Filmen 'Den moderne kvinde' handler om Maria Montessori. Handlingen udspiller sig tidligt i 1900-tallet, hvor Lili d’Angely lever et glamourøst og letlevende liv i luksus. Men hun har en hemmelighed: Hendes lille datter har indlæringsvanskeligheder, og Lili har i mange år holdt hende skjult i frygt for at få ødelagt sit gode ry. I desperation rejser Lili til Rom, hvor hun opsøger den unge læge og pioner, Maria Montessori, der er ved at udvikle en ny og revolutionerende læringsmetode. Maria gemmer også selv på en hemmelighed: En uægte søn, der ligesom Lilis datter, må holdes skjult for omverdenen. Da Maria en dag står over for det ultimatum, at måtte vælge mellem sønnen eller karrieren, forener de to kvinder deres kræfter for at gøre sig fortjent til en plads i mændenes verden – og skabe historie!

På sit dødsleje giver Dronning Elizabeth den Første et fornemt slot til en ung adelsmand, Orlando, og beder ham samtidig om aldrig at blive gammel og visne hen. Dette løfter holder den unge mand, endda gennem flere århundreder, båret oppe af sin kærlighed til kunsten og poesien.

I 1970 forbereder man sig til Miss World-konkurrencen i London med komikeren Bob Hope som vært. Men den nydannede protestgruppe Women's Liberation Movement mener, at skønhedskonkurrencen fornedrer kvinder. De forbereder sig på at bemægtige sig scenen under det live-transmitterede show. For kan man finde en bedre anledning til at protestere over, at kvinder behandles som objekter, der bare skal se pæne ud?

I 1973 er Billie Jean King verdens bedste kvindelige tennisspiller. Men én ting undrer hun sig over. Hvorfor er kvindernes pengepræmier så lave i forhold til herrernes? Billie Jean's kamp for ligeløn giver den 55-årige hustler og eksmester Bobby Riggs en lys ide. Han vil udfordre Billie Jean til en tenniskamp. En dyst, der markedsføres som "kønnenes kamp" og bliver en af de mest sete sportsbegivenheder på tv nogen sinde.

Den ambitiøse læge Maryam arbejder i en lille by i Saudi-Arabien. Grusvejen foran lægeklinikken er hullet og til fare for alle. Men for at få den asfalteret skal Maryam være en del af byrådet. Derfor beslutter hun sig for at stille op, selvom hun konstant bliver mindet om landets restriktioner mod kvinder.

Irland i 60'erne. Margrets synd er, at hun bliver voldtaget af sin fætter, Bernadettes at hun er smuk og Roses at hun er ugift mor. De tre placeres mod deres vilje i et kloster og behandles som slaver. Reglerne i klostret er meget strenge, pigerne skal knokle 364 dage om året og udover det hårde arbejde bliver de sultet, pryglet og ydmyget på de værst tænkelige måder.

Hvis du elskede humoren i den uimodståelige Calendar Girls, skal du glæde dig til instruktørens nyeste, Made in Dagenham, en rørende morsom komedie om kvindekamp i 60’ernes England. Vi følger den karismatiske bilsæde-syerske Rita O’Grady (Golden Globe- vinder, Sally Hawkins), der med ukuelig selvsikkerhed og charme får mobiliseret den kvindestrejke på Ford Motor Company, der bliver afgørende for ligestillingen i dag. Made in Dagenham er uden tvivl årets feel good-film, der vil få dig til at juble, grine og græde.

As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child, Mordechay. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. Everything changes when a match is proposed to Yochay-Esther's late husband-to a widow from Belgium. Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again. When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may marry the widow and move to Belgium with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. She will find out that the void which she must choose exists only within her heart.

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.

In an America where more and more women and trans people are losing legal bodily autonomy, the history of Bill Baird’s long fight for women’s right to abortion is as relevant as ever. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rebecca Cammisa doesn’t just give us a portrait of Baird, but also creates a historical register of allyship and activism that those fighting to uphold freedom and choice can access, and perhaps emulate.

Marie violates tradition in a small German town of Lauscha, to become the first female glassblower in in 1890. Her glass ball decorations find a new market in America.

Doaa el-Adl, the first woman to be awarded the esteemed Journalistic Distinction in Caricature, serves as a catalyst for transformation within the predominantly male-dominated realm of Egyptian political cartoonists. Challenging patriarchal norms, she routinely confronts censorship, harassment, and even threats to her life. In a remarkable fusion of documentary, cartoons, and animation, Egyptian director Nada Riyadh breathes life into el-Adl's most renowned works. This dynamic and fearless presentation delves into the issue of violence against women, stretching the boundaries of freedom of speech in a society often characterized by restrictions. Through her exceptional talent, el-Adl not only champions women's rights but also serves as an inspiration for societal change.

Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews with the group’s members.

A group of women and non-binary journalists, bucking the white male status quo, launch The 19th*—a digital news startup that asks who has been omitted from mainstream coverage and how they can be included.

Documentary film about the controversial movement of women seeking ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. More and more women are answering a spiritual calling to take on the vestments of priesthood and seek equality in the religion they love. These daring women have risked banishment, loss of livelihood, and even excommunication to take part in what the Church calls illicit ordinations. The Vatican has vowed to end this threat to the male hierarchy, even forbidding the mere discussion of female priests. The papacy has reached a time of crisis and the controversy over women's role, and their place in the Church, must be addressed if the Vatican is to have any relevance in the 21st century.

Filmen fortæller historien om kampen for lige rettigheder for kvinder i Schweiz i 1971. Nora er, en ung husmor, der bor i en smuk lille landsby med sin mand og deres to sønner. Det schweiziske landliv er uberørt af de store sociale omvæltninger, som bevægelsen fra 1968 har medført. Noras liv er heller ikke påvirket; Hun er en stille person, der er glad for alle – indtil hun begynder at kæmpe for kvindernes valgret, som mændene skal stemme om ved en afstemning den 7. februar.

The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and written out of sports history – until now, with dazzling archival footage and interviews with the former players.