco is considered one of the most complex components of Brazilian cinema, particularly for its potency and creative style. The...

Growing tired of her mediocre DL Trade, Peta Joy retreats into homoerotic female friendships while refusing to admit she's a lesbian.

Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with...

Briana has just turned 12 and notices that her friends are starting to like boys, which triggers insecurities about her own personal and bodily...

A depiction of the lives of four young girls, Mona, Amira, Layali and Salma, who have developed intimate friendships over the years. When they finish...

When an aspiring dancer tells her boyfriend that she is leaving for an academy, she's met with resistance from him. How will she make him understand?

A teenage girl dealing with the loss of her mother, navigating the five stages of grief, when suddenly her doppelganger appears. Throughout her...

A documentary feature questioning the female breasts as feminine signifier.

Student documentary exploring the world of burlesque as a space for artistic expression and personal liberation, where performers channel their...