In the spectrum of the history of Scandinavian cinema,
Anja Breien is a quiet and yet deep voice. Her films are
not loud, but they question women’s position in the social
system at a slow, steady pace and from a realistic, poetic
angle. This year, the Taipei Film Festival presents a
retrospective of Anja Breien’s classics made in the past
few decades. These films not only chart a visual map of
women’s empowerment but bear witness to how film
aesthetics can serve as a tool for social critique.
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