Celebrating Women in Global Cinema

A fantastically surreal combination of Spanish stereotypes and deliberately vulgar starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem – anyone for sex, drama, ham and naked bullfighting?

Giancarlo Giannini, gives a wonderfully comic performance as a Sicilian laborer whose refusal to vote for the Mafia’s candidate leads him to lose his job,…

The enormous significance and critical acclaim that was awarded Lina Wertmüller’s work in the 1970s is often forgotten today. This documentary by Valerio Ruizan, an…

The late great Agnès Varda returns with Varda by Agnès, a new a documentary that sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a…

Wertmüller explores a range of political and personal questions through the story of a man who does anything to survive in Italy during World War…

The tale of a man who sets out to assassinate Benito Mussolini in pre-war Italy.

This highly quotable British cringe comedy boasts an excellent soundtrack and a clever sensitivity to the teenage experience as 14-year-old high-schooler Georgia deals with awkward…

A young chambermaid confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships

When music fanatic Javed discovers Bruce Springsteen his world is turned upside down and his passion for music and writing is set alight by the…

A snapshot of a modern woman with competing desires, Animals offers a celebration of female friendship with a whip-smart script.

A woman grappling with separating fact from fiction finds her ambitions are jeopardised by her first real romance.

Campion’s stunning debut feature focuses on the hazardous relationship between the buttoned-down, superstitious Kay and her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, Sweetie.

A programme of shorts focused on northern women in front of and behind the camera from places including The Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland…

A shining selection of WOFFF shorts including The Farmer’s Wife with Geraldine James, an impressive early work from Francis Lee (God’s Own Country).

In the battle for justice and equality, the Satanic Temple is putting up a hell of a fight. The devil's work is never done.

The trophy girlfriend of a Danish drug lord sets a dangerous game in motion when she seeks the attention of another man while away with…

The directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Andrea Berloff, the all-star The Kitchen tells the tale of three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands…

Focusing on the lives of four women from a cross section of Indian society, director Alankrita Shrivastava constructs an inclusive and empowering representation of female…

Nervous Translation seeks to recapture an important period in Philippine history and draw connections to the present day through issues that are still very familiar…

Madonna burst onto the big screen in her first major role as Susan, the free-spirited New Yorker who lights up the life of timid, repressed…

A double bill of documentaries represent the vital role women have played in working class struggle and resistance.

Angie Chen’s latest, acclaimed documentary I’ve got the Blues is a striking film that focuses on Hong Kong painter, art director, blues musician and activist…

Angie Chen’s second feature film offers a human portrait of the red-light area of Wan Chai in Hong Kong and smashes the two-dimensional image offered…

A revelatory, dynamic and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering American label that gave voice to some of the finest…

The film reveals an Ella the world never knew - thoughtful, tough, funny, a bold musical innovator engaged in the issues of her times and…

This Oscar-nominated drama follows a young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

France's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2019 Academy Awards, is a brilliant rendering of novelist Marguerite Duras's Second World War experiences in occupied Paris.

M agnetic socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.

Claire Denis’s much-anticipated English-language debut and provocative sci-fi drama stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, and André Benjamin as a group of criminals sent…

A series of guerrilla artworks created to mark 100 years since the Representation of the Peoples Act was passed screened as short films alongide our…

Today we are thinking of the women and girls who inspire us to take action and make changes in our lives. We made this film…

The spirit of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison is released by a mysterious admirer of her work. Unleashed into the 21st Century Emily calls the women…

A moving and rare documentary by a Latin American woman, recording her return from exile and into the still dangerous and volatile political environment of…

Two episodes of the classic Granada TV all-female panel show, presented by Joan Bakewell and featuring performances by an early career Victoria Wood followed by…

Told from a wildly original, fresh and modern perspective, Oliva Wilds directorial debut is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds…

After a horrific acid attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Jade (Knight) is discharged from hospital. The doctors are happy with her physical progress,…

Emma Thompson stars as a legendary talk show host accused of hating women, so she hires one to join her team of male writers.

Acclaimed american choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith shines in this intimate dance-drama about a pregnant dancer from first-time writer/director Georgia Parris.

Based on real events that took place in 1970 and originally broadcast in 1974, this BBC television drama focuses on the collective action of female…

Set in contemporary Mumbai, writer and director Rohena Gera’s debut film Sir is a sharply crafted urban fairy-tale with fine comic touches.

The final part of the Elements trilogy is set in  1938 during a time of growing resistance to British rule and deals with the discrimination and ostracism…

Retaining the creative team behind the Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake, director Ken Loach, producer Rebecca O’Brien and writer Paul Laverty focus on a working-class…

Caring for her mentally unstable mother Astrid and younger brother Bo, teenager Jill (Bjørkaas Thedin) has acted like the adult in her family. When tragedy…

Set in current-day Brooklyn, Good Posture tells the story of Lilian, a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who, having broken up with her…

Documenting the Cosa Nostra's barbaric rule, Letizia Battaglia bore unflinching witness to their crimes. Her photographs, art, and bravery helped to bring an end to…

The Promise chronicles the lives of five East Berlin youngsters from their dramatic escape to West Berlin after the building of the Berlin Wall in…

A heart-piercing portrait of childhood trauma and adult self-renewal, Honey Boy marks an auspicious screenwriting debut.

A story about love, survival and the epic questions life throws at each and every one of us.

Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott.

Kopple’s acclaimed documentary is a sobering and fascinating depiction of the social, economic and emotional ramifications of a community being torn apart.

Walker’s Oscar-nominated documentary depicts the Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz- an uplifting documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the…

Penny Woolcock’s poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives was made from over 100 years of archive footage.

Khurana and Mundhra’s film follows three young women over four years in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure…

Issues of feminine identity and power, memory, and the influence of family poignantly converge in director Laura Herrero Garvin’s languid and beautiful film.

“New York, New York, a wonderful town. The Bronx is up but the Battery’s down”. One of the landmark Hollywood musicals of all time, starring…

Shot in the picturesque coastal city of Kochi, two strangers strike up an unlikely friendship in a hospital waiting room that leads to an extended…

Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.

The mythical ‘Silent Valley’ is the destination for Namdev Bhau, a sixty-five year-old chauffeur who cannot cope with the noise of the city anymore.

Deepa Mehta’s seminal film is a powerful critique of patriarchy and one of the first Indian films to depict a lesbian relationship.

A searing adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel ‘Cracking India’  (1991) Deepa Mehta’s second part in the Elements trilogy illustrates how women were victims of Partition.

Revealing and often humorous, the award-winning Before Stonewall exposes the fascinating and unforgettable decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America

Justifiably described by Screen Daily as ‘a real Hong Kong treat’, writer and director Oliver Chan manages to instil her characters with great dignity whilst exploring the city's…

A documentary project by R.AGE to improve disability rights in Malaysia by telling the remarkable story of the national blind football team.

This extraordinary documentary follows a pregnant transgender man facing challenges in more ways than he ever expected.

Chinese-born, US-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to China to find that although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch Nai Nai has been given mere…

Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and brings to life a fierce, darkly comic and epic female-driven revenge…

Euzhan Palcy’s first feature is one of cinema’s great coming-of-age tales. It follows José, an orphan living with his grandmother determined to better the life…

An intense family drama that blurs the boundary between horror and high-art: Two sisters are reunited after six years, although the promised summer idyll it…

Presented in association with People’s History Museum as part of Black History Month.

Adoption is a powerful meditation on agency and womanhood.

A wild flower power ride in the footprints of the Soviet hippie movement

Starring Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome is a tense thriller with a decidedly feminist slant

Euzhan Palcy became the first black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film for this potent drama set at the height of the anti-Apartheid movement.

In an age when fake news manipulates elections, Imelda Marcos' comeback story serves as a dark fairy tale.

Mary Jirmanus Saba’s first feature-length film is a poignant enquiry into the political activism of factory workers, especially women, in Lebanon before the outbreak of…

Archive footage, interviews, and reconstruction tell the story of soul singer, Teddy Pendergrass

Originally broadcast in 1999, as part of HOME’s Debbie Horsfield retrospective we will screen all six episodes of Sex, Chips & Rock n’ Roll over…

The Esslin sisters channeled their feminist activism in very different directions.

Rosa Luxemburg is Margarethe von Trotta’s remarkable biopic of one of the most fascinating figures in modern European political history.

As part of HOME’s Debbie Horsfield retrospective we will screen all six episodes of Sex, Chips & Rock n’ Roll over two days

Von Trotta’s solo directorial debut follows a young woman who robs a bank to pay for her daughter’s day-care.

A jaded, out-of-work biographer (McCarthy) resorts to selling forged historical letters on the black market and grapples with the ethical complications that arise.

Winner of the Jury Award at Cannes, writer-director Nadine Labaki (Caramel) returns with a stunningly realised drama that charts the journey of children on the…

In the year of the 25th anniversary of Ginsburg’s appointment to the Supreme Court, the film offers hope and inspiration to a new generation.

Jason Barker’s debut feature documentary, produced by Manchester-based Loran Dunn, is a very personal chronicle of becoming a parent.

Rosamund Pike stars as war correspondent Marie Colvin.

The second feature from writer/director Sara Colangelo probes issues of boredom, thwarted ambition and perhaps most potently, transgression.

A homicide detective’s (Clarkson) investigation into the shooting of a leading astrophysicist and black-hole expert destabilises her view of the universe and herself.

Caridad Amaran and Georgina Wong learned the art of Cantonese opera in Havana during WWII and toured Cuba to perform.

Based on a long-running Broadway show, this big-budget musical biopic was Barbra Streisand’s first movie.

This strikingly original, ground-breaking low budget British film presents a dystopian future where black inhabitants have been forced to live in the drug infested Terrordome,…

This collection of shorter works by Ngozi Onwurah showcases her cinematic explorations of race, gender and identity.

The programme explores experiences of romantic love, love of family as well as love for one’s homeland. 

Song of Lahore examines the lives and the cultural heritage of Pakistan's classical musicians, and asks whether there is still room for them in a…

Ken Loach's together with regular collaborators writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien, venture to the US to make a film inspired by the ‘justice…

A return screening of Loach's highly acclaimed drama about Scottish youngster teenager Liam who sets out to raise the money for a better home for…

Rebecca O’Brien’s first credit as a producer is this collaboration with director and film theorist Peter Wollen.

The fictional account of America's first successful sexual harassment case is based on the experiences of Lois Jenson, who worked at the EVTAC mine in…

Director Ken Loach's politically-charged story of Ireland's fight for independence and descent into civil war.

Dulac’s superb Seashell and the Clergyman lays claim to being the earliest Surrealist film and is a classic of French avant-garde cinema. See it with…

Goodbye First Love is a sincere and heart-felt story of teenage love and loss from critically acclaimed French director Mia Hansen-Løve. Fifteen-year-old Camille and her…

Bu Ji-young’s topical drama explores the plight of Korea’s temporary workers.  When a shy and devoted mother is laid-off at work, she somehow finds the…

Artist Beryl Cook’s deadpan approach to painting her subjects reveals the humour and pathos of the extraordinary; the pictorial equivalent of Les Dawson’s bawdy mimicry.

This feature documentary presents compelling testimonies of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War who volunteer a rare glimpse into the trauma, regret and redemption of…

Eight female Maori directors have each contributed a ten-minute vignette, presented as a continuous shot in real time, that unfolds around the tangi (funeral) of…

Winner of the Best Documentary award at Tribeca, the first feature documentary from Gabrielle Brady is an all-encompassing, lyrical and deeply moving tribunal on inhumanity.

The trailblazing Mabel Normand – who starred in 167 shorts and 23 features – gets her long-overdue moment in the spotlight.

This beautiful, poetic film explores the lesser known generation of documentary filmmakers of the Baltic New Wave, with moving extracts from features shot in 1960s…

Acclaimed at the Venice Film festival, the latest work from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) is a more mainstream affair but still…

Based on a book by controversial French novelist Christine Angot – Claire Denis’ co-writer on Let the Sunshine In – this is a hugely impressive…

At the age of 84, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.…

One of America’s greatest comic legends, Elaine May, made her debut as writer and director with the wonderful A New Leaf. Unanimously acclaimed, but unavailable…

Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart (Ronan) defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim…

When a new case uncovers traumas from a past undercover operation, an LAPD detective is forced to face her personal and professional demons, in this…

Bergman: A Year in a Life focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director, when he shot two films, opened…

Throughout her career Debbie Horsfield has excelled in writing accessible, ensemble dramas that revolve around strong female characters. In this special double bill we will…

Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Set against the backdrop of the bustling streets of Nairobi, the two very different girls must choose between love and safety, surrounded by insular gossip,…

An aspiring black lesbian filmmaker (Cheryl Dunye) researches an obscure 1940s black actress billed as the Watermelon Woman.

Albert Finney turned director for this surreal comic twist on the ‘kitchen sink’ dramas in which he’d made his name. Based on a screenplay by…

Acclaimed director Derek Chiu’s 18th feature follows four young people involved in the 1967 Hong Kong Leftist Riot; half a century later, another four face…

Tina, a busy mother of three, can barely find any time for herself. But things are about to get even more complicated when the reappearance…

A young American documentarian, casts a Polish woman in her film about the life of migrants in London after the Brexit referendum, as their relationship…

Claire Denis' powerful examination of masculinity, is a stunning combination of literature, music, poetry and dance that explores the near mythical world of the French…

Dominga Sotomayor’s latest award-winning film is a beguiling coming-of-age drama set in a post-Pinochet’s dictatorship Chile, in the summer of 1990.

Naziha Arebi offers an intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female football team, whose struggle to gain mainstream acceptance mirrors…

The adventures of a time-travelling man living on the fringes of society

Behnaz Jafari turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help solve a young girl’s troubles.

Exploring ideas of race and identity, cultural appropriation and exploitation as well as the creative process, Madeline's Madeline is a heady, fearless, incredibly invigorating work.

This striking and beautifully filmed documentary tells the compelling and unexpected story of Detroit techno and the independent labels that enabled its stubbornly independent underground…

A film about the love affair between Jamaican and British youth culture told through the prism of one of the most iconic labels in the…

Loud, fearless and (un)typical girls: Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen Reddington (The Chefs), musicians and punk icons turned directors, serve up a fascinating documentary…

This feature-length, self-reflexive documentary explores the struggle to unionise the women workers who clean office blocks at night and who, as well as being unpaid,…

This joyus Doris Day vehicle is a big budget adaptation of a runaway Broadway success. A typical romantic story set against the backdrop of a…

The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through eyes of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling…

In the year 9177 the whole world has been reduced to just one Representative Building and the grimy outskirts inhabited by the unemployed. A delicious…

With its vibrant use of sound and colour, masterful framing and editing, plus a whole host of quirky characters, this is a thrilling journey into…

Auteur filmmaker Rosales brings the atmosphere of Greek tragedy to contemporary Spain in this portrait of a broken family suffering the consequences of secrets, lies…

In this classic 2D animation Paco, a 40-something bachelor from Barcelona, finally sees his childhood dream come true: a job working from home in his…

A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.

This coming-of-age story transports you to the Caribbean to discuss class conflict in the Dominican Republic. In this conflict whiteness is aligned with higher status,…

A witty and whimsical take on the growing pains of adolescence, following a young teenager Francesc who finds solace in French existential philosophy.

The film captures the first attempt to bring to justice those accused of political crimes committed in the name of General Franco’s government. In a…

Set in mid seventies Argentina, this hypnotic drama follows, a successful lawyer, whose idyllic life begins to unravel when an encounter with a stranger turns violent.

From the clearing of ancient forests, to the indiscriminate fumigation with pesticides that poison land and people, Solanas crosses the country with furious determination to…

A vicious and delicious social satire set amongst Mexico’s country club elite during the 1982 debt crisis, telling the downfall of a queen bee socialite.

In a small town in Catalonia, nine-year-old Tete frets at the arrival of his new baby brother, and jealously dreams of drinking from his mother’s…

A characteristically melodramatic black comedy about the rise and fall of a loathsome lothario. Through a decade of sexual adventures packed with machismo and misogyny…

Struggling to cope with his current reality, grieving husband Víctor takes his devoted nine-year-old son on flights of fancy using some delightful animation and 2D…

Miguel makes a living as a motochorro, a thief snatching bags from his motorbike. But when a victim ends up badly hurt Miguel is plagued…

A flamboyant visual and musical treat with some truly spectacular dancing, Yuli tells the rags-to-riches story of Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta, based on his…

Controversial from the moment it premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival, documentarian Nora Fingscheidt’s fiction feature debut portrays the life of a chaotic and…