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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.

An Indigenous man in a traditional headdress surveys the landscape in Inconvenient Indian. In the foreground of the image is director Michelle Latimer. The text on the images reads 'Interview'.

Alex Heeney / September 22, 2020

TIFF Interview: Michelle Latimer on Indigenous agency in Inconvenient Indian

Michelle Latimer discusses Inconvenient Indian, her award winning essay film, and reclaiming cultural images of Indigenous people.

A couple embraces in Naomi Kawase's True Mothers.

Alex Heeney / September 22, 2020

TIFF Review: True Mothers explores the trauma and shame of motherhood

True Mothers is one of Naomi Kawase’s best films to date, a thoughtful drama about the shame associated with unconventional motherhood.

A still from The New Corporation.

B. P. Flanagan / September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary

Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan’s The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that’s not as radical as it thinks it is.

Alex Heeney / September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: Bandar Band is a road trip through the 2019 Iran floods

The 2019 Iran floods are the backdrop of director Manijeh Hekmat’s often lighthearted film, Bandar Band.

A still from Point and Line to Plane and an image of director Sofia Bohdanowicz

Justine Smith / September 17, 2020

TIFF Interview: Sofia Bohdanowicz on grief and magical thinking in Point and Line to Plane

Sofia Bohdanowicz’s short Point and Line to Plane is her most personal film to date, a meditation on grief that marks a formal shift for the director. Read her insights…

Aida stares at the camera in Quo Vadis, Aida?

Orla Smith / September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: Bosnian genocide drama Quo Vadis, Aida? grapples with complicity

Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, a harrowing drama about the 1995 Bosnian genocide, is one of the best films of TIFF 2020. Find out why…

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