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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

Aggie, Catherine Gund, Agnes Gund film

Orla Smith / February 5, 2020

Sundance ’20 review: Aggie is a documentary about allyship

Catherine Gund’s Aggie is both a celebration of an extraordinary woman, and a call to arms for the viewer to think about how they too can enact change.

Amulet, Romola Garai, Alec Secareanu, Carla Juri

Orla Smith / February 3, 2020

Sundance ’20 review: Romola Garai’s Amulet

Gothic horror Amulet is a promising directorial debut from actress Romola Garai, but the screenplay is too ambitious for its own good.

Jumbo, Noemie Merlant, Zoe Wittock

Orla Smith / January 27, 2020

Sundance ’20 review: Jumbo and Objectum Sexuality

Noémie Merlant shines as a woman in love with a fairground ride, but Jumbo lacks psychological insight into the real phenomenon of Objectum Sexuality.

LFF short film competition, 2019 short films

Seventh Row Editors / November 7, 2019

LFF 2019’s best short films spotlight future great filmmakers

Orla Smith and Ben Flanagan pick their four favourite competition short films at the 2019 London Film Festival.

Raw, We Are What We Are

Rosie McCaffrey / November 5, 2019

‘It is with love that I do this’: Cannibalism and power under patriarchy in Raw and We Are What We Are

In Raw and We Are What We Are, the cannibalism metaphor is used to explore what it is to be a woman living under patriarchy, in both the macro and the micro.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Celine Sciamma

Alex Heeney / September 30, 2019

Portrait of a Lady on Fire was the gold standard at TIFF19

Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a beautiful period romance that upends cinematic stereotypes of the artistic muse.

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