Female Filmmaker Movies

The achievements of Lois Weber - the highest paid film director at Universal Studios in 1916, virtually unknown today - as seen through the eyes of a...

The film’s protagonist nips to the toilet on a date, where she finds a band of puppets. The musical stream of consciousness paints a relatable...

Millennials in the US discover their lack of legal nationality, sparking a search for recognition and belonging that unites them and offers hope for...

The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life...

In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted...

Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929), "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s...

When two oddball strangers leave their lives behind to chase their Hollywood dreams, they discover that what they lack in talent, they make up for...

When a judgmental workaholic is gaslit for her excruciating pain due to an ovarian cyst rupture, she's confronted by her own false beliefs about...

It follows Bennett, a nonbinary new parent, who arrives late to their postpartum "Mamas Group" at a place called "Wüm" with 3-month-old...

In Mexico there is a cult that is rapidly growing- the cult of Saint Death. This female grim reaper, considered a saint by followers but Satanic by...

A filmmaker struggling with her mental health reaches a breaking point and kidnaps a famous social media influencer in an attempt to coerce them into...

Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging female directors and artists. Each film...

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

Stranded in a small village during Earth's final days, a man seeks solace in the brief human connections he encounters.

“I ask my mother about her past feminist commitment, and why she made a child on her own. She doesn’t answer me. I want to pierce the...

A frenetic Santiago gives me space to reflect on depression, loneliness and home in an attempt to piece together my past. Pandemic revelations and...

Janina Ramirez presents a set of short films by talented, emerging artists who use comedy, drama and dance to tell stories from a contemporary female...

An 18 years old innocent aspiring writer tries to fight her loneliness, feel affection and be sexually relieved through lapses of moments created by...

Based on true events, "Dissociated Me" tells the story of a woman encouraged by a renowned film editor to turn her chaotic Beverly Hills past -...

Two long-time internet friends - Ted, the hometown artist, and Liz, a globe-hopping humanitarian. On the night of his gallery opening, on a river...