Empowering documentaries about remarkable women

To celebrate International Women's Day, Kundura Cinema's March screening program offers eight must-see documentaries centering around inspirational women.

Documentaries include renowned titles which have previously been screened at major international film festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival and Locarno International Film Festival.

"Delphine et Carole, Insoumuses," directed by Callisto McNulty focuses on the feminist movement in Europe during the 1970s. Produced in 2018, numerous issues on feminist agenda of the time, such as the legalization of abortion, free birth control opportunities and rights of sexual minorities meet with the audience from the viewpoint of Delphine Seyrig, actress and women's right activist, and, Carole Roussopoulos, documentary filmmaker and video artist.

"Romantic Comedy," produced in 2019 by Elizabeth Sankey, focuses on the past, present and future of the romantic comedy genre in cinema. In this documentary directed over various examples from past to present, the director opens up for discussion the concepts imposed by romantic comedy movies.

"Overseas," by the director Sung-A Yoon, centers around the women preparing for working abroad in a training center for housework. Women practicing both as an employee and employer in their training learn the niceties of housework on one hand and understand how to cope with any potential psychological and physical harassment while experiencing homesickness.

The film, produced in 2018, questions the notion of "modern slavery" in our globalized world while highlighting those women's determination, solidarity, and the stance they take against the challenges awaiting them in the future.<...