Films Directed by Women

Fancy watching a comical, surreal musical with Robinson Crusoe, about refugees on the Mediterranean Sea? Look no further! The switch of perspective, previously demonstrated by Romanian animator Anca Damian in L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona in 2018 – in which a dying dog reflects on his owners – also drives The Island. Here, Robinson Crusoe is not a desperate marooned sailor, but someone who voluntarily wiles away his days on an island. One day, Friday washes ashore – the sole survivor from a boat full of people trying to reach Italy. Criminals, border guards, and mermaids follow.
The result is not so much an indictment, as an absurd animation set to music which, in Damian’s own apt words, is a mix of The Little Prince, Robinson Crusoe, and Monty Python. The most bizarre scenes pass across the screen and merge together. In short, a film powered by wild free association, comic observation, and visual poetry.

我们将探索一栋法国的公寓楼，那里的居民与日常生活中的危险作斗争：一位食人魔在一年一度的食人魔盛宴上被要求照顾邻居的孩子时咬断了牙齿； 一位魔术师将他的助手锯成两半，结果她的腿跑开了； 一位徒步旅行者和他的狗在电梯里被困了好几天；而一位老人则爱上了一双腿……

This film will explore the reasons why the colourful and passionate Kahlo still captivates 65 years after her death. Featuring key moments from her life combined with a dramatized depiction of her vivid imagination, the film will depict Frida Kahlo’s life in a sensitive and celebratory way and give a concise, compelling and accurate representation of her development as an artist and a woman.

12岁的奥利维亚目睹家宅遭驱逐，家道崩塌。随母亲英格丽与弟弟蒂姆栖身废弃公寓，她哄劝弟弟：这不过是场电影，而他们正是主角。

In Tulugalik things are getting busy. The village is building a new harbor to make room for the increased tourism. 12-year-old Maliina adores living here, but her mother wants for her to get a real education in the big city. As things start to heat up between the two, a mystery occurs. The fish has disappeared and soon the town starts to suffer. Maliina learns that she is the one who can solve the mystery. Facing her own fears and the unknown of the Spirit Realms, she begins her journey. But as she delves down into the depth of the sea, destructive storms strike the town. Can Maliina persevere enough to find and calm the Mother of the Sea before the town – and life as they know it – unravels?

一个调皮的男孩和他的同学、老师和父母在20世纪60年代的巴黎的冒险故事。

意大利飞艇工程师翁贝托·诺比尔和他心爱的小狗蒂蒂娜享受着平静的生活。有一天，挪威探险家巨星罗尔德·阿蒙森联系他并订购一艘飞艇征服北极。

口哨声响遍土耳其偏乡的高山低谷，是村民隔空传话，也是哑女与人沟通唯一途径。贵为村长爱女，虽免戴头巾的规范，却难避众人鄙夷目光。奔走山岭，希望射杀野狼以赢得尊重，不料被神秘负伤男子突袭，肉体心灵亦一并被俘虏。饿狼传说令人心惶惶，未及父权社会的封建巨灵，更令少女恐惧。一趟北部之旅与坚毅女子偶遇，启发辛却斯与佐凡尼提谱写这现实、梦幻与民间神话交织的故事，以自由呼啸，为独立自强的女性呐喊。

Filmmaking partners Guillaume Giovanetti and Cagla Zencirci immersed themselves in the magical world of Japanese folklore to create this intricate and delightfully amusing modern-day parable

A government minister must choose between using his position to help his father in law stay out of jail for tax evasion or allow the law to take its course with him. His decision causes him and his family more harm than good.

A young surgeon's chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.

A divorced couple who decide to share equal space in their ex-matrimonial home soon realize that the ingenious idea is easier said than done. Bent on flexing their egos and scoring points, the two implore various hilarious tactics that soon inflames emotions and turns an already complicated situation into a roller coaster ride.

SHAKEDOWN (2017) chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles. Filmed from 2002 - 2015 the story functions as a legend where money is both myth and material. Cumulatively, questions arise about how to diagram the before and after of a utopic moment. Directed by Leilah Weinraub.

尼柯林是一位经验丰富的心理学家，她在一家惩教机构开始了一份新工作。她遇到了伊德里斯，一个犯下了一系列严重罪行的性犯罪者。经过五年的治疗，他即将开始他的第一个无人陪伴的缓刑期。他的从业团队对他的发展充满热情，但新人尼柯林不信任他，并试图对他的缓刑期施压。伊德里斯尽其所能说服尼柯林相信他的善意，但慢慢地，他变成了她从一开始就在他身上看到的那种控制欲很强的男人。两人之间的权力游戏开始了，尽管尼柯林有知识和经验，她还是完全陷入了困境。

2019 film directed by Eva Cools

In July 1988, Mizue Furui was in the Gaza Strip and West Bank with her camera as a rookie freelance journalist. Covering the Palestinian condition, she became acquainted with Ghada Ageel, a 23-year-old teacher at an elementary school, in November 1993 and started shooting her life up to when she turned 35. The 12 years Furui spent shooting still and video images has borne fruit in a documentary titled "Ghada -- Songs of Palestine," which will be released in Uplink Theater in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in May as a rare report on women in the traditionally male-oriented Palestinian society.

Eiko Kanno is a 79 year old grandmother whose life has been completely changed by the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Her life should have been with her grandchildren but because of the disaster which caused her entire village of Iitate to be evacuated. She now lives by herself in temporary housing. Yoshiko Kanno and her extended family are very important to her changed life. Yoshiko Kanno lost her parents in the evacuation and she found herself living next door to Eiko Kanno. They entertain themselves by telling jokes to each other like a comedic duo. They now live together.

A documentary of Palestinian children that lived through the Israeli military's intervention in the Gaza Strip in late 2008. The film depicts how the children of the Samuni family, that lost 29 members in the conflict, have accepted the deaths of their loved ones and how they try to overcome.