EFF

Genres: Documentary

Tearing Walls Down

Tearing Walls Down - 2023

— 50 min min - Documentary
Number: 21
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Hebun Polat, Şerif Çiçek
Stars:  —

Storyline

In Turkey, opposition politicians who oppose the state apparatus face violence, agitation, and repression, and they are being dismissed, persecuted, and imprisoned. Since November 4, 2016, When Erdoğan's AKP party came to power, hundreds of opposition politicians have been jailed or forced into exile to silence them. This film shows the struggle of four Kurdish women politicians, Figen Yüksekdağ, Gültan Kışanak, Aysel Tuğluk, and Sibel Yiğitalp, whose "Crime" was to fight for a hopeful and pluralistic world against an anti-democratic government.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Germany,  Turkey
Language:  Kurdish, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 50 min

Seven Winter in Tehran

Seven Winter in Tehran - 2023

— 97 min min - Documentary
Number: 16
Show: Friday 10 November, 18:30, Bio Roy | Tuesday 14 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Steffi Niederzoll
Stars:  —

Storyline

Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, has a business meeting with a new client. When he tries to rape her, she stabs him in self-defense. Later that day, she is arrested for murder. Her trial resulted in a death penalty sentence. Thanks to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh's family, their testimonies, and the letters written by Reyhaneh in prison, the film retraces the fate of a woman who becomes a symbol of resistance and women's rights even beyond the borders of Iran.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  France,  Germany
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Made In Germany Filmproduktion, Gloria Films, TS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 37 min

Sabaya

Sabaya - 2021

— 90 min min - Documentary
Number: 15
Show: Monday 13 November, 21:00, Hagabion Sal 1
Director:  Hogir Hirori
Stars:  —

Storyline

The film follows a group in Syria's Al-Hol, a dangerous camp in the Middle East, as they risk their lives to save a woman being held by ISIS as an abducted sex slave.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Sweden
Language:  Kurdish, Arabic, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 30 min

Mina – The Price of Freedom

Mina - The Price of Freedom - 2022

— 70 min min - Documentary
Number: 14
Show: Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Selma Lagerlöfs Center
Director:  Hesam Yousefi
Stars:  —

Storyline

The documentary "Mina – The Price of Freedom" portrays Mina Ahadi, an Iranian human rights activist who now lives in Cologne. Mina has been fighting against executions and stoning’s in Iran for decades – and thus became a target of the regime herself. After massive campaigns by numerous activists for civil and political rights worldwide, including Mina, the pressure of world opinion forced the regime of religious fundamentalism that rules Iran to stop the execution of stoning sentences. An example in this context was the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. The portrait is made by Hesam Yousefi, an Iranian human rights activist who lives in exile in Germany.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Germany
Language:  Persian, Kurdi, German, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 10 min

Women Art Revolution

Women Art Revolution - 2010

— 83 min min - Documentary
Number: 12
Show: Saturday 11 November, 14:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Lynn Hershman
Stars:  —

Storyline

Hershman elaborates on the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including the first feminist art education programs, political organizations and protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery and Franklin Furnace in New York, and the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations of public art that changed the entire direction of art. New ways of thinking about the complexities of gender, race, class, and sexuality evolved. The Guerrilla Girls emerged as the art world's conscience and held academic institutions, galleries, and museums accountable for discrimination practices.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  USA
Language:  English, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Hotwire Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 23 min

Joonam

Joonam - 2023 (2024)

— USA min - Documentary
Number: 11
Show: Saturday 11 November, 19:00, Hagabion Sal 1 | Tuesday 14 November, 18:30, Angereds Bio
Director:  Sierra Urich
Stars:  —

Storyline

Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother's complicated pasts and her own fractured Iranian identity.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Documentary
Language:  English, Persian, English text
Release Date:  25 April 2024

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 00 min

I Am the Revolution

I Am the Revolution - 2018

— 74 min min - Documentary
Number: 9
Show: Saturday 11 November, 16:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Benedetta Argentieri
Writers:  Benedetta Argentieri (co-writer)
Stars:  —

Storyline

The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  USA
Language:  English, Kurdish, Arabic, Dari, Subtitles: English

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 14 min

Fifteenth Person

Fifteenth Person - 2023

— 47 min min - Documentary
Number: 5
Show: Saturday 11 November, 21:30, Viktoriasalen | Sunday 12 November, 19:30, Viktoriasalen
Director:  Alireza Behbahani
Stars:  —

Storyline

This documentary is focused on a ten-day part of the life of Shahla Entesari, a women's activist and a political activist, and shows her mood during the Mahsa Amini(Jina) Revolution. Shahla Entesari is one of the signatories of Statement 14, and in Iran, for signing That statement, she has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. During one of his vacations, he immigrated to Turkey illegally and continues living in Sivas under security measures.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Turkey
Language:  Persian, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Vistor Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 47 min

Feminists Insha’Allah! The Story of Arab Feminism

Feminists Insha'Allah! - 2015

— 55 min min - Documentary, History
Number: 4
Show: Sunday 12 November, 14:00, Viktorialsalen
Director:  Feriel Ben Mahmoud
Stars:  —

Storyline

The Arab feminism has existed for over a century. From Beirut to Casablanca, passing through Riyadh, Cairo, and Tunis, this documentary tells the unknown History and wonders about the possibility of its perpetuation in the current geopolitical context.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary, History

Details

Country:  France,  Tunisia
Language:  French, Arabic, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Drôle de Trame, France 3, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée

Technical Specs

Runtime:  0 h 55 min

And Still I Sing

And Still I Sing - 2022

— 90 minutes min - Documentary
Number: 2
Show: Sunday 12 November, 13:30, Hagabion Sal 1 | Wednesday 15 November, 18:30, Bergsjön Kulturhuset
Director:  Fazila Amiri
Stars:  —

Storyline

Under the mentorship of controversial pop star Aryana Sayeed, two young singers vie to become the first-ever female winners of Afghan Star. As their dreams are within grasp, their lives are changed when the Taliban returns to power.

Collections: EFF-23
Genres: Documentary

Details

Country:  Canada
Language:  Dari, English text

Company Credits

Production Companies:  —

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 30 min