Interest: Women Writers, Directors + Producers

  • Farewell Amor

    Farewell Amor

    After fleeing Angola’s civil war, Walter has spent 17 years in NYC, separated from his wife and daughter, so when they are finally reunited, they…

  • Lucky Chan-sil

    Lucky Chan-sil

    At a drunken wrap party, film producer Lee Chan-sil finds herself out of a job when the director she’s long collaborated with drops dead of…

  • The American Sector

    The American Sector

    Universal Studios in Florida, a Hilton Hotel in Dallas, Museum of World Treasures in Kansas, and private homes in the Hollywood Hills are just some…

  • Last Autumn

    Last Autumn

    On the remote Icelandic coast sits a sheep farm tended to by a husband and wife who have lived off the land for years, but…

  • Selah and the Spades

    Selah and the Spades

    Catty, territorial high school cliques are at the center of this fresh film by Tayarisha Poe. Selah Summers (standout newcomer Lovie Simone) is a senior…

  • Beautiful Dreamer

    Beautiful Dreamer

    A Bay Area couple’s decision to hire a surrogate creates ripples in their marriage and in the relationships around them. Erin Daniels (The L Word)…

  • Shorts 1

    Shorts 1

    These shorts directed by an international group of emerging filmmakers present moving examples of individual acts of grace, courage, and compassion. From determined teenagers challenging…

  • Shirley

    Shirley

    A psychological drama dipped in acid, this darkly funny fictional portrait of writer Shirley Jackson (“The Lottery”) soars on Elisabeth Moss’s fearless eponymous performance. Stricken…

  • Rocks

    Rocks

    British-Nigerian teenager Rocks is a dynamic presence at her high school, doing her classmates’ makeup and initiating food fights in Home Ec class. What her…

  • Amulet

    Amulet

    “Evil must be contained,” says Sister Claire (Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake), but trying to achieve that proves challenging in actress Romola Garai’s gory and hypnotic…