Fifty years after the first feminist movements in Italy, two generations of women meet in the mountains of Trentino, to exchange views and share their stories. FÉMENE explores the daily struggle for women's emancipation, focusing on the transmission of experiences and intergenerational solidarity.
Born in Bolzano, she graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature from Ca' Foscari University in Venice. After her degree, she began working in the documentary department at Canal + Spain. In 2012, she began working on the production and direction of documentary films together with her partner Angel Esteban.
Cast
Ezia Bozzola, Enrica Capraro, Luciana Carli, Bruna Casata, Giacinta Colleoni, Teresa D' Aquilio, Bruna Divina, Gisella Pace, Eva Pacher, Graziella Rinaldi, Livia Stefani, Ornella Stevanin, Luciana Tognolli.
Beatrice Battisti, Alessandra Campaldini, Alessia Cutispoto, Alice Fiorentini, Maria Modena, Elena Morabito, Sibilla Morandelli, Beatrice Morlin, Nadia Scatola.
Awards
Amelia de Eccher Award – for women active in Film and the Mountains
Ed. 2026
The jury unanimously awards the prize to director Elena Goatelli for her documentary Fémene, which impressed the jury by placing women of different generations at the heart of a narrative full of both information and emotion, exploring the condition of women in the mountains of Trentino and within Italian society. These intimate and personal micro-stories come together to form a collective narrative in which the political subjectivity of women emerges clearly, through themes ranging from education, family and gender relations to abortion, employment and economic dependence, offering a perspective that is delicate, sensitive and ironic, yet never superficial.
