Women In Flux

Season

Please note : this season finished in May 2023

The contradictions embodied by Park Ji-Min’s mercurial Freddie in Davy Chou’s emotionally-absorbing new feature Return to Seoul act as the focal point for this short season of films that depict four young women navigating the uncertainty of a quarter-life search for meaning, belonging and a sense of self.

Whether through gradual reinvention or prompted by a dramatic catalyst, these are all portraits of identity formed, rather than found.

Previous screenings in this season

The Worst Person in the World

15 Women In Flux

Please note: This was screened in May 2023

Film

The 2022 wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning that has been dubbed an “instant classic” by the Guardian.

The Souvenir Part II

15 Women In Flux

Please note: This was screened in May 2023

Film

Joanna Hogg returns to continue the story of the young university filmmaker Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) as she grapples with her tumultuous former relationship through the creation of her graduation film.

The Farewell

PG Women In Flux

Please note: This was screened in May 2023

Film

In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, American-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself.

Frances Ha

15 Women In Flux

Please note: This was screened in May 2023

Film

Frances (Greta Gerwig) is a 27-year-old aspiring dancer, stuck in the uncertainty of that post-college phase of trying to figure out a ‘grown-up’ life in the messiness of New York, in Noah Baumbach’s witty, effortless comedy.

Previous screenings in this season

The Worst Person in the World

The Souvenir Part II

The Farewell

Frances Ha

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