DAY 1 - SHE CAME TO ME DIR. SAFFRON BURROWS

She Came to Me
Directed by Saffron Burrows
USA

Marianne Jean-Baptiste recites the words of Nozuko Conjwa, manager of the Nonceba Family Counselling Centre in Khayelitsha, a township outside Cape Town.

The film was written and shot for the Punched project and The Circle - to raise global awareness about sexual violence. South Africa has one of the highest reported incidences of rape in the world.

Nonceba.org support women and children in Khayelitsha, just outside Cape Town.
Director/Co Producer - Saffron Burrows
Actor - Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Writer - Lorien Haynes
DP - Nathan Presley
1st AC - Gabe Kimpson
2nd AC - Benjamin Ramirez
Co Producer Jay Rodan - Sheriff Production
Composer - Jessica Rose Weisss
Sound - Matthew Dennis
Set Design - Eve Mavrakis
Catering - @lovecateringinc
Thanks to Sam and Aaron Taylor Johnson
& Annie Lennox

DAY 2 - SAFE DIR. DEBBIE HOWARD

Safe
Directed by Debbie Howard
UK

When Anne, an office cleaner, finishes work in the evening, all she wants is to get the bus home in time to put her daughter to bed. Instead, she’s harassed by a man at the bus stop, leaving her with the dilemma of a long walk home in the dark or facing further intimidation and danger on the bus.

Anne - Laura Bayston
Daz - James Nelson-Joyce
Writer and Director - Debbie Howard
Produced by - Rachel Robey
Executive Producers - Ben Taylor
Debbie Howard
Laura Bayston
Director of Photography - Gabi Norland
Gaffer - Justice Akushie Jr
Production Designer - Eleanor Langlois
Make Up & Hair Designer- Catherine Elizabeth Burdett
Costume Designer - Sally Hodgson
Sound Recordist - Adam Fletcher
First Assistant Director - Max Goldberg
Script Supervisor - Merryn Rae Peachy
Locations Manager - Richard Knight
Editor - Julie Buckland
Colourist - Vanessa Taylor
Sound Designer - Emma Butt

DAY 3 - SER SIMILLA DIR. JULIA GRANILLO TOSTADO

Ser Semilla (To Be a Seed)
Directed by Julia Granillo Tostado
MEXICO

Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the shadows grow and the women start to disappear. A poetic retelling of a 17th century tale of witchcraft in our 21st century. A story about women, witches, gender violence, about women’s strength and resistance.

Direction and animation - Julia Granillo Tostado
Production - Julia Granillo Tostado
Screenplay - Julia Granillo Tostado
Original Musical - Mattis A. Dalton
Sound Design: Nathan Foucray-Bretonniére
Singer - Roza
Guitarrist - Malo Berthier
Color correction - Polo Mares

DAY 4 - BATHSHEBA DIR. MYAH ASHA JEFFERS

Living as a precarious property guardian and facing eviction, a grieving widow is forced to live with a younger woman. Little does she know, the new tenant holds the key for her to move on.

DAY 5 - NINE DAYS IN AUGUST DIR. ELLA KNORZ

Lea is 18 and pregnant. While the seemingly carefree, endless summer days ripple by amidst outdoor swimming pools, parties, funfairs and sunrises, she is confronted with the bureaucracy of having an abortion.

From one call loop to the other and the occasional caring encounters with her best friend Elin or her unsuspecting father, "Nine Days in August" explores the tensions between two parallel worlds that suddenly open up in a coming of age summer.

DAY 6 - GROWN DIR. JAJA MELOCHE

14 year old Isa finesses her way into spending the afternoon with her older brother's best friend until she is confronted by the clear gap in their age and experience.

DAY 8 - HOMESICK DIR. MAJA BRESINK

A woman's voice talks about the state of her body after a male sexual assault.

DAY 9 - 261 DIR. JULIETTE HENRY

In 1967, Gia, 7 years old, hears on the news that a young woman defied social conventions by running the Boston Marathon without authorization. Her father's violent reaction and her mother's silence drive Gia to uncover the mystery of this "marathon woman.

DAY 10 - LIMINAL ROOTS DIR. ALIYAH HARFOOT

From childhood to adolescence, a journey through the memories of a young girl struggling to come to terms with the complexity of her mixed-raced identity. Leaving the safety of her home for the first time she becomes aware that there is something different about her. Her hair takes the shape of her emotional state as she tries to understand what this is and where she fits in the world.

DAY 12 - WINDS OF SILENCE DIR. RADHA MEHTA

When Ziya discovers her best friend's family is in danger, she must decide whether or not to help them escape while confronting her own past.

DAY 13 - NA SAVI DIR. SOFIA AYERDI

On her way back from school, 14-year-old Areli is surprised to find a cow stationed in her backyard. Inside the house, her father is in deep conversation with the cow's owner. Little does she know that the two men are negotiating her future, in which she seems to have no say.

DAY 14 - PERIPETEIA DIR. TRACY KIRYANGO

Aria and Jess are long-time friends. They are speedily entering the stage of adulthood where their paths begin to separate. Aria has finally found her perfect match, Michael - a kind and loving partner who meets all of her needs. This nudges Jess to pursue her own journey of finding the one. The feeling of being left behind, and wanting her love story to persevere ends up leading to her untimely death.

DAY 15 - SWIM & FLOAT DIR. JANINA LUTTER

When Mila learns from her best friend that she will have sex for the first time tonight, she panics. To keep up with the experience, she organizes an overnight date with her former school friend Jonas. In the course of the afternoon, the two get closer and when Mila realizes that she is not ready for this kind of intimacy after all, it is too late.

DAY 16 - WE DID NOT CONSENT DIR. DOROTHY ALLEN-PICKARD

For over 50 years, British undercover police officers have infiltrated activist networks and forged relationships with female members, some going as far as having children with them. Now, at the time of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, three women who were targeted are looking to reclaim their stories by staging and dissecting scenes from their lives.