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Curatorial Statement:
In the face of resurgent waves of hatred in different parts of the world, resisting together remains urgent and necessary and sharing stories of collective care and tenderness emerge as a way to position ourselves.
This is how Radical Care came about: Stories of women who open up new possibilities against injustice through collective resistance and radical tenderness.
Through this category we want to share stories of women who come together and interlace to resist and confront the different forms of struggle, violence, and discrimination to which we are exposed.
In this selection we will find many interwoven networks, some broader, communal, and extensive, and others more intimate, which, like timid braids, sustain and care for one another, resisting against the dynamics of injustice and generating possibilities for transformation.
The stories, told from the unique perspective of their directors, represent different geographies, ages, and struggles. In them, the fabrics, braids, webs, threads, and hands that hold, emerge as metaphors for intertwined collective resistance.
Through this selection, we invite you to share and imagine stories that, through care and tenderness, reflect new ways of narrating, reinterpreting, and constructing other possible futures through cinema.
Virginia Viñoles
Uruguay, 16:20 min, director: Agustina Willat & Ana Micenmacher Singer
Mexico, 15:22 min, director: Carla Larrea Sánchez
Germany, 11:18 min, director: Marie Caroline Gippert
Turkey, 5:25 min, director: Pelin Boga
Chile, 11:04 min, director: Josefa Rozas & Sofia Vargas
Spain, 16:45 min, director: Katherina Harder
Welcome to the Vierte Welle Film Festival, an event dedicated to celebrating and promoting diversity, inclusion and gender equality in the film industry. In its 6th edition, our festival continues to be a vital space for showcasing the talent of filmmakers from around the world who challenge established norms and explore new narratives that reflect their vision of feminism.
On 14 and 15 March 2026, attendees will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a captivating selection of short films that address a wide range of topics, such as Berlin from a migrant perspective, various feminist Activisms around the world, the open up of new possibilities against injustice through collective resistance in Radical Care and reflections on the different ways of experiencing sexuality and engaging with the world in Queer.
We hope you enjoy the diversity of stories our festival has to offer and join us in celebrating the power of cinema to inspire, educate and drive change.
Thank you for joining us for this new edition of the festival.
Anahi Mou & Gabriela Gioia
Co-directors of the Vierte Welle Film Festival
Vierte Welle Film Festival (VWFF), based in Berlin since 2019, is dedicated to giving visibility to the film work of FLINTA+ and Queer artists from around the world.
Through short fiction, documentary and experimental audiovisual projects, the festival creates a safe space for screening, viewing and discussion of works that address philosophical, political, economic, social, ecological and cultural themes.
Whether academic or non-academic, these stories find their place within the festival’s curatorial categories, fostering dialogue and exchange across disciplines and perspectives.
Categories:
Berlin Migrant: Films created by migrant directors living in Berlin that bring a feminist and intersectional perspective.
Activisms: Narratives about feminist-led activism from different parts of the world that envision and demand social change.
Radical Care: Stories of women who open up new possibilities against injustice through collective resistance and radical tenderness.
Queer: Queer and FLINTA+ stories that celebrate differences and foster the fight against discrimination.
