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  5. Documentary Competition 02

Documentary Competition 02

My Body, My Battle

You can't get what you want but you can get me
Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh, Finland, Netherlands 2024, 13 min., no dialogue

Přes střepy [Rising Above]
Natálie Durchánková, Czech Republic 2023, 04 min., English with English subtitles

getty abortions (German Version)
Franzis Kabisch, Austria, Germany 2023, 22 min., German with English subtitles

High Roads
Giuliana Racco, Spain, Canada 2023, 19 min., English with English subtitles

A menos que bailemos [Unless We Dance]
Hanz Rippe Gabriel, Colombia 2023, 15 min., Spanish with English subtitles

MY ORANGE GARDEN
Anna-Sophia Richard, Germany 2023, 21 min., Persian with English subtitles

In My Body, My Battle, queer, female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender and agender bodies fight to regain control – refusing to serve as passive battlefields for societal struggles, seizing an active part in said struggles instead, overcoming them, while remaking society in the process. The protagonists here break out of assigned roles and resist coercion – they're angry, tender, autonomous and vulnerable all at once. The body becomes an expression of personal and collective resistance, a home or even a fortress, and a source of healing. (I)