The short experimental film The Female Curse aims to depict a subject often overlooked and dismissed in our modern society, silencing the voices and suffering of female victims. Often victims of abuse stories remain untold and never get the justice they deserve. The film represents this issue visually and experimentally, using performance and projection to tell a story about modern womanhood, and their shared struggles, in a society created by men and for men, where women fall victim to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape or even murder.

While creating this film, we focused solely on presenting real stories, coming from real victims of oppression both visually and auditorily. Real-life crimes and different forms of abuse faced by women all around the world are presented using projection with newspaper articles reinforcing the theme of the film, inviting the audiences to reflect upon an issue that affects over half of the world’s population. Throughout the film, real-life experiences that we have gathered from victims are incorporated into the soundtrack, as we aim to give their suffering a voice to be heard and understood by viewers. The Female Curse is not just a film, but also a medium to spread these untold stories to the world, hoping that the struggles of women can be recognised and we can rise from only being seen to being heard.