Stuck in the suffocating Canadian suburbs, outcast sisters Ginger and Brigitte make a blood pact to be ‘out by sixteen or dead on the scene but together forever.’ But small-town monotony is disrupted as mutilated bodies of dogs turn out one after another. Ginger is brutally attacked by a creature on a night with a full moon, coinciding with her first period. The attack triggers lycanthropic transformations in Ginger’s body and mind—some of which she welcomes—that drive the sisters apart. As Ginger’s raging carnal impulses get out of hand, Brigitte must find a way to protect both her sister and the townspeople.

A cult film often sidelined by the horror canon, Ginger Snaps reinvents the male-centric werewolf genre with clever portrayals of female sexuality, teen angst, and sisterhood. Underneath the facade of a David Cronenberg-esque body horror film lies an intimate allegory of the universal anxiety and rapture of adolescence, propped by Y2K aesthetics and a metalcore soundtrack.

Menstruation

Yahali Grupi | 2019 | Digital | Hebrew | 3 mins

Menstruation is a symbol of feminine power and maturation, yet it has remained something stigmatized and condemned in most societies over the years. In Menstruation, Israeli artist Yahali Grupi demystifies the of menstruation in different cultures, myths, and taboos over thousands of years. Through this light-hearted animation, Grupi aims to empower women by rejecting the dominant narrative of menstruation.