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The Feminist Film Festival 2025: Watch & Reflect
Five days of feminist cinema, bold stories, and collective energy in Les Lilas. Screenings, talks, premieres, workshops, roundtables, and a makers’ village: the Feminist Film Festival 2025 explores joy as a political force.
October 7, 2023: The Films That Bear Witness
On October 7, 2023, Israel faced a terrorist attack of historic proportions. In response, filmmakers — documentary and fiction — captured the horror, the grief, and the hope of those who lived through it. This article gathers the most important cinematic works created in the wake of the tragedy.
Muganga, the one who heals, the one who fights
Muganga, the Fight of Denis Mukwege
There are films that change the way we see the world. Muganga, which means “the one who heals” in Swahili, is one of them.
Marie-Hélène Roux, a director who grew up in Gabon (like me, editor’s note), took ten years to bring this film to our screens. It was co-written with Jean-René Lemoine and inspired by the book Panzi written by Denis Mukwege and Guy-Bernard Cadière.
The struggle at Panzi Hospital, a refuge where Dr. Mukwege treats thousands of women victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Robert Redford actor and mentor of independent cinema
At 89, Robert Redford leaves behind a towering cinematic legacy. More than a Hollywood icon, he was the heart of independent American cinema. Actor, director, producer, and founder of Sundance, Redford shaped generations of filmmakers through a career that blended artistic vision with social commitment.
Yes by Nadav Lapid
Presented at Cannes 2025, “Yes” by Nadav Lapid explores post-October 7 trauma with radical form and moral ambiguity. At once urgent and disconcerting, this is a film meant to provoke more than comfort.
A simple accident: a permanent trauma
Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or, A Simple Accident is a striking return from Jafar Panahi. This minimalist and emotionally charged thriller explores memory, trauma, and justice in an Iran haunted by repression. A film of doubt rather than certainty, and of moral tension rather than spectacle.