Two Films by Marleen Gorris
A Question of Silence and Broken Mirrors
12 & 16 June 2025
These rarely screened films showcase the work of acclaimed Dutch feminist filmmaker Marleen Gorris.
Films in this season
A Question of Silence
17:45 Thursday 12 June
Cert: 15
This screening will be followed by a discussion with researcher Sue Thornham, Emeritus Professor of Media and Film at the University of Sussex, whose research focuses on feminist theory and its applications to film. She will discuss her new book Marlene Gorris: Practices of Resistance with Lisa Holloway, Film Studies Lecturer at University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Doctoral Researcher at University of Sussex.
When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.
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Broken Mirrors
18:00 Monday 16 June
Cert: 18
This screening will be followed by a discussion led by Cinemas of the Mind in the Depot Studio
Also screening: Marleen Gorris’s A Question of Silence
This Dutch classic by feminist director Marleen Gorris evoked a huge amount of discussion upon its release in 1984.
In an Amsterdam brothel, two sex workers rebel against their lot in life, as one of their customers, a serial killer, kidnaps a housewife.
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