Femininity Movies

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning...

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Dorothy (Fiona Samuel), a lone swimmer, luxuriates in tranquil bliss at a deserted pool — only to have her solitude rudely interrupted by a...

Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with...

Maria is a shellfisherwoman and midwife in a small village in the Illa de Arousa in 1970s Galicia. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee...

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern,...

In the American suburbs, two women mysteriously and sensuously entwine in this slow-burning, saucy, abstracted fable on the longing and laboring...

On the banks of the Vistula River, a mermaid, and a bar matron face off against gendered power. Through an emblematic confrontation with a young...

The cinema of Pernambuco is considered one of the most complex components of Brazilian cinema, particularly for its potency and creative style. The...

A depiction of the lives of four young girls, Mona, Amira, Layali and Salma, who have developed intimate friendships over the years. When they finish...

Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized...

What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted...

A beautiful intimate portrayal of Muslim women in a hammam.

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divine feminine, Santa Shakti reveals the Sacred...

Timid 14-year old 'Baduday' develops a crush on the new guy in their neighborhood, but he only sees her as a child. With only her best friend’s...

A visually stunning and thought-provoking biopic documenting the life and career of renowned photographer Linda Troeller. Her work explores the...

Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck...

This short animated film is an impressionistic exploration of sensuality within the feminine imagination. Inspired by Anaïs Nin's poetic...

Briana has just turned 12 and notices that her friends are starting to like boys, which triggers insecurities about her own personal and bodily...