As the poet Miguel Torga said, the universal is the local without walls. When individual cultures and voices find their expression onscreen, their resonance is overwhelmingly global. In this way, cinema is able to express the intimate and untold lives and dreams of girls and women in societies the world over in a powerful and direct way. In the words of Juliette Binoche, cinema can 'heal against ignorance'. A film can can be an act of resistance and solidarity. It can change lives. Our panel will talk to three women filmmakers about how they've told their stories - and why that act of resistance means more than ever today. Panel : Juliette Binoche, director In-I in Motion Shahad Ameen, director of Hijra Cherien Dabis, director of All That's Left of You Moderator: Finn Halligan, Director of International Programming, RSIFF