Docs in Exile: WORKING GIRLS

Date
10.12.20 → 14.12.20
Location
Online
Entrance fee
Free

Six films certainly can’t make up for all the centuries women have had to deal with inequality in the workplace. However, the Working Girls Tribute brings a ray of hope that can only signal a gradual shifting of the landscape.

Whether it’s a team of courageous female medics running an illegal underground hospital in Syria (“The Cave”) or three eccentric sisters refusing to give up their antiquarian bookstore in the heart of New York to the drooling developers (“The Booksellers”), the women in this Tribute certainly know how to stand their ground in a man’s world.

In some cases the tables seem to have turned altogether, like in “The Vibrant Village” where an entire community is relying on the women – specializing in assembling instruments of pleasure – to prop up the entire local economy. The only thing the men can do, is drink in their honor!

Scroll down for the list of films.

Click here for more information on the full festival lineup.

The Docs in Exile Film Festival is hosted on the Thessaloniki International Film Festival online screening platform: online.filmfestival.gr

The platform will be open for viewing on Thursday, December 10th, at 10am. All films will be available until December 14th. Screenings are free of charge and Greek subtitles are available. All you need to do is complete a quick & easy sign up process.

Details on how to use the screening platform are available HERE.

 

ORGANIZED BY                 WITH THE SUPPORT OF

           

The Working Girls showcase is implemented by the Operational Program “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning” and its co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund) and Greek National Funds.

 

 

Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
film
Director
Elizabeth Carroll
Country
USA
Duration
72'
Subtitles
Greek

She’s the Mick Jagger of Mexican cuisine; she’s the Julia Child of Mexico; to some, she’s the scourge of gastronomy. What is for sure is that Diana Kennedy is a complex character; but what is it that makes her so endearing?

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The Reformist – A Female Imam

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
film
Director
Marie Skovgaard
Country
Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands
Duration
88'
Subtitles
Greek

“Blood will be spilt and marriages dissolved when women challenge male dominance – that’s the price of change. I know, because it happened to me.”

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The Booksellers

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
film
Director
D.W. Young
Country
USA
Duration
99'
Subtitles
Greek

Preserving rare books means preserving our very own history. Whο are the mysterious characters behind this peculiar job?

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The Cave

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free
film
Director
Feras Fayyad
Country
Denmark, Syria, Germany, USA, Qatar
Duration
106'
Subtitles
Greek

Under the rubble of besieged Eastern Al Ghouta, in Syria, a group of daring doctors runs an illicit hospital catering to victims of the war. Three of them however must engage themselves in two revolutions simultaneously: one against the Assad regime and one against the patriarchy.

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93Queen

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
film
Director
Paula Eiselt
Country
USA
Duration
85'
Subtitles
Greek, English

“93Queen” follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.

 

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The Vibrant Village

Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
Date
10.12.20
Start
10/12/202010:00
End
14/12/202023:59
Location
Online
  • Free

    Greek Premiere
film
Director
Weronika Jurkiewicz
Country
Hungary, Poland
Duration
7'
Subtitles
No dialogue

A quiet village somewhere in Hungary is ready to fulfill your wildest fantasies.

 

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