The programme for age 16 and over explores family relationships, home and tradition – and the move away from stereotyped gender roles towards female self-determination. In Night Watchers, Nora rebels against the custom barring her, as a woman, from attending her grandmother’s funeral in Algeria. Nine Days in August follows an 18-year-old navigating the bureaucracy of obtaining an abortion, told with sober, unflinching intimacy. The Daughter of Both Women collages diaries, photos and videos in a search for family and identity – a life shaped by two mother figures and no father.

Contact person for advice on individual programmes and for booking screenings for daycare groups and school classes is Jule Murmann: kinderundjugend@frauenfilmfest.com

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