Nicole Bazuin’s short Modern Whore feels like a documentary sister to Cam: it’s just as stylised, intelligent, and positive about sex work.
Directed by Women
Explore films by directors who identify as women.
Lingua Franca quietly reframes a trans woman’s experience
Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca patiently observes the day-to-day life of a trans, undocumented Filipina immigrant living in Trump’s America.
Correspondencia is a rare dialogue between filmmakers
Carla Simón’s and Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s shortform collaboration, Correspondencia (Correspondences), is a thrillingly urgent series of video letters.
Babyteeth is a cancer story about a teen girl’s lust for life
Babyteeth is a quirky, surprising, and ultimately very moving film about teenage terminal illness that is less a wistful tearjerker than it is a coming-of-age drama.
Mirrah Foulkes’s revisionist Judy and Punch
In Judy and Punch, Mirrah Foulkes wrangles with the legacy of a beloved British cultural institution, offering a revisionist, feminist take on the origins of the Punch and Judy puppet show.
Werewolf (2016) is a film about getting clean as a couple
Ashley McKenzie’s 2016 film Werewolf, about drug addiction and dependent relationships, was one of the most exciting directorial debuts of the 2010s.