Writer-director Fernanda Valadez and writer-producer Astrid Rondero discuss how the political climate in Mexico impacted Identifying Features.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
Claire Oakley on her genre bending coming-of-ager Make Up
First time filmmaker Claire Oakley discusses the dream that inspired her stylised, genre bending coming-of-age film, Make Up.
Seventh Row picks the 30 best films of 2020
Seventh Row editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith pick the 30 best films of 2020, from First Cow to My Prince Edward.