Speaking of: Women’s Documentary Filmmaking and the Subjectivity in It

This academic essay examines women’s documentary filmmaking as a complex and dynamic field that goes beyond women’s authorship and includes specific modes of representation, subjectivity, and political thought. In dialogue with feminist theory, it reveals how documentary film is not a neutral reflection of reality, but a space for the construction of meanings and power relations. Special emphasis is placed on the work of Anja Medved, who explores collective memory and the situatedness of knowledge through personal and archival approaches. The essay also highlights the problem of essentialising female filmmakers and shows how women’s documentary filmmaking functions as a space of criticism and ethics, as well as an epistemological shift in film.

The integral version of this article can be found in the printed KINO!