A focus on women’s cinema in honor of the 60th anniversary of the National Organization for Women, a retrospective for an Egyptian filmmaker, and a showcase of movies from displaced directors, including Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof, financed via a fund launched last year with Cate Blanchett, are among the special programs this year.
Kim Villanueva: “You know, we are always trying to fight back against patriarchy and the fact that people are trying to confine women and girls into one role. And we want women and girls to have the full expression that they are able to have. And that
“5 percent of women have experienced harassment enabled by technology, including AI-generated deepfake pornography, according to a 2025 survey from the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Icogni.”
Interview with Kim Villanueva, President of NOW
