Films Directed by Women

伊文思和罗丽丹的《愚公移山》是历时5年完成的长达12小时的12集系列片，记录了当时中国社会的方方面面，仅从每集的片名即可略见一斑：《大庆油田》（84分钟），《上海第三医药商店》（75分钟），《上海电机厂》（131分钟），《一位妇女，一个家庭》（110分钟），《渔村》（1 04分钟），《一座军营》（56分钟），《球的故事》（19分钟），《钱教授》（12分钟），《京剧排练》（30分钟），《北京杂技团练功》（18分钟），《手工艺艺人》（15分钟），《对上海的印象》（60分钟）。

A WOMAN LIKE ME is a hybrid documentary that interweaves the real story of director Alex Sichel, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2011, with the fictional story of Anna Seashell, who struggles to find the glass half full when faced with the same diagnosis. The film follows Alex as she uses her craft to explore what is foremost on her mind while confronting a terminal disease: parenting, marriage, faith, life, and death. When we are stuck between a rock and hard place, can our imagination get us out?

一段女大男小的恋情，以浪漫温馨开始，竟以血腥暴力收场。男人与女人从邂逅、倾心到互相爱恋，一切似乎是那么地美好：迷人的月光、沙滩漫步、相拥温存。然而，随着彼此的生活变得愈来愈紧密，两人的冲突对立也愈来愈尖锐，这岂是“对称情爱”？

捕捉紐約皇后區即將拆遷的工業社區，在碎裂的鐵鏽與機械敲打聲中，道出移民社群的無奈。

Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.

影片讲述一对原本走在两条截然不同生命线上的丹麦兄弟，因着阿富汗战争，生命因而逆转交缠。看似是一出充满反战意味的影片，实质却是一个现实世界里有血有肉的爱情故事。
哥哥迈克尔拥有一个美好家庭，美丽的妻子莎拉加上两个女儿；在军队中，亦是踏着一片光明的仕途。相反，弟弟詹尼克终日徘徊在法律边缘，漫无目标地生活。为履行联合国军队的任务，迈克尔被派驻阿富汗，不幸地，从此人间蒸发。詹尼克于是代替哥哥照顾家庭，与莎拉发展出微妙的感情。一直被囚禁的迈克尔突然回家，更是性情大变……

15-year-old Livia gets back on her feet after falling from her horse with the help of Jean, a volunteer fireman with whom she falls in love. A few days later, vacation begins. June 24. The girl, alone and exasperated, will stop at nothing to conquer this older man; her passion burns more and more. Her love consumes her, driving her into a mounting frenzy, until she commits an irreparable act.

The bittersweet story of Somying Dawrai, a beautiful and successful showgirl working in the famed transvestite cabaret Tiffani Show in Pattaya, Thailand. Somying swears to herself that she will never fall in love. However, when she meets Bunterm, a handsome young singer, her promise to herself falls by the wayside.

Alexa, Fernand, and Louis form a tender yet unconventional trio in a quiet suburban home. Fleeing failed marriages and societal expectations, they build a life rooted in love and mutual support. But their unorthodox arrangement stirs suspicion, especially from a curious police inspector whose own life is about to change in unexpected ways.

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The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.

The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau's infamous motto.

Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her customers, conceives of burlesquing a Salvation Army girl and attends mission meetings on the East Side for atmosphere. There she meets Jerry Wilson, an honest truckdriver and friend of the Army captain. Although the act is a success, Babe is disillusioned to find Lonnie, a fellow worker who has been romancing her, stealing her money and making overtures to Big Bertha, the hard-boiled club hostess.

The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.

Frontline looks at the case of Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.

Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead, he is picked up by Lawrence, a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.

Solaris (Russian: Солярис) is a 1968 TV film based on the 1961 novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem. It was written by Nikolay Kemarsky, directed by Boris Nirenburg and was a Central Television production.
4 years before Andrei Tarkovsky made his classic version of Stanislav Lem’s sci-fi novel Solaris there was this Russian TV version made by Boris Nirenburg and Lidiya Ishimbayeva.

Follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Boardwalk, who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles. Hillary is the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer who struggles to find her own destiny. Their friendship—even with its ups and downs—sustains them for decades.

Documents a woman's actual pregnancy; the emotions, the affects on her husband and first-born child, the birth itself via Caesarean section, and her struggle to return to work and a social life, while still being a good mother.

The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.