Alanis Obomsawin’s new short film, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, is a powerful presentation preserved on film.
Directed by Women
Explore films by directors who identify as women.
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar is a smart, heartfelt debut from Luàna Bajrami
Portrait of a Lady on Fire actress Luàna Bajrami makes a wonderful directorial debut with The Hill Where Lionesses Roar, a coming-of-age tale set in Kosovo.
Good Madam review: A haunted house in post-Apartheid South Africa
In Jenna Cato Bass’s horror film, a Black family’s domestic servitude to a white family is the stuff of nightmares.
TIFF Review: The Mad Women’s Ball is a shallow look at ‘female hysteria’
Mélanie Laurent’s The Mad Women’s Ball suffers in comparison to Alice Winocour’s Augustine (2011), which tackles the same story with more psychological complexity.
TIFF Review: Aloners is a melancholy ode to society’s loners
South Korean filmmaker Hong Seong-eun’s Aloners is a low-key film about loneliness and how capitalism takes advantage of depressed people.
TIFF Review: Scarborough is one of the festival’s most stirring crowdpleasers
Scarborough, from directors Rich Williamson and Shasha Nakhai, is a big-hearted portrait of families in a low-income neighbourhood.