generational

Three generations of women say goodbye to their family ballroom dance studio.

The Mejia family emigrated from Oaxaca to Fresno, California 40 years ago. Filmmaker Trisha ZIff filmed the family in 1996, and returns now to see the changes that have settled over them, and follows the family on their return to Mexico.

Two childhood best friends reconnect as teenagers, finding themselves at a crossroads in their lives.

In the midst of the chaos of México City, a group of eight bachelor millennials who call themselves ´The Hermits´, open the doors to their tiny apartments in the historic Ermita Building, in the yet-to-be gentrified neighborhood of Tacubaya, and share their life experiences in a time when precarity changes the way in which we love, feel and relate to each other. As we explore the homes of these eight neighbors, we also witness their personalities intersect in a Whatsapp chat, a virtual space that functions as a supporting system that helps them face the adversities that living alone in this city brings.

Savannah’s moss-covered forests, with all its whispering winds and enchanted branches, are alive to little Bertie Bee Hooks, the gifted granddaughter of an experienced midwife. As she absorbs the wisdom of folk medicine, Bertie Bee will work with her mystical connection to the spirit world as she becomes exposed to the tragedies of a wounded American past.

A tense phone call between a mother and daughter.

Samantha, activist and octogenarian; Morgana, soprano in her 30s and Victory, influencer in her 20s. Three trans women from three different generations who have managed not only to belong but to stand out in society.

The Royal Deshmukh family is rich for a history of adoption, as the women have failed to conceive for seven generations. Here comes in Dr. Shriram, full of innovative home remedies for the couple who refuses to settle for adoption and is hellbent to have their own child.

The limit of tension in a family reaches its peak when the father discovers a spiders nest.

Aqueducts transport water. Images transmit the memory. Images of aqueducts are useless.

The artist Johanna Faust is about to leave her children to finally devote herself to her art again. A vague memory comes to her mind: Didn't her grandmother do the same thing, with terrible consequences? The intimate road movie tells of lost mothers and abandoned children, of the temptations and the price of self-fulfilment, of the abysses of motherhood and of the deep longing for another life.

When Lyla - a lost and lonely 17 year old girl - meets Marion - a wise and elderly woman with a fountain of wisdom - in a cemetery early one Sunday morning, the two share an unexpected but life changing conversation. Made in association with Screen Cornwall and the BFI Network.

When an ancient water goddess threatens her town, Roukia, a silenced musician must reclaim her voice to break a generational curse and save herself and her family.

If youth is the most intense stage of life, it is also the farthest Tere can be from herself. In his life, a group of students who rent the apartment opposite enter. They celebrate parties, sleep little and eat badly. Tere welcomes a boy in his house looking for a room to rent. Among them will be created an affinity that, little by little, will come to resemble that of any mother with her child, if it were not for Tere sees him in another way. The invisible life of a woman grown on the margins of others' lives, in collision with a world of shitty curros, hangovers, Tinder ligues and trap music.

Love and admiration in 16mm. The fusion a beauty that exists throughout three generations; my three Venus.

Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the shadows grow and the witches of the forest start to disappear. Rooted in patriarchal violence, history keeps repeating itself.

In the town of San Antonio in Guerrero, Mexico, lives my mother, Amelia, a 60-year-old woman who leads a quiet life on her ranch, tending to the land and her husband. With the arrival of Holy Week, she is joined by my niece, Rosario, her granddaughter, whom she teaches about religious traditions. Their encounter quietly evokes questions about the role of women in my town. Despite the generational differences, they see themselves reflected in each other and share a deep desire to transform our destinies.

A poem about a flower going through an existential crisis

Three generations of women gather to celebrate the middle woman’s birthday, or at least attempt to in a whimsically decorated lower-income household on the outskirts of a town in India. However, the cake hasn’t arrived, and there’s an undisclosed urgency surrounding its arrival. Her teenage son, vlogs the evening, capturing the interpersonal dynamics between the women.