Cineclub Porto Femme - International Film Festival: Film Screening

The Lusófona University – Porto University Centre will host, from the 8th to the 11th of April 2025, the Porto Femme – International Film Festival, a prominent event aimed at giving visibility to stories and realities that are often marginalised, promoting gender equality and reducing inequalities. This year, the festival focuses on the theme "Invisibility", reflecting on social issues that are often ignored or silenced.

The 8th edition of the festival features a selection of 120 films from 35 countries, including 5 world premieres, 7 international premieres, 3 European premieres, and 48 national premieres. The festival also includes a special screening titled "The World According to a Lesbian", exploring cinema as a space for representation, identity, and self-determination. In addition to the screenings, the programme includes workshops, debates, and Q&A sessions, making it an essential event for cultural intervention.

Programme

8th April | Tuesday

Session #01 - 14:15

• “Places I’ve Called My Own” by Sushma Khadepaun (France, India) | 28’ | fiction
• “Boo!” by Georgia Michaildi (Greece) | 18’ | fiction
• “PRINCIPESSA ²” by Alessandra Francesca Coratella (Italy) | 7’ | fiction
• “Y” by Matea Kovač (Croatia) | 6’ | animation
• “Su Twice | Due volte Su” by Agnese Làposi (Switzerland) | 18’ | fiction
• “The Blurring of Trees” by Fanny Perreault (Canada) | 11’ | fiction
• “Three” by Amie Song (USA) | 15’ | fiction

Session #02 - 16:15

• “Seeds from Kivu” by Néstor López, Carlos Valle (Spain) | 29’27’’ | documentary
• “Sagah” by Maité Lonne, Gaël Maleux (Belgium, France) | 13’16’’ | fiction
• “1110” by Begoña Álvarez Rojas, José Ramón Ayerra (Spain) | 12’06’’ | fiction
• “Black Scarf” by Ali Reza Shah Hosseini (Iran) | 14’50’’ | fiction

10th April | Thursday

Session #03 - 14:15

• “Polliwog” by Julia Skala (Germany) | 9’13’’ | animation
• “Poppy Flowers” by Evridiki Papaiakovou (Estonia) | 4’24’’ | animation
• “Your Dad” by Kühnel Szabó Anita (Hungary) | 16’ | animation
• “Inside, Outside Brazil” by Marina Schneider (Portugal) | 12’ | documentary
• “Metamorphosis' Chantings Or That Time When I Incarnated As Porpoise” by Ainá Xisto (Portugal, Brazil) | 11’31’’ | experimental
• “Echoes of Silent Roosters” by Carlota Galilea (Spain) | 18’ | fiction

Session #04 - 16:15

• “Maricarmen” by Aimee Hoffman, Chris Llerins (USA) | 2’51’’ | experimental
• “You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer” by Max Ferguson (Belgium) | 5’07’’ | experimental, animation
• “Where Motion Has Not Yet Ceased” by Juliette Balthazard (Canada) | 17’04’’ | documentary
• “Lázara” by Beatriz Ladeira (Brazil) | 13’45’’ | fiction
• “A Tin of White” by Sara Stijović (Portugal, Scotland, Estonia, Ireland) | 11’24’’ | fiction
• “Chiquita Piconera” by Mey Montero (Spain) | 12’08’’ | fiction
• “Mango” by Randa Ali (Egypt) | 22’40’’ | fiction

11th April | Friday

Session #05 - 14:15

• “Sexploration - How Do I Really Want It?” by Liisa Zielke (Germany) | 90’ | documentary

Session #06 - 16:15

• “Little Me” by Ema Copek (Portugal) | 4’41’’ | animation
• “Memory of a Displaced Body” by Mariana Mendivil (Mexico) | 9’21’’ | animation, documentary, experimental
• “À Poings et À Cœurs” by Augustine Caille (France) | 8’06’’ | documentary
• “I You He/She We You They” by Sevin Yaman (Turkey) | 4’31’’ | experimental
• “Loss” by Sonya Umanski, Alika Levinson (Israel) | 6’40’’ | animation
• “Marie & me” by Diane Premi (Canada) | 11’31’’ | documentary
• “Hormones” by Anna Wajsbrot (France) | 16’23’’ | fiction
• “Passing Place” by María Olmedilla (Spain) | 12’43’’ | fiction