Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

B. P. Flanagan / September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary

Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan’s The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that’s not as radical as it thinks it is.

Alex Heeney / September 17, 2020

The 2019 Iran floods are the backdrop of director Manijeh Hekmat’s often lighthearted film, Bandar Band.

Orla Smith / September 16, 2020

Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, a harrowing drama about the 1995 Bosnian genocide, is one of the best films of TIFF 2020. Find out why…

Alex Heeney / September 14, 2020

Violation is a cottage-country-Canada twist on the rape-revenge genre, which explores consent and the limits of revenge.

Alex Heeney / September 13, 2020

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is her most technically accomplished, accessible, and sadly, conventional and sentimental work to date.

Orla Smith / September 2, 2020

Nicole Bazuin’s short Modern Whore feels like a documentary sister to Cam: it’s just as stylised, intelligent, and positive about sex work.