Women’s Gold – WERELDPREMIERE

Eza Doortmont

18′, Engels ondertiteld

Inclusief Q&A met regisseur Eza Doortmont

A documentary that follows the process of shea butter from start to finish, a job dominated traditionally by women in Ghana. But for how long can the women keep their job and everything that it has brought to them?

Set in Stone – NEDERLANDSE PREMIERE
Dhruv Satija
10′, Engels ondertiteld

Set In Stone is a craft film about the unique Chinese craft of Stone Shadow Carving. The film explores multiple themes by studying the many intricacies of the craftswoman’s relationship with the craft and the stone that it is done on. The ideas of inheritance, being in touch with tradition in todays times, the life of the craftswoman and how poetically it is tied to the craft are all looked at in this film. Not only do we see the process of the craft in the film but we also get an inside look into a culture and it’s people.

Louceiras – NEDERLANDSE PREMIERE
Tatiana Toffoli
54′, Engels ondertiteld

Ceramists (Louceiras) follows the daily lives of Kariri-Xocó earthenware potters, a group from a village in the Lower São Francisco, in Alagoas, Brazil. These indigenous women transform clay into pots and pans, keeping the immemorial tradition of the village women. Pottery and “Ouricuri secrets” are the basis of this group’s identity, permanence and persistence.