June Film Selection: Women Navigating Instability

A curated list of seven films releasing in June 2024, each centered on women persisting through adversity. The selection includes 'Loin de moi la colère' (Joël Akafou, June 3), a documentary about Josiane 'Maman Jo' fostering reconciliation after the 2011 civil war in Côte d'Ivoire; 'Au bord du monde' (Guérin van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle, June 10), a Belgian drama where a nursing student challenges psychiatric hospital rules; 'Shana' (Lila Pinell, June 17), a French comedy-drama about a young woman inheriting a protective ring; 'Les Caprices de l'enfant Roi' (Michel Leclerc, June 24), a historical comedy set in 1651 France featuring Louis XIV as a teenager; 'Seuls les rebelles' (Danielle Arbid, June 24), a love story between a Lebanese Palestinian widow and a Sudanese migrant in Beirut; 'Entroncamento' (Pedro Cabeleira, June 24), a Portuguese-French film about a woman rebuilding her life in a violent neighborhood; and 'Eruption' (Pete Ohs, June 24), a US-Polish film starring Charli XCX about a woman reconnecting with a friend during a volcanic eruption.