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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

A still from Aloners, in which a young woman sits at a table, her head downturned, her face passive. The text on the image reads 'TIFF Review'.

Orla Smith / September 10, 2021

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.

A still from Scarborough in which three young kids lie down on a colourful floor, gazing happily at the ceiling. The text on the image reads 'TIFF Review'.

Orla Smith / September 10, 2021

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.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2021

TIFF Review: Neus Ballús’s The Odd-Job Men is a delightful comedy

Neus Ballús’s The Odd-Job Men is a quiet, lovely little film that charts a week in the life of three “odd-job men” on the outskirts of Barcelona.

A young woman sits on a boat in this still from CODA. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Alex Heeney / August 13, 2021

Sundance Review: CODA is a crowdpleaser with nuanced ideas about disability

Siân Heder’s crowd-pleaser, CODA, is a film that, in any other year, would have the Eccles Theatre on its feet with rapturous applause.

Alex Heeney / July 8, 2021

Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl) finds a new angle on life under fascism

Sandrine Kiberlain’s feature debut, Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl), is the story of an aspiring Parisian actress living under the Nazi occupation.

Seventh Row Editors / July 2, 2021

Essential Indigenous films from the territories known as Canada

Here is Seventh Row’s guide to essential stories about Indigenous Peoples told by Indigenous people, all from the territories known as Canada.

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