Here are six films from around the world that are directed by women and/or centre women in their storytelling. Stories about women rebelling- against societal expectations and limitations placed upon them- and against self-inflicted barriers- including a beautifully hand-drawn animation (Void Spaces), a documentary about a Yemeni woman who truly embodies her name: Fariha, meaning ‘Joy’ in Arabic (Fariha), and an off-beat comedy about a woman whose husband sends her away in an effort to subdue her, but her new-found freedom has the opposite effect (Warmest Regards, E).

Favours dir. Agnes Skonare (SWE, Fiction, 11m)

Fariha dir. Badr Yousef (YEM/QAT, Documentary, 27m)

Love Bites dir. Mahmoud Zain (EGY, Fiction, 12m)

On the Edge dir. Sahar el Echi (TUN, Fiction, 18m)

Void Spaces dir. Marta Koch (POL, Animation, 14m)

Warmest Regards, E dir. Tina Nowarre, Shireen Daley (CAN, Fiction, 7m)