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French film series for the International Women’s Day

Saturday the 8th of March, 2025 14h - 19h20

Experience the groundbreaking films of three French female producers at Kino Regina!

Kino Regina (Oodi)
Töölönlahdenkatu 4 00100 Helsinki
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(C) Kino Regina

On March 8, the French Institute and Kino Regina will present a film series celebrating International Women’s Day. This event will spotlight three French female film producers whose work has significantly contributed to the cinema industry:

  • Alice Guy (1873-1968): Considered a pioneer in both French and American cinema, Alice Guy is widely recognized as the first director to film a narrative story.
  • Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990): A French actress and film producer, Delphine Seyrig played a key role in the French feminist movement, both on-screen and behind the camera.
  • Audrey Diwan (born in 1980): A French writer, journalist, and film producer, Audrey Diwan is a prominent member of the “Collectif 50/50,” a movement advocating for diversity and equality between men and women in French cinema.

The tickets to this event can be purchased on Kino Regina’s website.

Program:

14.00: Alice Guy’s Short Movies between 1902 and 1916

Alice Guy produced over a thousand films, many of them short, one-minute works. No genre was unfamiliar to Guy, who directed Westerns, crime films, fantasy, and even feminist satires. The screening features both her French films and pioneering works from the United States. The screening will be accompanied by a live pianist, Päivi Takala.

  • Madame a des envies / Madame’s Cravings (FR 1906)
  • La Fée aux choux / The Cabbage Fairy (FR 1900)
  • Sage-femme de première classe / Midwife to the Upper Classes (FR 1902)
  • Sur la barricade / On the Barricade (FR 1907)
  • Alice Guy tourne une Phono-Scène / Alice Guy Films a « Phonoscène » (FR 1907)
  • Questions indiscrètes / Indiscreet questions (FR 1906), sound film
  • Chapellerie et charcuterie mécaniques / Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder (FR 1900)
  • Les Résultats du féminisme / The Consequences of Feminism (FR 1906)
  • Le Coq dressé / The Singing Rooster (FR 1910), sound film.
  • Chirurgie fin de siècle / Turn-of-the-Century Surgery (FR 1900)
  • La Course à la saucisse / The Race for the Sausage (FR 1907) 

15.30: Be Pretty and Shut Up! (Delphine Seyrig, 1976)

This documentary film is a feminist gem composed of interviews between the director and 23 actresses who discuss their work experiences, the roles they were offered, and their relationships with directors. One of the most interesting and significant rediscoveries of recent years, the documentary is a true MeToo film from nearly fifty years ago.

Original title: Sois belle et tais-toi! Duration: 112 minutes. English subtitles.

17.40: Happening (Audrey Diwan, 2021)

Happening, adapted from Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux’s book, follows Anne, a young student who discovers she is pregnant. Focused on her studies, she is not ready to become a mother. But in 1960s Catholic France, where abortion is illegal, she must find a way out before it’s too late. This powerful drama won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Original title: L’événement. Duration: 100 minutes. Finnsih subtitles.

 

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