FEMME

Production company: Make Way FIlm

Cast: Nola Elvis Kemper, Jatou Sumbunu, Mika de Pee

Duration: 15 minutes

Made with the support of The Dutch Film Fund, NEXT and WeArePlaygrounds and gemeente Rotterdam

Young student Fem discovers not only the harsh realities of typical college life, but also the interesting hunger that her own body seems to develop after a hazing ritual forces her to have sex for the first time.

Genre: Body Horror, coming of age

When introverted Fem joins a sorority her bedroom door is knocked off its hinges and there is only one way she can get it back; by having sex in her new dormroom. Fem reluctantly agrees, but when the sex becomes heavy-handed, Fem begs the boy to stop. To no avail.

The next day, Fem wakes up with an itchy rash in the shape of handprints. The rash only gets worse until she discovers that her skin heals from consensual skin to skin contact. The skin condition teaches Fem that sex can also be liberating and shouldn't be violent.

But when she sees her roommate become a victim of sexual assault, she uses her hungry skin for revenge.