Films Directed by Women

粵劇的「舊」，為「新浪潮」提供了上佳的戲劇背景。許鞍華的第二部作品以戲班後台作為舞台，泡製出一個寓風格於現實的故事。長洲可說是一個大型的後台，其古樸的離島風貌，配合了粵劇肖象性的化妝、絢麗的服飾及富於感觀性的舞台表演，營造出一股詭秘妖異的氣氛。兩代恩怨竟牽涉商業騙局及軍政大事，陰與陽、人與鬼、新與舊、老與少、真與假，錯綜複雜。蕭芳芳的演出收放自如，演活了「十三點」的鬼馬二幫花旦。導演許鞍華充滿獵奇意味的筆觸，更為粵劇描繪出一種特殊的魅力。

German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in part a reaction to the rigid structures of then-popular minimalism, a male-dominated movement. Hesse’s complicated personal life encompassed not only a chaotic 1930s Germany, but also illness and the immigrant culture of New York in the 1940s. One of the twentieth century’s most intriguing artists, she finally receives her due in this film, an emotionally gripping journey with a gifted woman of great courage.

Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.

十四岁的少女安娜（卡拉哈·奥加尔德 Clara Augarde 饰）成长在一个非常虔诚的天主教家庭中。今年暑假，她即将完成加入天主教的最后一步：坚信礼。这是她今年夏天最期待的事情，没有之一。可是，当安娜返回故乡准备完成仪式时，却震惊的发现，父亲竟然抛弃了母亲离开了家庭，而母亲由于经受不住精神上的巨大打击而投奔了和她青梅竹马的传教士。
一下子失去了温暖家庭的安娜只得和祖父相依为命，在祖父身边，安娜结识了名叫皮埃尔（斯蒂法诺·卡赛提 Stefano Cassetti 饰）的男孩。皮埃尔和安娜认识的所有男孩都不一样，他热情奔放，向往自由，没有任何宗教信仰。他的存在让安娜渐渐开始意识到，对于生活，自己也许有另一种选择。

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.

丹麦政府独立将近一年，美国和丹麦外交大臣将在哥本哈根会晤，在五日内，对格陵兰和美国的石油生产商之间的合作开采进行辩论。

一对生活在阿富汗首都卡布尔的儿童兄妹救下了一只据说是由外国人带来的小狗，而其他的孩子们正打算伤害这只狗。他们带着狗来到了城市的监狱。监狱的守卫告诉他们探视的时间已经过去了，但孩子们告诉守卫，他们不是探视者，而是监狱的囚犯。守卫问他们，如果是囚犯，为什么会在监狱的外面。他们回答说：“我们是晚上的囚犯。”守卫似乎明白了。于是，经过了身体检查后，孩子们被带到了牢房里。这时，一切都清楚了。原来孩子们的母亲是这所监狱的囚犯，而她的孩子们在晚上无家可归，所以孩子们被允许晚上来和他们的母亲呆在一起过夜。
第二天，监狱的典狱长发现了这件事，他拒绝让孩子们进入监狱，而孩子们还在徒劳的哀求，希望能让他们进入监狱过夜。孩子们被告知，监狱不是孤儿院，也不是为那些无家可归的人准备的避难所，监狱是关押那些犯罪的人的地方。于是，为了能有个地方生活，两个孩子准备试着去犯罪。

Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a man is forced by his sister into a blind date that turns into a nightmare.

这是一个貌似可笑的故事，纽约长岛的四个工人朋友，他们依旧热衷保持父辈们的生活方式，挖掘蛤蜊。他们的祖父，他们的父亲都依靠这个生活。然而，随着日益的变化，无论土地，思想意识，在周围混乱复杂之中，他们依旧要保持简单的生活……

被好莱坞《综艺》杂志誉为伊朗版《史密斯夫妇》，2006年伊朗人气喜剧，2006年伊朗百事达租片榜冠军。
根据备受好评的自我工具书《找回内心的孩子》改编，描述一对婚姻不顺的夫妻，妻子对婚姻抱有天真幻想，丈夫却是怀抱沙文主义的大男人，两人试着改变自己不成熟的个性让婚姻可以合谐。

Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

Armand de Villiers begibt sich mit seiner Frau Liane, die viel jünger ist als er, kurz vor Ausbruch des 2. Weltkriegs auf eine Reise auf dem Luxus-Dampfer "Normandie" über den Atlantik. Dabei trifft Liane auf den reichen Nick Burnham und dessen exzentrische Frau Hillary. Nick und Liane verlieben sich ineinander. Hat diese Leidenschaft eine Chance?

梅儿（安约卡•斯秋儿 Anjorka Strechel 饰）是一个22岁的可爱姑娘，因为样貌和打扮都很中性化，所以她常常会被误认为是男孩。一次偶然中，梅儿遇见了女孩珍妮（露西•霍尔曼 Lucie Hollmann 饰）和她的好友碧昂卡（伊索尔达•戴查克 Isolda Dychauk 饰），两人都以为梅儿是男孩，梅儿将错就错，给自己捏造了一个名为米格尔的葡萄牙男人的身份，和两个女孩去舞厅玩了个痛快。
珍妮渐渐地爱上了潇洒的梅儿，看出了端倪的碧昂卡向珍妮的母亲告了状，珍妮的母亲气急败坏的来到了梅儿家中，想要找到勾引他们家女儿的米格尔，梅儿的哥哥只得当了这个替罪羊。

Jenny's life has changed significantly since she had a baby. her days of food activism and urban anthropology have been replaced by diapers and playtime at the park. When she inherits a cabin in Montana, she leaves the comfort of her Chicago high-rise and travels with her baby to a remote part of the country. While she waits for her husband to join her, she fashions a temporary life of independence for herself - one which takes an unsettling turn when she begins a dangerous relationship with the man her husband hired to fix the property.

　卡米儿（罗拉•塞利顿Lola Créton 饰）十五岁那年遇上了苏利文，初恋的滋味让这个尚在懵懂的女孩品尝到爱情青涩的味道。然而苏利文从大学退学，为了追求独立的生活，在夏天即将结束的时候离开了这个城市，开始了独自一人的旅程。刚开始的几个月他还断断续续的给卡米儿来信，讲述着自己旅途中的事情，但几个月后，当卡米儿每每检查信箱时，却再没了苏利文的音讯。就这样一段全心投入却又无疾而终的初恋让卡米儿心灰意冷，甚至想要自杀来寻求解脱。在家人的帮助下，卡米儿渐渐从这段爱情带给自己的伤痛走了出来，并且发奋学习终在四年后成为了一名出色的建筑师。工作的原因让她认识了现在的男友洛朗，然而这段稳定的爱情却在卡米儿偶遇苏利文后起了一丝波澜…

2005年索菲亚国际电影节回顾单元评选的“保加利亚影史十部最伟大影片”之一。
A large balloon suddenly appears above villages and fields and grabs the attention of the peasants. They start liking the sudden guest from nowhere for the beauty of the free existence. A policeman comes and the dreams of freedom vanish.
A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade. But the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not alone in this undertaking. There is another armed group that chases the 'wonder'. An argument whose property the balloon is breaks out between the two groups. It turns out that the balloon flew from Romania over the Danube River. In the turmoil following the argument, the balloon is destroyed. The police arrive and punish the villagers for meddling in other people's affairs.

Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz's story of growing up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity - despite the questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split, her gut starts to tell her something different. At eighteen, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth: her biological father was not the man who raised her, but a black man named Rodney with whom her mother had an affair. Afraid of losing her relationship with her parents, Lacey doesn't openly acknowledge her newly discovered black identity with her white family until her biological father dies shortly before Lacey's thirtieth birthday. Following the funeral, Lacey begins a quest to reconcile the hidden pieces of her life and heal her ...

马克（让·杜雅尔丹 Jean Dujardin 饰）是一位功成名就的房地产商，在行业内非常有名。某日，他和一个名叫玛丽（玛丽-乔西·克罗兹 Marie-Josée Croze 饰）的女人约好前往乡下，去看一幢那里的老房子。见到女人后，马克有一种非常熟悉的感觉，觉得自己似乎认识面前这个理应是第一次见面的女人。
之后，马克回忆起自己年轻时居住在阿尔及利亚，那时的他曾经深爱过一个名为凯西的女人，他确认面前的玛丽就是凯西。然而，玛丽却拒绝承认自己就是凯西，不仅如此，马克的妈妈也告诉他，凯西早在很久之前就已经去世了。倔强的马克决定调查自己错乱记忆背后的真相。

A man returns to the place he once lived a passionate love affair with a woman who is now dead. So powerful are the emotions that seize him that he imagines she is still alive, and begins to live as if this were the case...

故事发生在1959年的英格兰。弗洛伦斯（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）在不久之前失去了她的丈夫，但坚强的女人并没有沉湎于悲痛之中，她知道，自己必须坚强的生活下去。弗洛伦斯来到了偏远的海滨小镇哈堡，在这里，她倾尽所有开了一家小小的书店。这是当地唯一的一家书店，在此之前，小镇上的所有人都从来没有接触过文学。
弗洛伦斯的书店给小镇居民们的世界打开了新的大门，整个小镇都因为她的书店的出现而产生了变化，书店的存在更让弗洛伦斯结识了和自己趣味相投的同道中人艾德慕（比尔·奈伊 Bill Nighy 饰），与此同时，弗洛伦斯的出挑也招致了别有用心者异样的眼光。