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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.

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 pandemic.

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 killer.

Filmmakers Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, in front of a still of their film, Identifying Features. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 11, 2021

‘In Mexico, reality surpasses fiction’: Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero on Identifying Features

Writer-director Fernanda Valadez and writer-producer Astrid Rondero discuss how the political climate in Mexico impacted Identifying Features.

A young woman in a red bathing suit sits in an inflatable raft in a pool in this still from Pleasure. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 10, 2021

Sundance Review: Navigating consent in Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure

Ninja Thyberg’s LA porn drama Pleasure is an authentic, scathing look at an industry with little regard for boundaries or consent.

A still of a man and a woman looking at each other in Together Together, directed by Nikole Beckwith. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 9, 2021

Sundance Review: Together Together feels both fresh and familiar

Nikole Beckwith’s surrogacy drama, Together Together, starring Patti Harrison and Ed Helms, is sweetly subversive if a little thin.

A still of a crowd scene in Quo Vadis, Aida?, behind a headshot of director Jasmila Žbanić. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / January 27, 2021

‘She is like many women I know who were lionesses’: Jasmila Žbanić on Quo Vadis, Aida?

Writer-director Jasmila Žbanić discusses her blistering film about the Bosnian genocide, Quo Vaids, Aida?, which is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar.

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