Hobnobben Film Festival: VIRTUAL

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7 films in package
Breasts Not Included
An autobiographical short film about a mastectomy journey. And the questions that follow about how to define beauty, femininity, and strength.
Choice
A young mother and her toddler face a devastating reality when a new law bans her scheduled abortion. Desperate to avoid the lengthy process of obtaining a special license, she opts for an illegal procedure.
Mango
Zadie is an independent florist who is privately suffering from fibroids but is determined to take her career to the next level. When a dream job arrives, Zadie searches for help in order to control her morphing body but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.
Moon Belly
In a small place in the Highlands of Chiapas, a Tsotsil girl who will give birth for the first time, invokes the memories of the women who preceded her in order to face this moment. Amidst the fears and uncertainties of giving life, she discovers motherhood from the cosmovision of her world.
My Body
A ballet depiction of a woman being bombarded by society while she is trying to decide whether to have an abortion or not.
The End was just The Beginning
When Catarina finds out that she is pregnant, she questions the responsibility and consequences of bringing a child into this world and age.
what it felt like
This film is a short, self-reflexive documentary chronicling an autobiographical year in four trimesters through the visceral experience of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum in a post Roe V. Wade era.
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This powerful and important block of seven short films explores the complex journey of women trying to assert agency over their own bodies and lives. From deeply personal reflections on the choice to be a mother to defiant expressions of bodily autonomy and identity, each film offers a raw and resonant take on autonomy, choice, and survival in a world that too often tries to silence or control.

Followed by a live panel discussion with filmmakers and advocates on bodily autonomy, storytelling as resistance, and the fight for control over our own narratives.

When Catarina finds out that she is pregnant, she questions the responsibility and consequences of bringing a child into this world and age.

  • Runtime
    0:17:06
  • Language
    Portuguese
  • Country
    Portugal
  • Genre
    Sci-Fi, Drama
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  • Director
    Antonio Aleixo
  • Screenwriter
    Antonio Aleixo
  • Producer
    Patricia Hibon
  • Filmmaker
    Executive Producer: Patricia Hibon, João Bernardo Souza; Director of Protography: João Bernardo Souza; Composer: Pedro Franco; Assistant Director: Francisco Dinis Maia; First Camera Assistant: Tomás Fidalgo; Second Camera Assistant: João Bordeira; Head Gaffer: João Bordeira; Head Grip: Ivo Magalhães; Drone Operator: Miguel Marés; Sound Director: Bruno Sopa; Sound Assistant: Tiago Santos; Art Director: Mariana Barreto; Stylist: Rita Prieto Alves; Makeup Artist: Sara Castro; Offline Editor: Antonio Aleixo; Grading: Ana Marques; Sound Post Producer: Miguel Lima; 3D Artists: Tiago Inácio, João Boaventura; VFX Artist: André Bandeira; Set Photographer: Ricardo Cruz; Making Of: Rita João, Ana Santos
  • Cast
    Mariana Monteiro, Joana Coelho, Rodrigo Soares, Joana Cardoso Coelho, Marta Mota, Filipe Amorim, Maria Simões, Carolina Aleixo, Pedro Aleixo, Yasmin Pereira
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