Guardians

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Jagoda and Zuzia giggle in the opening scenes in the way that only 11-year-old girls can. Together they are the center of their own changing world. On the face of it, not much happens in the lives of these Polish best friends, but big changes are on the way. The end of primary school is in sight, and the girls are impatiently awaiting first love, budding breasts and first periods.

GRRRL STYLE YYC is a collage of the femme punk scene in Calgary. Experience the scene like never before, through the eyes of the young girls that push it forward.

Noelle and Hazely take on a post-graduation cross-country roadtrip!

RAPE PLAY is an experimental documentary that explores fanfiction writing amongst teenage girls online and the learned narrativization of sexual experiences. Through interviews, lyrical essays, and fantastical reenactment, it touches on internet history, sexual assault discourse, and the magical cultural production happening in the bedrooms of teenage girls worldwide every day.

Two girls in their early 20s explore topics of femininity, girlhood, and normalized violence perpetrated on women.

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Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their acceptance journeys.

MORENA tells the uplifting story of the Philippine National Surf Athlete Ikit Agudo, who overcame the pressure to blend into a society obsessed with skin whitening. Within the ocean, she found happiness, strength, and pride in her roots. Inspiring young girls around the world to embrace who they truly are. In the Philippines, skin-whitening remains a billion-peso industry, a legacy of colonial beauty ideals that for generations have led many to neglect their true identity and natural beauty.

What if it were possible to travel back in time to dream of other futures? In the hinterlands of Brazil, young girls navigate the delicate transition from childhood to adolescence while grappling with social media, religion, their dreams, and the stories of the women who came before them. By inventing a time machine, they revisit the pasts of their mothers and grandmothers and imagine a future in which they can be free, fulfilled, and in control of their own choices.

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 lip tint and a whole lot of imagination at her disposal, Baduday journeys on a rocky road of self-exploration and learns the awkward truths of girlhood along the way.

A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.

Two girls explore their relationship and what it means to be in the world and be vulnerable in this hand drawn graphite animation.

On a hot summer day in the countryside, Ines, a young teenager, gets involved in a friendly ball game between boys her age, and among them Malik, the one she has a crush on.

Aïcha, a 7-year-old black girl receives a drawing mocking her hair. With the help of her big sister, they will spend the evening trying to make her beautiful like her classmates. How far is she willing to go to be seen and accepted?

A Woman is a Flower is about the bond between two sisters who are dealing with two very different and heavy struggles.

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.

An innocent child Yumi is suddenly introduced to the world of womanhood when she witnesses her older sister Chloe feel pain in her body.

An audiovisual poem about a poltergeist relationship.

In an alternate timeline where women are educated and obligated to bear children, one student struggles to change her fate.