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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.

Seventh Row Editors / July 13, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and playing with form

In the fifth and final episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Penny Lane discusses her experiments with form in Confessions of a Good Samaritan.

Alex Heeney / July 1, 2023

Alice Winocour on the personal and national trauma of Revoir Paris

In this interview, Alice Winocour discusses telling a subjective story of coping with PTSD in her film Revoir Paris.

Alex Heeney / June 15, 2023

Falcon Lake explores the threshold between childhood and adolescence

Charlotte Lebon’s feature debut is a sensitive look at a pair of teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, friendship and romance.

Alex Heeney / June 2, 2023

I Used to Be Funny is a thoughtful dramedy about PTSD

Ally Pankiw’s I Used to Be Funny addresses coping with PTSD with a light touch, in this story of a struggling female comic.

Seventh Row Editors / May 31, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #2: Sophie Fiennes on Four Quartets and documenting theatre on film

In the second episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Sophie Fiennes discusses The Four Quartets and how she approaches documenting live performance on screen.

Seventh Row Editors / May 30, 2023

Creative Nonfiction Film #1: An introduction to the season

In the first episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Alex Heeney previews what to expect this season and discusses how she got interested in creative nonfiction film — a process that’s been documented in our two ebooks on documentaries.

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