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Women Directors

In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.

Orla Smith / December 6, 2019

Interview: Honey Boy is a confident step into fiction filmmaking for Alma Har’el

Poetic documentarian Alma Har'el discusses her first fiction feature, Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf's autobiographical exploration of his childhood trauma. Honey …

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LFF Official Competition, Monos

B. P. Flanagan / December 5, 2019

LFF’s Official Competition highlights emerging trends among young auteurs

Ben Flanagan muses on LFF 2019's competition selection and to what extent it represents the current state of cinema, particularly British and genre cinema. Read …

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Hala, Minhal Baig, Geraldine Viswanathan

Orla Smith / November 23, 2019

Interview: Hala is a lyrical debut from Minhal Baig

Hala director Minhal Baig discusses fictionalising her own life story, her filmic influences, and Gerladine Viswanathan’s brilliant performance. We reviewed the …

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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, cannibalism is used as a metaphor to explore what it is to be a woman living under patriarchy, in both the macro and the micro. …

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Justine Smith / October 15, 2019

Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell on MS Slavic 7

Co-directors Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell discuss finding the structure of MS Slavic 7, their collaboration, and working on a budget. Deragh …

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Disco, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Josefine Frida

Orla Smith / October 5, 2019

Interview: Disco shows “the journey to become radical”

Director Jorunn Mykelbust Syversen and actress Josefine Frida on Disco, a dark drama about the dangers of fanatical religion. Discover more TIFF acquisition …

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