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Girls on Film 3: Goddesses
Eight more award-winning short films from around the world, exploring female desire, empowerment and the realities of being a woman, a lesbian and a feminist in the modern world.
Anthology 2018 111 mins Not rated
Director: Karishma Dev Dube
Overview
Peccadillo Pictures' Girls on Film series returns with another eight award-winning short films from around the world. These inspirational shorts made by women, for women, explore female desire, empowerment and the realities of being a woman, a lesbian and a feminist in the modern world.
Films include Karishma Dev Dube's Goddess (previously on BFI Player as part of BFI Flare/British Council's FiveFilms4Freedom 2018) alongside shorts from Senegal, Sweden, Israel, Poland, the UK and USA:
GODDESS (India, USA, 2017, 13 mins) Director: Karishma Dev Dube;
THE SWEDISH COUSIN (Argentina, 2016, 20 mins) Directors: Inés Barrionuevo & Augustina San Martín,
BABY GRAVY (UK, 2017, 12mins) Director: Marley Morrison;
PUSSY (Poland, 2015, 9 mins, animation) Director: Renata Gąsiorowska;
LOVE LETTER RESCUE SQUAD (USA, 2017, 7 mins, documentary) Director: Megan Rossman
ONE LAST NIGHT (Israel, 2015, 22 mins) Director: Kerem Blumberg;
THE OTHER WOMAN (Senegal 2013, 13 mins) Director: Marie Ka;
MUMS ON FIRE (Sweden, 2016, 13 mins, animation) Director: Joanna Rytel
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