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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

Orla Smith / September 12, 2019

TIFF19 review: Clemency, a harrowing drama about avoiding questions of morality by hiding behind the law

Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the process of a modern day execution

Orla Smith / September 10, 2019

TIFF19 review: Geraldine Viswanathan shines in Hala

Minhal Baig’s Hala is an observant character study of a young and curious woman trying to find her identity, torn between a devoutly religious Pakistani family and her life as an American-born teen in high school.

Alex Heeney / September 10, 2019

TIFF19 review: Comets , a lovely film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves

Tamar Shavgulidze’s quiet, lovely Comets is a film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves.

Brett Pardy / September 9, 2019

TIFF19 review: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open uses real-time duration for poignant effect

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open explores difficulties in communication between two Indigenous women with very different viewpoints and life experiences

B. P. Flanagan / September 9, 2019

TIFF19 review: Hind Meddeb’s documentary Paris Stalingrad captures a particular political moment

Hind Meddah’s Paris Stalingrad questions the spectacle of authoritarian xenophobia.

Orla Smith / September 9, 2019

TIFF19 review: Kuessipan , a standout Indigenous coming-of-age story

Myriam Verreault’s Kuessipan is a captivating story about two teenage girl’s friendship on a Quebec Innu reserve

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