Dones i Cinema, Vilassar de Mar

Seven films to reflect on social and cultural issues from a women’s perspective

From February 6 to 9, the Maria Roser Carrau Cultural Hall will be the setting for the first Women and Cinema Cycle in Vilassar de Mar, a free initiative jointly organized by the City Council and the local entities Viladona, the Vilassar de Mar Feminist Assembly and the Cinema Platform. This event aims to give visibility to films directed by women of various nationalities and with women as protagonists. Among the themes, the stories of survival and the fight against sexist violence, the claim of the right to decent housing, personal experiences in the face of social expectations, the search for identity and independence during adolescence, as well as historical memory and mourning after the war. The program includes seven screenings aimed at all ages, including a children’s session.

This series invites you to reflect on social and cultural issues from the perspective of women and discover new voices in cinema.

PROGRAMME

Thursday, February 6th
7 p.m. Presentation of the series and screening of the short film Els buits (director Isa Luengo, Sofia Esteve and Marina Freixa Roca, Spain, 20 min) and subsequent debate. Short film about historical memory with a young filmmaker’s approach to the ordeal that her mother suffered during the Franco regime and the early years of democracy in the institution of El Patronato de Protección a la Mujer.

Friday, February 7th
5 p.m. Screening of the film Dónde vamos a vivir (director Georgina Cisquella, Spain, 61 min) and round table. The documentary portrays women in the fight for decent housing in the face of the housing crisis.

8 p.m. Screening of the film Ninjababy (director Yngvild Sve Flikke, Norway, 103 min). A comedy about a 23-year-old woman who has many projects in life, but becoming a mother is not one of them. When she finds out she is pregnant, and before making a decision, she is inspired by the future baby to create “Ninjababy”, a cartoon.

Saturday 8 February
6 pm Screening of the film Lady Bird (director Greta Gerwig, USA, 93 min). The story of a teenager who seeks independence and identity in a complicated family environment.

8:30 pm Hive (director Blerta Basholli, Kosovo, 84 min). A moving story about a woman from Kosovo’s struggle, after the war, to establish a small agricultural business and who will have to face a hostile, traditional and patriarchal community, which wishes her failure.

Sunday 9 February
11 am Children’s session with the film Red (director Domee Shi, USA, 100 min). An animation about adolescence and emotional transformations. Every time the 13-year-old protagonist gets too excited (almost always), she turns into a giant red panda!

6:30 p.m. Closing of the series with the documentary Cachada (director Marlén Viñayo, El Salvador, 82 min). A theatre workshop transforms the lives of five street vendors and will allow them to discover their own voice and realize the effects that the violent and sexist reality that surrounds them has had on them and their children.