Movies and TvShows featuring "female-film-director-as-character" theme.

In the year 2033, a group of astronauts embarks on a dangerous mission to Mars to establish the first human colony on the planet. They face numerous challenges, including the harsh Martian environment and the psychological toll of being separated from their families on Earth.

Losing Alice follows an ambitious female film director who becomes involved in a mind game with a mysterious woman, leading to a series of manipulative actions and a tragic romance. The story explores themes of psychological drama, femme fatales, and the blurred lines between reality and fiction.

Joni's Promise is a comedy-drama film that follows the story of a filmmaker navigating the ups and downs of the movie industry. The film explores themes of romance, adventure, and comedy, all while highlighting the challenges and excitement of filmmaking. With a quirky and entertaining plot, Joni's Promise takes viewers on a wild ride through the urban setting, featuring a diverse cast of characters including a drummer, a thief, a filmmaker, and more.

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl is a documentary film that explores the life and career of Leni Riefenstahl, a renowned filmmaker known for her association with Nazi propaganda. The film delves into her artistic achievements, her collaboration with Adolf Hitler's regime, and the controversy surrounding her work. Through interviews, archive footage, and film clips, the documentary provides a comprehensive look at Riefenstahl and her impact on the film industry.

The director of films for kids called Bonzurka together with her loyal assistants Drahuska and Honza are looking for the actors for a new movie "The Knee". Children for this movie should not be afraid and shy and they must have talent for acting. Thus the scouting is quite difficult. The most difficult is to find an actress for a main character who lost her hair after a serious illness and now has to spent the whole holiday in the countryside with a bald head resembling a knee. Although the makeup artist does his best an artificial baldness does not solve anything. From the selected little girls only the self-assertive Rosemary has the guts to let her long hair to be cut and shave off her head.

Every year in May several thousand 'Lords of Little Egypt' meet for festivities in the Camargue. Mai Zetterling stays with the gypsies and reports on how they live their lives.