Film Screening: Struggles and Triumphs of Stateless Women

Women’s Voices on Screen features extraordinary films by and about women from around the world, developed by Women’s Voices Now and Venice Arts. Watch the films. Join the conversation. 

Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Director of Women’s Voices Now, will lead a community discussion following the films.

• Heart on Fire

Dir. Beri Shalmashi | Kurdistan | 2013

Derya tries to deal with the wounds of the past. But her badly burned body makes it complicated to just wash things off and move on. This film is based on the horrible reality of self-immolations and honor conflicts in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

• Berxen Kulek

Dir. Yunus Yildirim | Turkey | 2013

Neco is a Kurdish nomad who decides to sell his late brother’s wife to another man, as is his right according traditional Kurdish custom. Faced with the reality that doing so will separate his niece from her mother, Neco must make the decision nevertheless.

• Thorns and Silk

Dir. Paulina Tervo | West Bank | 2009

Four real stories featuring women from Palestine who work in male-dominated jobs. This film explores how they break traditional rules, but not without challenges.