Women Directed Movies in 2011

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• B. | December 30, 2011 6:27 AMReply

  Hysteria, by Tanya Wexler.

• Ann | December 27, 2011 12:43 PMReply

  The Power of Three.... first film EVER that stars, was written by, produced by and directed by women over the age of 50. www.powerofthreefilm.com

• Julia | December 18, 2011 8:40 PMReply

  "Return" by Liza Johnson - premiered at Cannes this year.

• Erin | December 12, 2011 11:41 PMReply

  Last Night-- Massy Tadjedin and Texas Killing Field- Amy Mann

• Francesca | December 9, 2011 12:49 PMReply

  Watch for The Wine of Summer, written, directed & produced by Maria Matteoli, funded entirely by women investors, and starring a great ensemble of amazing actresses including Sonia Braga, Elsa Pataky, Najwa Nimri and Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden... Coming in 2012...

• Lynn | December 5, 2011 1:54 AMReply

  The Arbor, Cleo Bernard
  Sleeping Beauty Catherine Briellet
  
  AND
  Why not docs?

• Dani | December 2, 2011 11:16 AMReply

  It's also sad how bad those movies were.

• Kathleen | November 30, 2011 10:34 PMReply

  Yes, it is positive that the needle has moved from 7 to 10 per cent. However, we cannot be complacent. We need to keep up the activism.
  
  BTW, Meryl Streep has played Julia Child and now, she is playing Margaret Thatcher. We ought to encourage her to play Gloria Steinem in her new film. It's time for Meryl to play a famous feminist.

• Carrie Rickey | November 27, 2011 11:18 AMReply

  While 26 features out of 250 might strike some as shocking, for the past ten years the number of woman-directed featured has been between 7 and 8 per cent. That the needle has moved to 10 per cent is a positive sign.

• Zach | November 26, 2011 10:43 AMReply

  W.E. by madonna had it's qualifying run in December

• Dana Kephart | November 25, 2011 5:49 AMReply

  I am the father of a Canadian woman director and, having watched my daughter struggle to get opportunities and recognition, sympathize with the "celluloid ceiling" women face in the film world. This is just as true in Canada as the US, and I suspect for the same reasons.... I won't go into that. I have become very aware, watching my daughter struggle, that the Ole Boyz are blind. I think what I realize is that the Ole Boyz seem to lack the subtley that women (at least my daughter) bring to a project. So, I hope this blog and others I have perused will continue to be a "call to arms" to get the 51% artistic film voices their rightful representation.... We are missing out on too much.

• Louise Ford | November 20, 2011 8:01 PMReply

  THE LONELIEST PLANET, written and directed by Julia Loktev. Played at festivals this year at Locarno, Toronto, New York, London, Mexico. Won the Grand Jury prize at AFI Fest. Picked up by IFC/Sundance Selects, slated to open in NY next Spring (so maybe this counts as 2012...)

• Heidi | November 19, 2011 11:48 PMReply

  melissa, what about Ami Caanan Mann and 'Texas Killing Fields'? Or was that an indie?

• Melissa Silverstein | November 20, 2011 3:50 PM

  Heidi- Thanks. I've added that film.

• Rania | November 18, 2011 3:21 PMReply

  From Argentina, "The Puzzle," by Natalia Smirnoff.

• Frako | November 18, 2011 3:07 PMReply

  Since you didn't include documentaries made by women this past year (as you noted), I will. There were many, but the strongest ones I saw in 2011 were Better This World (Kelly Duane de la Vega & Katie Galloway), Between Two Worlds (Deborah Kaufman), Bobby Fischer Against the World (Liz Garbus), Magic Trip (Alison Ellwood), The Tiniest Place (Tatiana Huezo), The Welcome (Kim Shelton).

• Nina | November 18, 2011 2:37 PMReply

  The changes in BP voting this year will make it harder for the small, intimate dramas that most women directors favor to get nominated but the films that have yet to open include some possible contenders so we'll just have to wait and see.

• Nick | November 18, 2011 1:10 PMReply

  From Greece: "Attenberg" directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
  
  From France: "Goodbye First Love" by Mia Hansen-Løve

• Melissa Silverstein | November 20, 2011 3:47 PM

  Did Attenberg open in release? I will add Goodbye First love. Thanks for catching.

• Allison | November 18, 2011 11:21 AMReply

  Well, I would consider Arthur Christmas, Kung Fu Panda 2, and The Iron Lady major pictures. So the THR reporter is ill-informed.