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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.

Elena Lazic / June 6, 2018

‘It’s part of my life, not a horror film’: Jennifer Fox on The Tale

We interview Jennifer Fox about The Tale, which tells of her own experience as a woman in her forties who finds herself flooded with long-buried memories of the abuse she suffered as a child. This interview was conducted at the Sundance London Film Festival.

The Tale, Jennifer Fox, Laura Dern

Alex Heeney / May 26, 2018

The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths

In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is one of writing and rewriting, and that’s baked into the film’s grammar.

Commander Arian, Alba Sotorra

Laura Anne Harris / May 18, 2018

Commander Arian interview: Meet the women of the ISIS resistance

Alba Sotorra on her documentary Commander Arian, which follows a group of Syrian women fighting against ISIS.

Inventing Tomorrow, Laura Nix

Alex Heeney / May 17, 2018

Laura Nix on Inventing Tomorrow: ‘They’re trying to literally save where they live’

Nix discusses her documentary Inventing Tomorrow, which follows a diverse group of students at a science fair who are working to benefit where they live.

Léonor Serraille, Jeune Femme

Elena Lazic / May 14, 2018

Léonor Serraille on Jeune Femme, her anti-Frances Ha

Léonor Serraille discusses her feature debut Jeune Femme, a portrait of a complicated, impulsive young woman and her process of self-reinvention.

Alex Heeney / May 11, 2018

Sundance docs interrogate the status quo of the art world

Kusama: Infinity and The Price of Everything, two art docs that premiered at Sundance this year, investigate the prejudices and elitism of the art world.

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