“WHAT SHE’S GOING THROUGH” | Rencontres Internationales

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A collection of film-screenings as part of the 'Contemporary Intersects' screening programme of the Rencontres Internationales filmfestival held at Loods6.

PROGRAMME:

Melanie Manchot: Liquid Skin | Exp. documentary | hdv | colour | 0:23:19 | Germany, United Kingdom | 2023

At emblematic post-industrial sites in Germany’s Ruhr region, Melanie Manchot films women working the night shift. Known for its mining history, the region has long been dominated by male success stories.

Rebecca Jane Arthur: Barefoot Birthdays on Unbreakable Glass | Exp. film | 16mm | colour | 0:18:20 | Belgium | 2023

Rebecca Jane Arthur spends three days with a woman in her home. Each woman tells her stories of artistic creation, immigration, family ties and break-ups.

Wendelien van Oldenborgh: Of Girls 彼女たちの (kanajo tachi no) | Exp. documentary | 4k | colour | 0:43:13 | Netherlands, Japan | 2023 | ARTIST WILL DO Q&A AFTER SCREENING

Wendelien van Oldenborgh combines contemporary voices with two women from Japan’s literary and political past. Fumiko Hayashi and Yuriko Miyamoto were popular authors in their day - from the late 1920s onwards - and both died young, in 1951. Both had a strong feminist and class consciousness, as well as an impressive literary voice.