2019年8月18日，第72届洛迦诺国际电影节公布获奖名单，葡萄牙导演佩德罗·科斯塔执导的《火焰的女儿》斩获电影节最高奖项金豹奖，韩国导演朴庭凡执导的《破浪》获评审团特别奖，法国导演达米昂·玛尼维勒凭《伊莎多拉的眼泪》获最佳导演奖。

雅克是了录音师，住在布斯区已很多年。几个月前他的妻子离开了他，他的新生活在单调的工作里，小餐馆还有乱糟糟的公寓中没有什么改变。直到有一天他注意到一张纸：“年轻女郎欲做钟点工。"他见到洛哈，年轻的郊区女孩。在一段时间里，雅克发现这个充满热情活力的女孩重新唤醒了他对生活的感觉。

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.

Underage sex is one of the most taboo topics on screen. Indie Sex: Teens presents the history and role of teenage sex and sexuality on screen from Splendor in the Grass to Kids to Thirteen. The blockbuster teen films of the 80s and more contemporary teen flicks are all explored as mediums through which teen films have played a central role in adolescent sex education.