Films Directed by Women

2009 film

A true story, set in the future. About seeds and genetic diversity, about growth and decay, about love and war, about hunger of all kinds. About what it means to be human, even when all your humanity is stripped away.

In the forests of Finnish Lapland, brothers Aarne and Lasse Aatsinki carry on the generations-old tradition of reindeer herding. These modern cowboys maintain an intricate bond with the environment that has allowed them to preserve their lifestyle in one of the harshest climates imaginable. Jessica Oreck’s intimate, gorgeously lensed documentary follows the brothers for a year, sharing in the hard work, daily rituals and small joys that make up life above the Arctic Circle.

An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.

한 무리의 청년들이 인턴쉽을 위해 외딴곳에 위치한 수상한 호텔에 모인다. 이들은 강압적인 지배인이 나눠준 똑같은 이름이 써진 명패를 착용하고, 각자에게 주어진 호텔의 업무를 수행한다. 기묘한 분위기가 흐르는 호텔 안에서 반복적인 업무에 지친 이들의 억눌려 있던 욕망과 광기가 눈을 뜨기 시작한다. 자신만의 영화 세계를 만들고 있는 야고다 셸츠 감독의 두 번째 심리호러 영화이자 폴란드국립영화학교 연기과 학생들의 졸업 작품.

Mula lives with her husband, sick mother and daughter Nina in a countryside house. At the weekend before Nina’s First Holy Communion, her brother with his family come for a visit together with Kaja – Mula’s younger sister, who disappeared suddenly 6 years earlier. Kaja is Nina’s biological mother. Mula is afraid that unstable Kaja might want to take her daughter away.

2012 film

A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.

Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own.

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a friendship with concierge Ali, another loner, who helps him save his collection. They involuntarily change each other’s fate.

Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the perfect man, and this forces them to reconsider their attitudes to men in general.

A Spanish festival reveals the emotional distance between a woman and a man.

《假面》(페르소나)是四部短片组成的短片集，将于4月份登陆Netflix。四部短片分别由任弼星、李京美、金宗宽、全高云执导。裴斗娜、朴海秀也将出演。任弼星执导短片讲述一个魅力十足的女人，能够让任何男人为她放弃一生；李京美执导短片讲述两名女网球运动员的一场极具激情的比赛；金宗宽执导短片围绕一对在梦中再次相遇的恋人展开；全高云执导短片围绕两个发誓要甜蜜复仇的女孩展开。

Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.

This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.

Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.

2019 film by Mati Diop

2019 film directed by Justine Triet

Paulo Gustavo, 15 years, spends his days to the Social centre of the evangelistic Church. His mother, Gisele, has alcoholism problems. She has to go to the Centre where she meets Valeria, the social worker charged of submitted of a report with the authorities to validate or not the guard of the children by their mother. Valéria is also mother of two children. She is an evangelistic Pasteur and pushes the family to integrate her Church. Gustavo tells to everybody that he's in love with “Taina”, who nobody knows.