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BOX SET: Books on Women Directors in the Cannes Competition

Discover how three great women directors work and what themes their films explore through an ebook on each of them — all filmmakers who have appeared in the Cannes Competition.

The books will introduce you to the films and filmmaking processes of Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and Kelly Reichardt.

That’s three books for the price of two!

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The three ebooks will each be delivered to you as both a PDF and ePub.

About the Women Directors
in Cannes Competition Box Set

The Women in Cannes Competition Box Set includes books about three women directors who have been selected for the competition over the years. They’re also three of our favourite filmmakers — Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and this year, Kelly Reichardt. 

What critics are saying about the
Women Directors in Cannes Competition Box Set

“As a Kelly Reichardt fan, I can’t recommend [Roads to nowhere] enough.”

– Cláudio Alves, The Film Experience

“Erudite and casual, Portraits of Resistance will force readers into…running back to watch every Sciamma film to see what they missed.”

– Alfred Soto, Film Critic

You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue “allows for a deeper appreciation of a brilliant piece of art. It’s what we want more often from critical analysis — a conversation with the art and its creators — but so rarely get.”

– Brian Tallerico, rogerebert.com

Roads to nowhere, an ebook on all the films of Kelly Reichardt leading up to Showing Up

Roads to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams offers the first in-depth, 360-degree look at Reichardt’s process.

Interviews with Reichardt and her collaborators on many projects, including cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt (who has worked with her on every film since Meek’s Cutoff), author Jon Raymond (who co-wrote all the Oregon films), and costume designer April Napier (since Certain Women).

The book brings you onto the set with behind the scenes images, and will kickstart your thinking on her films through insightful essays.

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Cover of the Céline Sciamma ebook Portraits of resistance, which covers all of her films up to and including Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portraits of resistance: The cinema of Céline Sciamma is an essential companion to Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the essential guide to Céline Sciamma.

Portraits of resistance contains interviews with the cast and crew of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, as well as essays on the film and Céline Sciamma’s career.

This was the first book ever published to be dedicated entirely to Sciamma’s work! She’s been making amazing films for over a decade now, so we’re proud to honour her work in this way.

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In You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue, discover how Lynne Ramsay achieved the complete sensory overload and immersion of the film.

Hear from the people who made it, from the script to the final edit — Ramsay, cinematographer Tom Townend, editor Joe Bini, sound designer Paul Davies, and producer Jim Wilson.

Insightful essays reveal how Ramsay uses every cinematic tool at her disposal in all of her films to create remarkable sensory experiences.

You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue is the only full-length book on Lynne Ramsay’s work and process.

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Praise for the Women Directors in Cannes Competition box set

I can’t recommend Roads to Nowhere enough

A book that celebrates the auteur that is Reichardt without erasing the collectivity of making movies… This is a book about making films, but it’s also about watching cinema, experiencing its refracted perspectives, and going into the imagination of others. 

As a Kelly Reichardt fan, I can’t recommend it enough and hope that, if you do venture into its pages of knowledge and discovery, you can find as much joy as I did…one sometimes feels alone in their cinephilia. 

Roads to Nowhere assures us, at least it assured me, that we’re not lonesome after all.
Cláudio Alves
Critic, The Film Experience

Portraits of resistance is “Erudite and casual”

Fascinated by the ways in which women across continents and centuries create spaces of intimacy, Céline Sciamma stands as one of contemporary film’s most necessary directors.

Alex Heeney and Orla Smith have assembled a collection that does justice to the range of Sciamma’s interests, talents, and achievements.

Erudite and casual, Portraits of Resistance will force readers into an essential task: running back to watch every Sciamma film to see what they missed.
Alfred Soto
Film Critic

A fantastic ebook on You Were Never Really Here

Seventh Row‘s ebook allows for a deeper appreciation of a brilliant piece of art.

It’s what we want more often from critical analysis — a conversation with the art and its creators — but so rarely get.
Brian Tallerico
Managing Editor, Rogerebert.com

Roads to nowhere is “Breathtaking in its insight”

Once again, the Seventh Row team of Alex Heeney and Orla Smith have collaborated on a book that is breathtaking in its insight.

Roads to Nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s Broken American Dreams follows the release of what might be the director’s finest work to date, First Cow. While there is plenty here about the early 1800s-set Cow, Reichardt’s entire career is represented….

Reichardt deserves this sterling tribute, and readers will gain even greater appreciation for her work.”
Christopher Schobert
The Film Stage

Roads to nowhere is “A terrific read”

Roads to Nowhere is as much a book for fans as it is for theorists, and one that also adds components of teaching how to make a film, or perhaps more accurately, how to make a Kelly Reichardt film.

It’s a terrific read for anyone who loves and studies both the filmmaker and contemporary independent American cinema.
Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Editor, Screen Anarchy

Portraits of resistance is “An easily accessible guide to thinking on Sciamma’s films”

An easily accessible guide to thinking on Sciamma’s four feature-length films…

Portraits of resistance is an empathetic assessment of a beloved filmmaker as Seventh Row offers a tender assessment of Sciamma’s work that’s marked by their respect and appreciation for her meticulous craft. 

Portraits of resistance is a welcome and thoughtful first-entry on this critical director.
Andrew Kendall
Film Critic, Stabroek News

A cornerstone for future Sciamma scholarship

Portraits of Resistance covers enormous ground, reading Sciamma’s work as queer cinema, women’s cinema, European cinema, looking at the both the stories and the aesthetics, and how Sciamma has already created distinct and unique films with a singular voice.

Not only is it a great introduction for any who want to learn more about the filmmaker, it will be a cornerstone for any future Sciamma scholarship.
Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Editor, Screen Anarchy

Listen to the book’s editors discuss Reichardt, Sciamma, and the ebooks

How to buy BOX SET: Books on Women Directors in the Cannes Competition

Snag our ebook Box Set, and become an expert on the work and filmmaking process of Kelly Reichardt, Céline Sciamma, and Lynne Ramsay — all women directors who’s films have been programmed in the Cannes Competition.

The ebooks are available as both ePubs and PDFs, which are readable on all tablets, smart phones, and eReaders. You will receive the books in both formats when you purchase.