Check out our series inspirations, our playlist, our exhibition favourites and our selection of books and podcasts.
CINÉ CLUB
women first
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Set in the midst of the Cold War, this is the story of Beth Harmon, a young orphaned chess prodigy, from the age of eight to twenty-two. While battling an addiction, she does everything in her power to become the world's greatest chess player.
SELF MADE
In the late 19th century, Sarah works as a laundress. A cosmetics designer helps her repair her hair... but refuses to let her sell her products. Sarah then decided to create her own brand of products for black women's hair... and becomes Madam C.J. Walker, the first black American businesswoman to be a millionaire in her own right.
The company
Kummerveldt
In the late 19th century, under the austere reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the young aristocrat Luise von Kummerveldt dreams of becoming a writer. When her father dies suddenly, her traditionalist, rigorous brother decides to marry her off. Gritty and whimsical, Haus Kummerveldt is the portrait of a rebellious young woman in search of emancipation.
66-5
An event leads a young business lawyer to leave Paris's upmarket districts to try her hand at criminal law in the Bobigny court.
exhibitions
agnès varda retrospective
Agnès Varda, icon of the New Wave, revolutionised French cinema in the 1960s with her experimental approach and social commitment. As a feminist pioneer, she highlighted issues of gender and equality through her iconic films.
Viva Varda! Agnès Varda retrospective at the Cinémathèque
Agnès Varda
The Young Girls Turn 25
Agnès Varda
HAPPINESS
Agnès Varda
The creatures
Agnès Varda
Cléo from 5 to 7
book club
free minds
Claire Suco
Meuf, se libérer des injonctions et écrire sa propre histoire (Girlfriend, free yourself from restrictions and write your own story)
MARIE Ndiaye
Three strong women
Julia Kerninon
Sauvage
Elodie Andriot
Patronnes (Female bosses)
What's on
artists in the spotlight
Musée du Luxembourg
Gertrude Stein & Pablo Picasso. L'invention du langage (the invention of a language)
From 13 September 2023 to 28 January 2024
19 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
Pont-Aven Museum
Artistes voyageuses l'appel des lointains (Travelling artists: the call of far-off lands), 1880-1944
From 24 June to 5 November 2023
Place Julia, 29930 Pont-Aven
Nantes Museum of Art
Suzanne Valadon, un monde à soi (a world of her own)
From 27 October 2023 to 11 February 2024
10 Rue Georges Clemenceau, 44000 Nantes
FRAC SUD
Martha Wilson Invisible - Works on Ageing (1972-2022)
From 27 October 2023 to 11 February 2024
20 Boulevard de Dunkerque 13002 Marseille
playlist
100% female playlist
PODCASt
INSPIRING STORIES
LA POUDRE
By Lauren Bastide
SIMONE
By Studios Conversation
GENERATION XX
By Siham Jibril
IN POWER
By Louise Aubery
