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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.

A still of Ana Katz in front of a still of The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet. The text on the image reads 'Interview'.

Alex Heeney / February 25, 2021

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet: Ana Katz on the best film of Sundance

Ana Katz's The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet was our favourite film of Sundance and won awards at IFFR. We spoke with Katz about collaborating with her brother over …

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Alex Heeney / February 23, 2021

Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics

Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics, in the lead up to and aftermath of a sexual assault, and how a couple copes. Test Pattern is …

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A young man and woman smile at someone off camera in this still from Aristocrats. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 22, 2021

IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo

Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who …

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

Alex Heeney / February 14, 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. Check out all our …

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Alex Heeney / February 12, 2021

‘The idea for the sound design was accepting silence’: Iuli Gerbase on The Pink Cloud

Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase discusses her feature debut, The Pink Cloud, about a couple unable to leave their homes for years but shot before the …

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A headshot of writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat in front of a still of her film, I Blame Society. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 12, 2021

Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society

In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial …

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