JUNE 7th SESSION

07.06.25

4.30pm

📍Beatriz Costa Municipal Auditorium – Mafra

BURSTING AT THE SEAMS (Portugal)

3:38

by Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen

Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their accepting journeys. A movie about girlhood and accepting ourselves.

POPPY FLOWERS (Estonia)

4:24

by Evridiki Papaiakovou

A daughter tries to reconcile with her mother through memories of their shared rituals, exposing the intricate aspects of their relationship. As the daughter matures, she begins to contemplate conventional notions of divinity.

TWIG (Belgium)

3:49

by Liese Minjauw 

A crooked twig goes to extreme lengths to try to fit in with the straight beams of wood, but the price to fit in is high.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE (France)

4:07

by Colette Natrella

It’s show time. Everyone takes a sit, is silent, and pays attention. Well, almost everyone.

THE NATURE OF THE RIVER (Poland)

7:44

by Agnieszka Waszczeniuk

A film about the similarities between a woman’s mental state and the life cycles of the river, the wiseness of its cyclicality, instinct and the wildness that each of us carries within us.

VOLATILIA (France)

2:02

by Antoine Birot

A dry breeze sweeps through the walls of houses in a remote village. Amidst the stillness of a dark room, a woman sifts through old photographs, memories of loved ones and lively festivities.

ROBBIE & MOLLIE (Germany)

1:10

by Kids ‘N Tricks

Robbie, the seal, and Mollie, the seagull, are living the good life by the sea. It’s not natural enemies that they have to fear now – it’s mainly plastic rubbish from humans that collects in the sea and threatens their habitat.