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Marry Me However

Marry Me However The film explores the lives Orthodox-Jewish LGBT members who willingly choose to marry heterosexuals and raise a heteronormative family, obeying the rules of their societies while denying their own identities
On This Happy Note

On This Happy Note Even on her deathbed, one of Israel's greatest playwrights talks about life, death and art.
Holding it In

Holding it In The story of a family who become a surrogate family for a couple that has lost all hope of having children.
How to Say Silence

How to Say Silence An old photograph launches a cross-generational journey, revealing how national values were enlisted in early-days Israel for the patriarchal control over women’s bodies and wombs. With her grandmothers’ painful stories, the director breaks the bond of silence.
Levantine

Levantine Levantine thinker and author Jacqueline Kahanoff was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities, as no one before her had done. Tracing her footsteps, draws not only a portrait of an impressive thinker, but also discovers the fate of Levantine identity in Israel
Allen v. Farrow

Allen v. Farrow A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow.
RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words The improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job after graduating at the top of her law class, became a revered Justice of the Supreme Court and icon for gender equality and human rights
Body of Truth

Body of Truth Artists Marina Abramović, Sigalit Landau, Shirin Neshat; Katharina Sieverding have been politicized by experiences with war, violence and suppression and integrated them into their work, using the most personal feature available: their own bodies
Lessons of Love

Lessons of Love Free-spirited Jola, after escaping from a marital nightmare is letting loose with her friends and finds herself thrust into a new romance at a Latino dancing class
The Reformist – A Female Imam

The Reformist – A Female Imam The struggles of Sherin, one of the first female Imams in Europe.
Third Person

Third Person Suzan isn’t either-or. Suzan isn’t both. Not quite male, not quite female. At 35 years old Suzan discovers this for the first time
Surge

Surge Is it a moment or a movement? Surge follows three, diverse female candidates who each ran in uphill battles to flip their deep red districts to blue in the historic, barrier-breaking 2018 midterm elections
Private Revolutions – Young, Female, Egyptian Courage, Will, and Sensibility
Dil Leyla

Dil Leyla At 26, Leyla is elected the youngest mayor in Turkey, in her hometown of Cizre, a Kurdish capital city near the Iraqi-Syrian border—a city she fled over 20 years ago, after her father was killed by the Turkish military
Una Primavera

Una Primavera A daughter follows her mother with a camera on a personal journey through domestic violence, leading them both between the contradictions of family.
With God’s Grace

With God’s Grace A story of suffering and survival
Bias

Bias If you’re human, you’re biased. Now what?
Beyond the Grace Note

Beyond the Grace Note 'Beyond The Grace Note' looks at the struggles and problems that many of the most famous female conductors in the world have had to face pursuing their chosen profession
The Case Against 8

The Case Against 8 A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off as opposing attorneys in Bush v. Gore
On the Record

On the Record Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering examine the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons
Ahead of the Curve

Ahead of the Curve Franco Stevens’ outrageous adventures with the world’s best selling lesbian magazine connect lesbian visibility in the ‘90s to queer womxn’s activism today
The Oligarchs’ Wives

The Oligarchs’ Wives The dream of marrying rich can turn into a horrible nightmare, as some oligarchs’ wives have found out
Made In Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10 Almost eighty years ago, gynecologist Carl Clauberg conducted medical experiments on Jewish women in Auschwitz. For the first time they tell their story to the world
Misconception

Misconception Forget everything you thought you knew about population.
School Of Seduction

School Of Seduction Three Russian women in their 30s who all seek the same: security, a higher social status and eternal happiness.
Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition

Girl Rising 5th Anniversary Edition The updated film features new research on girl’s education, video updates on the girls, and videos from the Girl Rising movement featuring students, teachers, and community leaders taking action for girls’ education
High Fantasy

High Fantasy “Our national anthem is bullshit, our flag is bullshit, Rainbow Nation is bullshit. Bullshit”
Stories of Our Lives

Stories of Our Lives A series of vignettes based on true stories collected for the Stories Of Our Lives project.
Love the One You Love

Love the One You Love ‘Love The One You Love’s parallel stories question the ideals we hold too sacred: love,
happiness, and the New South Africa, the pursuit of which makes truth impossible.
Wall

Wall Filmmaker Moran Ifergan, takes us on a year-long journey into the women's section of prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, as she remembers the religion she left in her late teens.
America to Me

America to Me Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series. Witness it through their eyes.
In My Room

In My Room An up-close and personal look at six teenagers inside their room, told entirely out of their self made videos posted on YouTube.
Far from the Tree

Far from the Tree From The New York Times best seller and "10 Best Books" Honoree Andrew Solomon
Allah in Europe

Allah in Europe What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be of an European, enlightened version of Islam, and will it be possible to overcome the Europeans’ distrust of Islam?
Jaha’s Promise

Jaha’s Promise A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally.
RBG

RBG Hero. Icon. Dissenter. RBG explores the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image A documentary about body image and industry leaders challenging society's dangerous and unrealistic standards of beauty
Family Matters (Girsa Deyankuta)

Family Matters (Girsa Deyankuta) With their parents' divorce, a family is divided between the two conflicting worlds: that of Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and of the secular
A Brave Heart

A Brave Heart Following the inspiring journey of 26 year old, 58 pound Lizzie Velasquez from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist.
Half the Sky

Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Sold

Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
Leaving Africa

Leaving Africa A film about the quest for gender equality in Africa, told through the eyes of a Finish Aid worker in Uganga experiencing homophobic blackmail.
Breathing Underwater

Breathing Underwater Women of the sea have to hold their breath to survive. The documentary reveals a closed community of women whose lives are bound to the oceans surrounding them.
Trapped

Trapped With U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive, what remains of a woman's right to choose?
#chicagoGirl

#chicagoGirl From her childhood bedroom in suburban Chicago, Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl coordinates the revolution in Syria
CODE

CODE Debugging the Gender Gap: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there?
Before the Last Curtain Falls

Before the Last Curtain Falls The exceptional and heart-warming stories of a group of trans cabaret artists and drag queens in their sixties and seventies, who summon the courage to take the stage one last time.
The Hunting Ground

The Hunting Ground A startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families.
Girl Rising

Girl Rising Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school
Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Pray the Devil Back to Hell The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia
The World Before Her

The World Before Her A provocative portrait of Indian women and their current cultural conflicts.
Crime After Crime

Crime After Crime Horribly abused, wrongfully imprisoned... one signature away from freedom.
Connected

Connected An Autoblogography about Love, Death, and Technology. This is an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century.
Women’s Lust

Women’s Lust Affectionate, provocative and funny, Women's Lust questions the taboos surrounding the sexuality of older women.
The Women Pioneers

The Women Pioneers The Women/Pioneers uncovers the passion, struggle and pain of the female pioneers who came to Palestine a hundred years ago with the dreams of creating a new world and a new woman
Karla’s Arrival

Karla’s Arrival Teenager Sujeylin Aguilar raises her newborn daughter Karla on the same streets she has been calling home for the past eight years. Mother and baby struggle to reach the little one’s first birthday.
The Optimists

The Optimists Many of us fear age. Youth is our modern world's ideal. These ballplaying ladies might change our ideas, and possibly make us realize that those who do get to experience old age are actually the lucky ones.
To See If I’m Smiling

To See If I’m Smiling Female soldiers provide a personal account of their experiences in the Israeli Army, the only one to conscript women for mandatory military service.
50 Years! Of Love?

50 Years! Of Love? What is it like to be married for 50 years? An honest look at marriage beyond the honeymoon and the "happily ever after" cliches.
Dolls. A Woman from Damascus

Dolls. A Woman from Damascus In a traditional Damascene milieu, Manal is challenged to cherish her excellence as a housewife. Still, she insists on chasing a personal dream of getting back to work.
Kalash, The Last Infidels of Pakistan A young woman must choose between converting to Islam, join the modern world or enable her tradition to continue. With the choice of her generation the eternal return of the seasons sanctified by Kalash could fin an end.
In Bed with the Arab Spring

In Bed with the Arab Spring Women played key roles in the revolutions that swept the Middle East. In the aftermath of these political upheavals, they find themselves on the front line of the clash between traditionalism and secularism in modern Islam.
Blush of Fruit

Blush of Fruit Tong Phuoc Phuc, has been praised as an anti-abortionist and a saviour to ‘fallen’ Vietnamese women and their unwanted children. With rumours of child abuse and profiteering, does this home offer the safe-haven which these women expect?
The Good Son

The Good Son The unbelievable story of 22 year old Or, who secretly finances his sex change operation in Thailand and then returns home as a woman to face her new life, her family and the cost of living her dream.
I Am a Woman Now

I Am a Woman Now The story of the first generation of transsexuals, as told by five women who underwent surgical reassignment procedures in 1950s Casablanca.
Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery Although slavery is currently illegal across the world, there are more slaves in the world today than at any given point in human history. Why does slavery still exist and what will it take to finally get abolish it?
Watermarks

Watermarks The women from the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna reunite on their 'old turf' 65 years after they fled Nazi Austria.
Lone Twin

Lone Twin At the age of 20, director Anna Van der Wee lost her twin brother. By investigating the bond between twins, she hopes to understand what it means to be a twin, and what one looses when one of them dies.
Women Of Hammas

Women Of Hammas A rare insight into the inner workings of Hammas, from the perspective of some of the organisations most powerful female members.
Gypsy Davy

Gypsy Davy When a blond Californian with Alabama roots becomes a Flamenco guitarist in Andalucian boots, fathering five children to five different women, what happens along the way and behind the scenes?
Art/Violence

Art/Violence Inspired by characters from "Alice in Wonderland," "Waiting for Godot" and "Antigone," young Palestinian actresses deal with the military occupation and gender oppression, violence and grief, on stage and in life.
Seeds of Summer

Seeds of Summer Seven years after completing an IDF course for female combat soldiers, the director returns to the place where, for the first time, she fell in love with a woman – her commanding officer.
My Sweet Canary

My Sweet Canary An exuberant musical and cinematic journey across Greece, and Turkey in search of Roza Eskenazi, an artist whose music shaped the soundtrack of the region for almost a century.
Teacher Irena

Teacher Irena Facing her own struggles as a widow in a new country, Irena turns her energies to address the struggles of others: her 26 third grade students growing up in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is Proud to Present

Jerusalem is Proud to Present Plans to hold the International World Pride celebration in Jerusalem in 2006 were disrupted by orthodox Jews, evangelical Christians, and conservative Muslims, united by their objection to LGBT events in the city they consider holy.
Family Matters (Mishpuche)

Family Matters (Mishpuche) A single hetrosexual woman teams up with a gay couple to form an alternative family cell.
The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club For over two decades, a group of women and men have been meeting weekly at Israel’s National Cemetery to debate philosophy, read poetry, eat lunch and determine the fate of the Jewish nation.

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