Girls on film

Girls on Film is a feminist film collective that aims to provide a broader platform for cinema by and about women. Every month, they screen curated films at De Cinema that put female experiences front and center. These screenings are always paired with relevant guest speakers, who will also be contributing to podcast episodes starting this fall. Since this summer, Girls on Film has not only been supported by De Cinema, but the fall programming is also supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the Flemish Government.

About Girls on Film: the podcast

Girls on Film proudly introduces: the podcast, a parallel running podcast series, available online, to give more background information about the films and guest speakesr to (film) fans. Preceding the film screenings, a short introduction will be given in conversation with the guest speaker but in these podcasts, we’ll take our time to offer extra background information about the film, the themes and the personal connection with the subject.

The podcast is free to listen to and episodes are released within the week after every Girls on Film screening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and this page. Everyone is invited to dive deeper in the world of film and the voices that shape these stories!

In May we screen SAFE: Carol White (Julianne Moore) leads a seemingly perfect life in the sun-drenched Los Angeles of the 1980s. She lives in a spacious villa, has a caring husband, and fills her days with fitness, garden parties, and adhering to social conventions. Slowly, however, strange symptoms begin to take over her life: headaches, breathing problems, unexplained fatigue. When doctors can find no cause, Carol becomes convinced that she is allergic to her environment: the modern world itself.