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Special Presentations
Special Presentations
This year's Special Presentation brings together a selection of contemporary female led films exploring the themes of 'Liberation, Sensuality and Empowerment'.
Special Presentation
Mamacruz
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Kiti Mánver delivers a compelling central performance in comedic yet sensual drama Mamacruz as a religiously devout woman in late middle age who suddenly rediscovers the transformative power of her own sensuality.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Memories of a Burning Body
Memorias de un cuerpo que arde
In this heartfelt drama exploring pleasure and desire through the memory and intimacy of three women over 65, raised in a repressive era, their voices are channelled into a single woman who revisits intertwined memories, secrets and desires.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Something is About to Happen
Que nadie duerma
In this blackly comic dramatic thriller starring Malena Alterio in her Goya-winning role, a woman's life takes a definitive turn the day that she loses her job as a computer programmer and decides to take life into her own hands.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
The Girls at the Station
Las chicas de la estación
The sixth feature from talented director Juana Macías, The Girls at the Station is a powerful drama inspired by real events starring three outstanding newcomers as friends coming of age and facing incredible events.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Un Amor
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A striking drama from prolific director Isabel Coixet, starring Laia Costa and Hovik Keuchkerian as two new neighbours in a small village deep in rural Spain who become entangled in a web of passion.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Vera and the Pleasure of Others
Vera y el placer de los otros
A comedic and erotic tale about growing up, that follows 17-year-old Vera, who divides her days between volleyball, school, and a secret hobby: listening to other people’s pleasure.
Australian Premiere