We are moving stories

“My film FRIMAS is a standard bearer for a cause that is closest to my heart, “Women’s rights”. It focuses specifically on women’s reproductive rights. The right to abortions. My passion runs wider and deeper. Every woman should also have the right to their voice, their choice of career, their choice of who they love and their right to have bodily autonomy.

Women who have rights raise children who are free to pursue their own dreams. This in turn affects the prosperity of families, communities and countries. Empowered women lead to more empowered people and nations.”

“A Little House In Aberdeen was meant to normalize abortion and humanize the people who have them. And show that abortions are safe, straightforward medical procedures. To me, any film that does that is worth watching. I thought I could bring everyone to the table around the human experiences we all share.

But now, after the Dobbs decision, people need to watch “Aberdeen” to see what millions of people in this country have lost: the right to determine the course of their own lives and the right to the healthcare they need.”

“It is 2019 and Roe Vs Wade is in grave danger of being over-turned. 7 states have one single clinic in the entire state. Laws are being passed to criminalize ordinarily standard (and necessary) medical procedures. We cannot go back in time to situations in which women are forced to take care of themselves in dangerous environments, forced to take care of themselves illegally, or forced to induce abortions because there is no access to care.”

“For me, Wolf was about giving myself a new way to grieve, a more complete way, a more effective way. Since writing about it didn’t help, going to therapy didn’t help, and breaking up with the man who didn’t want the baby he put inside me didn’t help. I was still in so, so, so much pain around this choice that I made and do not regret.”

“It’s a topic that is very close to me. And I wanted to create a third perspective on the topic of abortion that is not a judgmental or passive point of view.

But understanding the women and the reason behind her decision and supporting her with it in order to help her cope with it mentally. And I want to encourage women who are facing this tough choice to really seek advice and help.”

“The creation of Choices was driven by a desire to fill a gap in the film industry, where there are few coming-of-age comedies that explore reproductive health issues for Black teens. The film offers a unique perspective and a fresh take on familiar themes, with a tone that can be described as Breakfast Club meets Juno. The goal was to create a lighthearted and fun narrative that empowers and celebrates Black characters with innocence and grace.”

“At first, I was definitely scared of showing a short that deals with sexual assault and abortion as a man. But the feedback was good and a lot of subtle things in my short were captured by the audience.”

“I was with my ex-husband for ten years. We managed to break up and get back together ten times, and got married and divorced once. We lived in different cities, countries, continents, but still could not let go. Our marriage was like “Killing Eve” or “My King”. In my experiential vocabulary, love and hate often meant the same thing. Which is sexy, obviously, but also very unhealthy.”

“The film serves as a valuable reminder of what life looked like when abortion was illegal, and what could happen if it becomes illegal again. It is an active, rather than depressing, story about what women are capable of doing in order to help each other achieve reproductive freedom.”

“It happened in Philadelphia 1969 at a time when women were so often silenced and treated as less than equal to the concerns of men.

It was also personally important for me to make this video, as I have been profoundly affected by what happened that night. I have placed paintings by my friend Diane Messinger throughout the piece. While I remember everything about that night, Diane remembers almost nothing. It seems her paintings express the anger she doesn’t feel and the cruelty she doesn’t remember.”

“It’s striking and deeply exasperating how little has changed from 1675 to today in the lives of women. María was put on trial for daring to think and dream something different from the status quo.

She was also interrogated by the Inquisition about her body, her sexuality, and a possible assault and abortion on Sept. 27th, 1675—343 years to the day before Dr Ford was called before the Senate Judiciary Committee this past fall.”

“The film deals with challenging themes, but filmed on the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion in Britain, writer Julia Samuels explores the way in which society treats this subject and how this impacts on women today. We wanted to ask what would happen if we started to talk openly about it?”

“Growing up there were no expectations for me, I was just another slutty, fat latina girl growing up in the ghetto.

Since then I’ve found success both in my activism and craft as a filmmaker. I have developed an appetite for life, for my future and belief that things will get better for my community and for the women in my life....I wish I had known of a successful young latina who had gone through similar occurrences.”

“I made the film in response to a part of Ireland’s legislation, called the 8th amendment, that relates to women’s bodily autonomy. In a nutshell, it equates the pregnant women’s right to life, with the life of a foetus, so it outlaws abortion. Talking about abortion in Ireland continues to be such a taboo.

There are so many stories of women who leave Ireland daily to procure safe and legal abortion abroad. I was very inspired and moved by these women, and their stories. I wanted to put a face on these stories that are almost always faceless. I wanted to understand them better, and I wanted other people to understand it too.”

“I made this film to educate and raise awareness. In El Salvador, abortion is illegal, and a miscarriage is considered an abortion. Women are being sentenced to prison for 30 years for having a miscarriage, and the court will call it aggravated homicide. This is a true story that needs to be shared.”

“Possibility is not what you expect to see from a film about abortion. It won’t hit you over the head with political arguments or necessarily try to change your stance on the issue.

Instead it will draw you into the lives of these characters, take you on a dreamlike journey through their relationship, and show you a glimpse of an intimate moment that is rarely seen in cinema.”

“I wanted to explore a story around what happens when a serious issues is detected in utero with a baby. This is something that happened to myself and my husband, and I realized that it’s a very taboo subject matter, something people don’t often talk about, and I thought an independent film that explores the issues from the POV of an initiate relationship could be very powerful.”