Feminism is a young movement, and in that sense it has been fairly effective. But despite all the achievements and the urgent needs it addresses, the term itself somehow remains unpopular. Filmmaker Katharina Mückstein, who has experienced academic feminism as a formative school of thought, feels there is insufficient scientific expertise in a public debate that has become highly emotional. Her documentary FEMINISM WTF provides impulses for consideration – across a spectrum of shimmering colours – intended to move this urgent debate towards greater objectivity.

Mati is about to leave high school, on the verge of unlimited opportunities: unpredictable perspectives in the city or the security of the countryside? Female identity or male role models? Listen to her inner voice or follow the expectations of others? Katharina Mückstein's second feature film, L’ANIMALE, exposes life as a intermediate area which floats  between certainties, social constraints  and lust for freedom,  while again and again throwing up new options to seize and risks to take.

«Das Wort Talea entspricht genau dem, worum es geht. Ein abgeschnittenes Stück Pflanze kann vertrocknen, wenn es auf den Boden fällt und keine Nahrung bekommt. Oder man kann es in die Erde stecken und es kann Wurzeln schlagen und es kann eine eigene Pflanze werden.» Katharina Mückstein über ihr Spielfilmdebüt Talea.