Genre: Women-Centered

When a woman is wrongly charged with infanticide, a court case brought to vindicate her ignites both outrage and solidarity in this riveting true story.

Gross-out gore takes center stage when a mistreated young woman summons a jinn to curse her stepfamily in this award-winning revenge film.

In this warmly spirited drama, eighty-year-old María plots to remain in her beloved Tangier home even as her daughter threatens to displace her.

A young Quechua woman is torn between the sacred midwifing tradition she practices and the temptation of becoming a singer in the big city.

In a matriarchal cotton-rich Sudanese village, teenage Nafisa is at the nexus of a power play that will determine the community’s future.

A woman’s near-death experience unravels her psyche and the perfect life she has built, sending her on a surreal journey through trauma and memory.

1899. The arrival of an idealistic teacher in a remote Alpine village unsettles the superstitious locals in this evocative, atmospheric slow burn.

In this provocative reimagining of Ibsen’s classic play, Hedda finds herself torn between the lingering ache of past love and the quiet suffocation of her present.

With her life crashing down, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, a missing person, and a hostile relationship with her therapist.

The chance meeting between an impish young girl and a superstitious millennial sends them on a riotous journey to author more meaningful lives.

Plagued with guilt over her role in the suicide of a recently evicted man, court bailiff Orsolya wanders the city of Cluj in search of absolution.

When a single mother and her daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they encounter challenges and generations of secrets that threaten to upend their unity.

Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s life and work are vividly brought to life in this textured and insightful reflection on a truly original spirit.

Moving into a group facility for adults with disabilities, Luisa is curious about her new life ahead—until it is discovered that she is pregnant.

Mary’s pursuit of the truth about her Māori heritage sends her down a blood-soaked path of righteous retribution in this striking gothic horror.

After surviving a violent car crash in the countryside, dazed Laura is taken in by a mysterious local woman whose devoted care belies a dark past.

A reclusive necromancer promises a black magic cure for a young woman’s cancer in the latest folk horror film from the visionary Adams Family.

In this captivating political mystery and personal journey, a filmmaker sets out to find the truth behind her father’s disappearance more than three decades ago.

On a spiritual mission, a young nun haunted by prophetic dreams gets lost in a strange landscape, where extraordinary encounters change the course of her destiny.

This edgy Chicago-set drama follows a Kyrgyz family thrown into turmoil when the prodigal son gets in over his head with gambling debt.

Early 1700s. Venice. At the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage young violinist Cecilia is awakened to the power of her musical gift with the arrival of a zealous new composer, Antonio Vivaldi.

Through a series of intimate video calls, an Iranian filmmaker grows closer to a young Palestinian photographer as the conditions in Gaza crumble around her.

Tormented by the ghosts of her past, a dying former IRA operative confronts her demons in a final shot at redemption.

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive eleven-year-old grapples with the fallout from her father’s illness in this impressionistic portrait of coming-of-age.

Two sisters reunited with their estranged filmmaker father must confront their family’s complex past when he returns to direct a very personal film.

Unfulfilled dreams, dark obsessions, and illicit desires take center stage in this program that transports viewers into the bold and blood-curdling world of genre film. From ventriloquist dummies to unrequited love, these shorts expose our darkest fears… and create new ones.

Close ties abound in these short films spanning Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, and the U.S. These six shorts explore the complicated relationships between parents and children, aunts and nieces, artists and their craft, and even former lovers.

Chicago and Illinois-based filmmakers experiment with genre, topic, and form in this eclectic program by students, upcoming artists, and established directors.

Laugh away the woes of the world with this eclectic collection of comedies. From the absurd anxieties of wannabe filmmakers to the ridiculous delusions of the recently dumped, these stories are insightful, unexpected, and delightfully irreverent.

In these five shorts, exceptional international filmmakers explore subjects ranging from sex and war to grief and hippos. Whether employing dark humor or grounded realism, these stories speak to the complexities of the human experience.

The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories.

A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends in this vibrant portrait of art and craft.

This eerie, uncommonly powerful collage explores inherited trauma and patriarchal abuses across four generations of farmworking women.

From award winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes a speculative retelling of the extraordinary story of Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried), founder of the radical religious sect known as the Shakers.

This elegant and emotional drama finds Marta reeling after a breakup until a world-shifting diagnosis brings clarity and purpose to her life.

An actress playing a gender-nonconforming historical figure fights to empower their legacy in this enchanting film on filmmaking.

As poachers encroach on the wilderness she supervises, Irish park ranger Jen must reconcile past trauma with new threats in this white-knuckle thriller.

Living together in a group home in Belgium, five teenage girls wrestle with the newfound responsibilities of parenthood in this warmly humanist social drama.