Female Filmmaker Movies

HOW BRIEF is a disappearing act set over the course of one night in 1962 when a restless woman returns to her childhood home for the last time,...

The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life...

A couple attempts to revive their spark at a "happy ending" massage parlor, but they're trapped inside when a murderous client's obsession with a...

During a difficult visit to her single immigrant mother, Athena discovers that what she thought was age-related mental decline is in fact an...

While filming her grandmother for a school project, 16-year-old Noémie discovers a particularly spicy secret that leads her to explore her...

Based on true events, "Dissociated Me" tells the story of a woman encouraged by a renowned film editor to turn her chaotic Beverly Hills past -...

Alma is a young film lover who dreams of one day making a living creating stories. Determined, she decides to go to the city to study film, but...

When Sam splits up with her partner, she is forced to move back into her childhood home with her mother and neurodivergent brother. When depression...

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers...

Janina Ramirez presents a set of short films by talented, emerging artists who use comedy, drama and dance to tell stories from a contemporary female...

GHOSTED is a British romantic comedy drama film in which an aspiring actress falls for a man on their first date.

For more than 40 years Kathryn Bigelow has been making films that explore male violence. With movies like Blue Steel, Point Break, The Hurt Locker...

When two oddball strangers leave their lives behind to chase their Hollywood dreams, they discover that what they lack in talent, they make up for...

Newly single and out of her depth, Daphnée’s hunt to find the one person who saw her accidental 'nude' leads her through a hilariously...

In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

A struggling young woman turns to trail running for control, but when she becomes fixated on a naturally gifted rival, her obsession pushes her...

Sixteen year old Sam explores her relationship with a new friend during an anxiety inducing day at Grandma's.

Millennial BFF's, Darby and Scout are closer than sisters until Darby marries Scout's dad and becomes her same age step-mom. Through this subversive...

The achievements of Lois Weber - the highest paid film director at Universal Studios in 1916, virtually unknown today - as seen through the eyes of a...

Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and...