SACRA

Sailing Lessons

When barred from church camp activities due to a dress code violation, teenage Paige finds an unlikely friendship with a sailboat instructor who challenges her view of womanhood.

Towelhead

2008 · ★ 6.2

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Anatomy of Hell

2004 · ★ 4.8

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

A Tale of Two Sisters

2003 · ★ 7.1

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

Pad Man

2018 · ★ 7.5

Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

Pothos

2020

Ivy gets her first period during her first communion.

Alma's Rainbow

1994 · ★ 6.3

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

The Day I Hate to Go to School

2017

Eun-jung, who is poor enough to buy a sanitary pad, leaves school without her father's knowledge and sneaks into her house. And they spend the day in their own way, familiarly.

TMWYH

2026

The film follows Alma on what should be a simple walk home. Capturing the quiet paranoia and everyday fear that women carry when navigating the night, a reflection on vulnerability, perception, and feeling unsafe.

First Blood

2022 · ★ 3.5

A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.

Eyeliner

2026

Nina and her best friend Lily decide to steal an eyeliner, hoping they’ve finally found their key to womanhood. When they're given wildly different receptions to wearing it, Nina discovers that her journey as a trans girl might not be so easy.

Shedding

2024

In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.