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  • Writer's pictureEllen Cheshire

#52FilmsByWomen - 21st batch of 52 films Directed by Women

Here's the 21st batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films watched between May - September 2024 directed/co-directed by women. This collection of 52 includes 3 documentaries, 31 full length fiction films and 18 short films. Most of the shorts I watch via #FemmeFilmFest , a 10-day online film festival celebrating women film directors from around the world.




From the 28 new-to-me full-length fiction films, my Top 10 were:


La Chimera (2023, Alice Rohrwacher) Rosalie (2023, Stéphanie Di Giusto)

Reality (2023, Tina Satter)

Honor Society (2022, Oran Zegman)

Lee (2023, Ellen Kuras) My Favourite Cake (2024, Sanaeeha/Moghaddam)

How to Have Sex (2023, Molly Manning Walker)

Pleasure (2021, Ninja Thyberg)

Respire (2014, Mélanie Laurent)



From the 18 first-time short film watches, my Top 5 first-time watches were:

Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story (2023, Abbey Monteiro)

Para saber que te quiero (2022, Katalin Egecly)

Brown Brit (2024, The Romantix)

Dark Moon (2023, Katie Mathews)

The Tough ’un (1938, Mary Field)


You can read reviews of all these films on my letterboxd.


Films 1042 - 1093

 

1042. Yentl (1983, Barbra Streisand) 

1043. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014, Julie Taymor) 

1044. Tell That to the Winter Sea (2024, Jaclyn Bethany) 

1045. La Chimera (2023, Alice Rohrwacher) 

1046. The Tough ’un (1938, Mary Field) 

1047. Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder (2024, Jessica Harmon/Cynde Harmon) 

1048. Rosalie (2023, Stéphanie Di Giusto) 

1049. The Bigamist (1953, Ida Lupino) 

1050. Little Fires Everywhere (2020, Lynn Shelton, Michael Weaver, etc.) 

1051. Typist Artist Pirate King (2022, Carol Morley) 

1052. Doomsday (1934, Ruth Stuart) 

1053. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018, Stacie Passon) 

1054. The Bad Batch (2016, Ana Lily Amirpour) 

1055. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977, Agnès Varda) 

1056. Fancy Dance (2023, Erica Tremblay) 

1057. Barbra: The Music … The Mem’ries … The Magic! (2017, Jim Gable/Barbra Streisand) 

1058. Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors (2017, Rachel Jardine) 

1059. Reality (2023, Tina Satter) 

1060. I Saw the TV Glow (2024, Jane Schoenbrun) 

1061. Alma Viva (2022, Cristèle Alves Meira) 

1062. The Braid (2023, Laetitia Colombani) 

1063. Honor Society (2022, Oran Zegman) 

1064. Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story (2023, Abbey Monteiro) 

1065. Lee (2023, Ellen Kuras) 

1066. My Favourite Cake (2024, Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moghaddam) 

1067. I Don’t Need To Know (2023, Erin Murray) 

1068. How to Have Sex (2023, Molly Manning Walker) 

1069. Blush: An Extraordinary Voyage (2022, Iiti Yli-Harja) 

1070. Pleasure (2021, Ninja Thyberg) 

1071. A Homecoming for the Holidays (2019, Catherine Cyran) 

1072. Dark Moon (2023, Katie Mathews) 

1073. Respire (2014, Mélanie Laurent) 

1074. Saber cair é uma ciência (2023, Katalin Egely) 

1075. Violet Gave Willingly (2022, Claire Sanford) 

1076. Hands (2024, Lara Haciosmanoglu) 

1077. Para saber que te quiero (2022, Katalin Egecly) 

1078. Brown Brit (2024, The Romantix) 

1079. Goodbye First Love (2011, Mia Hansen-Løve) 

1080. On Her Shoulders (2018, Alexandria Bombach) 

1081. Bye Little Block! (2020, Éva Darabos) 

1082. Lagartija (2019, Emily Gularte) 

1083. In Bed with Victoria (2016, Justine Triet) 

1084. Puffling (2023, Jessica Bishopp) 

1085. It Felt Like Love (2013, Eliza Hittman) 

1086. Polisse (2011, Maïwenn) 

1087. On Body and Soul (2017, Ildikó Enyedi) 

1088. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017, Issa López) 

1089. Confessions (2023, Stephanie Kaznocha) 

1090. Control (2019, Kimmy Gatewood) 

1091. Tótem (2023, Lila Aviles) 

1092. Ninnoc (2015, Niki Padidar) 

1093. Hysterical Girl (2020, Kate Novack) 



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