Cinema that speaks for women

What do a rural Italian village, a Nepali hillside home and a Kathmandu living room have in common? At this year’s EU Film Festival, the answer is clear: women fighting to be heard in societies that silence them.

A woman standing in the dark, barefoot. Her husband looks at her from a distance, then tosses her a bundle in a white towel—her baby. The woman tries to catch it. But it lands on the ground with a dull thud.