31/05/2026
„But perhaps one of the festival’s most important reflections also emerges outside the screen. Although the festival creates space for women and historically marginalized communities, male audiences could — and should — still be much broader. Because listening to these stories should not be understood as an act of political correctness or cultural charity, but rather as a real possibility for building a different kind of society. In the end, a society where women and their intersectionalities can exist with greater freedom, dignity, and safety also becomes a fairer society for everyone. Perhaps that is precisely why the IFFF feels so necessary today: because in a present where empathy seems to exhaust itself more rapidly each day, the festival insists on reminding us that looking is also a political decision. And that cinema, when it truly dares to observe, can still unsettle, open wounds, generate questions, and transform the way we understand the world and those who inhabit it.“
Thank you Matie Navarro / Miscelanea for your interesting and thoughtful comments on our festival Edition 2026!
Full article: https://t1p.de/r608f
