Movies and TvShows featuring "women-filmmaker" theme.

Children of War is a harrowing portrayal of the atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film follows the story of several individuals, including a wife who is raped in front of her husband, sister seeking revenge, and a child freedom fighter. It sheds light on the brutality and cruelty against women during the war and highlights the courage and resilience of those who fought for independence.

Through diaristic entries, a pair of Burmese and French filmmakers negotiate their changing relationship with Myanmar amidst the country’s military coup in 2021.

Jesus and Maria José live together in the grand house that belonged to their recently deceased father. Their playful routine is disrupted when Magdalena, their half sister on their dad’s side, returns from Spain asking for her share of the inheritance. What are they going to do about this interloper into their dangerous folie à deux?

Living in the confinement of a shared apartment with her controlling mother, Narges is soon confronted with the traumatic situation that women face under patriarchy. A sensitive, brave account about womanhood in modern-day Iran.

After the death of her husband, a grieving elderly woman is enlisted by a coterie of gossipy elderly women in her neighborhood to plan and create custom funerals – offering seniors a chance to plan in advance how they want their funerals to be presented, and how they want their lives to be celebrated.

Her First is a documentary that follows the journey of a strong women-filmmaker in Turkey. It explores topics of womanhood, feminism, and gender equality.

An intimate and revealing autoethnographic documentary about uprootedness, motherhood, love of film, friendship and freedom. Two filmmakers who have been best friends since childhood, both part of the Cuban diaspora, share their intimate and emotional journey while they try to find themselves and each other in a foreign land.

Film production in Nicaragua prevails despite the lack of a film industry. This documentary explores the role of women filmmakers in continuing this art form and their passion to mobilize production efforts since the end of Incine, the only film industry.

One of the rooms inside the legendary Barba Azul Cabaret has become a shelter for the girls working there: the women's bathroom. Every night La Mami, who's in charge of the bathrooms, offers them the warmth and the advice they need to take on the challenge they face in the dance hall.

Jodi Realizes that her partner, Ellie, is leaving for good. She tries to catch a bus to catch her, but it's late. She borrows her landlords car to get to Ellie. The car crashes and Jodi has to go on foot to catch Ellie.