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Martina Scarpelli's Egg has something captivating. The visual language is bold, the voice is immersive and attracting to the mystery of the story. It took me a while to get what the film was about. There is something fascinating both in the materiality of the body, the space and the abstract meaning of the scenes. The director-writer is direct but she still leaves space for the audience to make sense of the short film. A must watch if you are interested in independent animation!

I enjoyed watching Iron Maidens with my parents. The story is engaging and informative: the excitement about the evolution of wrestling competition opportunities for young women in PA and the expectation around Leyna and Avry fighting each other keeps you hooked until the end. I cried with both coaches talking about what competing meant to them and the care they showed for the girls. It's a great documentary on determination, perseverance and moving on from an experience of failure. It's worth every minute of your time!

This is a unique viewing experience following Zelma growing up and questioning the expectations around being a girl, becoming a woman, and relating to the world, specially men. The context starts with Soviet Latvia with its communist ideals, and the rigid dualism on gender identity -so prevalent in so many people and so many parts of the world-. My Love Affair with Marriage combines exaggeration, biological scientific explanations about emotional reactions, symbolism, songs, a deep self-awareness, open honesty with a unique sense of humour. The aesthetics seduce the viewer combining real three dimensional hand made sets with traditional hand-drawn animation. This is a multilayered warm hearted film that invites the audience to wonder how conditioned we are in our intimate relationships. It's also a call to become aware of how unequal power dynamics frustrate the longing for intimacy and belonging and how deeply ingrained these dynamics are between men-women. You will also enjoy the references to transcultural differences and how they may influence relationships and how we see ourselves. This is both highly personal but also universal in so many ways!