Monday, August 13, 2007

FAVORITE FILMS BY FEMALE DIRECTORS

FAVORITE FILMS BY FEMALE DIRECTORS

NOTE:
1.This list is inspired by and dedicated to Sonthaya Subyen and the blog http://dkfilmhouse.blogspot.com/

2.I guess nearly all of the directors listed here are female directors. I can't guarantee that all of them are female directors, because I can't find the information on some of them. I just guess from their names that they are highly likely to be female. But some names can be very misleading. I used to misunderstand for a while that these male directors were female:

2.1 Rosa von Praunheim

2.2 Karoly Makk

2.3 Valeri Todorovsky

2.4 Karen Shakhnazarov

2.5 Flora Gomes

So if I make any mistakes in my list here, please tell me. I apologize in advance if I make any mistakes.


3.I include some films in which female and male directors worked together.

4.Don't pay too much attention to the country categorization here. Some films really belong to many countries.

5. The list is first in country alphabetical order, then it is in annual chronological order, then it is in title alphabetical order.

6.I intentionally don't include some famous directors here because I am too lazy to write all the names. So I choose to write only the names which I really want to write or the names which I think should be more famous.

7.For further information, please read

7.1 SENSES OF CINEMA'S SPECIAL WOMEN'S ISSUE
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/22/contents.html
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/23/contents.html

7.2 WOMEN MAKE MOVIES
http://www.wmm.com/

7.3 GERMAN FEMALE DIRECTORS
http://www.regisseurinnen-guide.de/


8.Please visit UBU web to see some great short films by female directors
http://www.ubu.com/film/


AFGHANISTAN
1.THREE DOTS (2004, Roya Sadat, A+/A)


ARGENTINA
2.A WANDERING BRIDE (2006, Ana Katz, A+)


AUSTRALIA
3.AMELIA ROSE TOWERS (1992, Jackie Farkas, A+)

4.THE LAST DAYS OF CHEZ NOUS (1992, Gillian Armstrong, A-)

5.TULIP (1998, Rachel Griffiths, A) 15min
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211691/

6.FORCED INTO IMAGES (2001, Virginia Fraser + Destiny Deacon, A)
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/2/Destiny_Deacon/13/
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/2/Destiny_Deacon/13/38006/
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1060/1101520294_00960c8a48_o.jpg

7.LINEAGE OF THE DIVINE (2002, Monika Tichacek, A+)

8.MOTHER TONGUE (2002, Susan Kim, A+) animation

9.A WEDDING IN RAMALLAH (2002, Sherine Salama, A+) documentary

10.IN BOCCA AL LUPO (IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF) (2003, Patricia Piccinini, A-)
http://www.nzartmonthly.co.nz/ellis_005.html
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/1101520420_7afbb351ce_b.jpg

11.IN THE CUT (2003, Jane Campion, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199626/

12.LOVE (2003, Tracey Moffatt (+ Gary Hillberg), A+) 21 min
http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c633.shtml

13.HE MUST NOT CRY (2004, Lyndal Jones, A-)

14.SOMERSAULT (2004, Cate Shortland, A+)

15.DANYA (2005, Beth Armstrong) short film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478128/


AUSTRIA
16.SEEING SPACE AND HEARING SPACE (1974, Valie Export, A+)

17.BLUE MOON (2002, Andrea Maria Dusl, A+)

18.FREE RADICALS (2003, Barbara Albert, A+)

19.HOTEL (2004, Jessica Hausner, A+)



BELGIUM
20.BLOW UP MY TOWN (1968, Chantal Akerman, A+)

21.THE CRUEL EMBRACE (1987, Marion Hansel, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093641/

22.GIRL (2002, Dorothee Van Den Berghe, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304389/


BRAZIL
23.EROTIQUE: FINAL CALL (1994, Ana Maria Magalhaes, A+)


CANADA
24.LES MARCHES DE LONDRES (LONDON'S MARKET) (1996, Mireille Dansereau, A)

25.SWANN (1996, Anna Benson Gyles, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117798/

26.TU AS CRIE "LET ME GO" (1998, Anne Claire Poirier, A+)

27.LOVE THAT BOY (2003, Andrea Dorfman, A+)

28.WATER (2005, Deepa Mehta, A+/A)


CHINA
29.THE SMOKER (1999, Sun Cong, A) 3 min

30.THE SNAKE BOY (2002, Michelle Chen, A) 60 min, documentary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423222/

31.STOLEN LIFE (2005, Li Shaohong, A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457472/


CROATIA
32.PERSONAL CUTS (1982, Sonja Ivekovic, A) 3:40 min

33.ONE (1997, Ivana Jelavic, A-) 5 min

34.TRUE STORIES (NO.1) (1998, Sandra Sterle, A+) 4:53 min

35.HER 25802ND DAY (2000, Kristina Leko, A) 11 min


CZECH
36.DAISIES (1966, Vera Chytilova, A+)

37.SOME SECRETS (2002, Alice Nellis, A+)


DENMARK
38.THE ONE AND ONLY (1999, Susanne Bier, A-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167137/

39.AFTERMATH (2004, Paprika Steen, Denmark, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386582/

40.A SOAP (2006, Pernille Fischer Christensen, A+)


FINLAND
41.IF 6 WAS 9 (1995, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, A-) 10 min
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157867/

42.GLASS JAW (2004, Zaida Bergroth, A-) 38 min
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414211/


FRANCE
43.LES CREATURES (1966, Agnes Varda, A+)

44.INDIA SONG (1975, Marguerite Duras, A+)

45.LES AMOUREUX (1994, Catherine Corsini, A)

46.COMING TO TERMS WITH THE DEAD (1994, Pascale Ferran, A+)

47.THE FAVORITE SON (1994, Nicole Garcia, A)

48.OUBLIE-MOI (1994, Noemie Lvovsky, A+)

49.VICE VERSA (1995, Chrystel Egal, A-) 4:20 min

50.CLUBBED TO DEATH (LOLA) (1996, Yolande Zauberman, A)

51.DIARY OF A SEDUCER (1996, Daniele Dubroux, A+)

52.WILL IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS? (1996, Sandrine Veysset, A+)

53.DRY CLEANING (1997, Anne Fontaine, A-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119773/

54.FOR SALE (1998, Laetitia Masson, A+)

55.BEAU TRAVAIL (1999, Claire Denis, A+)

56.THE CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY (1999, Diane Kurys, B+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177746/

57.LE DERRIERE (1999, Valerie Lemercier, A+)

58.PRELIMINAIRE (1999, Rebecca Bournigault, A-) video art
http://www.rebeccabournigault.com/video/

59.SERIAL SELF (1999, Brigitte Zieger, A-) video art

60.VENUS BEAUTY INSTITTUTE (1999, Tonie Marshall, A+)

61.BAISE-MOI (2000, Virginie Despentes + Coralie Trinh-Thi, A+)

62.DEUX FEMMES A PARIS (2000, Caroline Huppert, A)

63.GIRLS CAN'T SWIM (2000, Anne-Sophie Birot, A-)

64.SAINT-CYR (2000, Patricia Mazuy, A+)

65.LA VIE MODERNE (2000, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, A+)

66.[…] (2001, Laetitia Bourget, A) 8:44 min
http://www.laetitiabourget.org/

67.CHAOS (2001, Coline Serreau, A)

68.A HELL OF A DAY (2001, Marion Vernoux, A-)

69.TOTEM (2001, Maider Fortune, A+) video art

70.HE LOVES ME…HE LOVES ME NOT (2002, Laetitia Colombani, A-)

71.THE IDOL (2002, Samantha Lang, A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291259/

72.IN MY SKIN (2002, Marina de Van, A+)

73.ATOMIK PARK (2003, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, A+) video art

74.IT'S EASIER FOR A CAMEL (2003, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, A+)

75.ORIGEN DESCONOCIDO (2003, Noemi Sjoberg, A) 8 min, video art
http://www.instantschavires.com/infos/rienavoir/21/avoir.html

76.SINCE OTAR LEFT (2003, Julie Bertucelli, A)

77.THE UNSHOD MAN (2003, Laurence Attali, A+)

78.ANATOMY OF HELL (2004, Catherine Breillat, A+)

79.L'EXPERIENCE PREHISTORIQUE (2004, Christelle Lheureux, A+)experimental

80.LOOK AT ME (2004, Agnes Jaoui, A+)

81.VIVA ALGERIA (2004, Nadir Mokneche, A+)

82.HOUSEWARMING (2005, Brigitte Rouan, A)

83.KITCHEN (2005, Alice Winocour, A+) short film

84.THE RING FINGER (2005, Diane Bertrand, A+)

85.THE BALL OF WOOL (2006, Fatma Zohra Zamoum, A+) short
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235254/

86.ORCHESTRA SEATS (2006, Daniele Thompson, A-)

87.YOU AND ME (2006, Julie Lopes-Curval, A)

88.WHO WISHES TO REPRESENT AN ANGEL, MAKES A BEAST (2007, Christine Laquet, A+) video art


GEORGIA
89.A CHEF IN LOVE (1996, Nana Dzhordzhadze, A-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117050/


GERMANY
90.TANZ FUR EINE FRAU (1974, Ulrike Rosenbach, A+)
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/artist/rosenbach/biography/

91.BERLIN – EXERCISES IN NINE PARTS: DREAMING UNDER WATER OF THINGS AFAR (1975, Rebecca Horn, A+)

92.THE ALL-ROUND REDUCED PERSONALITY: OUTTAKES (1977, Helke Sander, A+)

93.MADAME X – AN ABSOLUTE RULER (1978, Ulrike Ottinger, A+)

94.THE SECOND AWAKENING OF CHRISTA KLAGES (1978, Margarethe von Trotta, A+)

95.THE HUNGER YEARS: IN A LAND OF PLENTY (1980, Jutta Brueckner, A+)

96.PEPPERMINT FREEDOM (1983, Marianne Rosenbaum, A+)

97.SWEET DRESSING (1983, Franziska Megert, A-)
http://catalogue.montevideo.nl/artist.php?id=1556

98.THE SLEEP OF REASON (1984, Ula Stoeckl, A+)

99.SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN (1985, Elfi Mikesch + Monika Treut, A+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090252/

100.DREHORT BERLIN (1987, Helga Reidemeister, A) documentary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162297/

101.HEAVENS OF GLASS (1987, Nina Grosse, A+)

102.ANUBIS' HEART BEAT (1988, Bettina Gruber + Maria Vedder, A)
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/artist/gruber+vedder/biography/

103.TATORT: AUSGEKLINKT (COMING TO A CLOSE) (1988, Sylvia Hoffmann, A+)

104.BETWEEN (1989, Claudia Schillinger, A+)

105.ROOTS (1996, Barbel Neubauer, A-) 3:41 min, animation
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.6/3.6pages/3.6neubauerroots.html
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.6/3.6pages/3.6moritzfilms.html

106.LATE AT NIGHT (1997, Stefanie Jordan + Stefanie Saghri + Claudia Zoller, A-) 5 min, animation
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120561/combined
http://www.notinkansasanymore.com/steffbio/biographie.htm

107.AM I BEAUTIFUL? (1998, Doris Doerrie, A+)

108.ANNALUISE AND ANTON (1998, Caroline Link, A+)

109.THE DAY THE MILKMAN DIDN’T COME (1998, Anja Langenbacher, A+)
Animation

110.PSYCHIC TEQUILA TAROT (1998, Isabell Spengler, A+)

111.JUST IN TIME (1999, Kirsten Winter, A+) short animation

112.KITTYPORN (1999, Angela Christlieb, A+)

113.WATCH THE BIRDIE (1999, Anna Kalus, A) 2 min, animation

114.BUFFALO BILL + MILLY (2000, Rosemarie Trockel, A+)
http://csw.art.pl/new/97/trockel_e.html

115.THE MAID ASLEEP (2001, Corinna Schnitt, A+)

116.INTERVIEW (2003, Jeanne Faust, A+)

117.THE WHITE MASAI (2005, Hermine Huntgeburth, A)

118.FRAULEIN (2006, Andrea Staka, A+)


HONG KONG
119.AN AUTUMN'S TALE (1987, Mabel Cheung, A-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093426/

120.AUTUMN MOON (1992, Clara Law, A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105198/

121.XIU XIU: THE SENT-DOWN GIRL (1998, Joan Chen, A-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115005/

122.KNOT (1999, Agnes Lam, A) 4 min

123.17 1/2 (1999, Monica Lee, A) 23 min

124.BROTHER (2001, Yan Yan Mak, A+)

125.GLASS TEARS (2001, Lai Miu-suet, A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279697/

126.JULY RHAPSODY (2002, Ann Hui, A-)
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C21W4072L._SS500_.jpg


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SOME PHOTOS (most of them are from http://www.allocine.fr/ )

FORCED INTO IMAGES (2001, Virginia Fraser + Destiny Deacon, Australia, A)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1060/1101520294_00960c8a48_o.jpg

IN BOCCA AL LUPO (2003, Patricia Piccinini, Australia, A)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/1101520420_7afbb351ce_b.jpg

EROS THERAPIE (2004, Daniele Dubroux)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/1101520268_74722416e6_o.jpg

ORDO (2004, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1155/1100964421_7fed7fd03e_o.jpg

ONCE UPON A TOMORROW (2006, Sandrine Veysset)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1323/1101520522_1b27a21b56_o.jpg













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