Women Centric Films in 2017

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January

• Underworld: Blood Wars – Directed by Anna Foerster
• Claire in Motion – Written and Directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson
• Everybody Knows… Elizabeth Murray (Documentary) – Directed by Kristi Zea
• The 100 Years Show (Documentary Short) – Directed by Alison Klayman
• Ma – Written and Directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall
• Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
• Starless Dreams (Documentary)
• Bakery in Brooklyn
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
• Sophie and the Rising Sun – Written and Directed by Maggie Greenwald
• The Woman in the Septic Tank 2

February

• The Lure – Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
• This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (Documentary) – Directed by Barbara Kopple
• Rings
• Don’t Knock Twice
• Speed Sisters (Documentary) – Directed by Amber Fares
• Sex Doll – Written and Directed by Sylvie Verheyde
• I Am Jane Doe (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Mary Mazzio
• Running Wild – Co-Written by Christina Moore
• Havenhurst
• Prevenge – Written and Directed by Alice Lowe
• XX (Anthology) – Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), and Jovanka Vuckovic; Co-Written by Roxanne Benjamin and Jovanka Vuckovic
• Lovesong – Co-Written and Directed by So Yong Kim
• Everybody Loves Somebody – Written and Directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta
• American Fable – Written and Directed by Anne Hamilton
• Fanny’s Journey – Directed by Lola Doillon; Written by Lola Doillon and Anne Peyregne
• My Name is Emily
• The Girl with All the Gifts
• VooDoo
• Year by the Sea

March

• Before I Fall – Directed by Ry-Russo Young; Written by Maria Maggenti
• The Last Word
• Catfight
• Table 19
• Lavender
• The Institute – Co-Directed by Pamela Romanowsky
• Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe (Documentary)
• The Women’s Balcony – Written by Shlomit Nechama
• Personal Shopper
• Raw – Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau
• This Beautiful Fantastic
• Brimstone
• The Ottoman Lieutenant
• Kidnap
• A Very Sordid Wedding
• The Dark Below
• One Under the Sun – Co-Directed by Riyaana Hartley; Written by Katherine Tomlinson
• Beauty and the Beast
• Atomica
• SPLit – Written and Directed by Deborah Kampmeier
• A Woman, a Part – Written and Directed by Elisabeth Subrin
• Prevenge – Written and Directed Alice Lowe
• I, Olga Hepnarová
• The Levelling – Written and Directed by Hope Dickson Leach
• Dig Two Graves
• From a House on Willow Street – Co-Written by Catherine Blackman
• Peelers – Written by Lisa DeVita
• The Zookeeper’s Wife – Directed by Niki Caro; Written by Angela Workman
• Carrie Pilby – Directed by Susan Johnson; Written by Kara Holden
• Ghost in the Shell
• The Blackcoat’s Daughter
• Despite the Falling Show – Written and Directed by Shamin Sarif
• All This Panic (Documentary) – Directed by Jenny Gage
• Girl Unbound (Documentary) – Directed by Erin Heidenreich
• Here Alone
• God Knows Where I Am (Documentary)
• Naam Shabana

April

• Their Finest – Directed by Lone Scherfig; Written by Gaby Chiappe
• Colossal
• Queen of the Desert
• Bethany
• The Assignment
• A Quiet Passion
• By the Time It Gets Dark – Written and Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong
• The Outcasts – Written by Dominique Ferrari and Suzanne Wrubel
• Altitude
• Unforgettable – Directed by Denise Di Novi; Co-Written by Christina Hodson
• Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (Documentary)
• Letters from Baghdad (Documentary) – Directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum
• Noor – Co-Written by Ishita Moitra Udhwani, Althea Kaushal, and Shikhaa Sharma
• The Circle
• Below Her Mouth – Directed by April Mullen; Written by Stephanie Fabrizi
• Window Horses – Written and Directed by Ann Marie Fleming
• Rupture
• Voice from the Stone
• Danger Close (Documentary) – Co-Written by Alex Quade
• A Moving Image
• Displacement
• Nise: The Heart of Madness – Co-Written by Flávia Castro, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar, and Patrícia Andrade

May

• Tomorrow Ever After – Written and Directed by Ela Thier
• A Woman’s Life – Co-Written by Florence Vignon
• Like Crazy – Co-Written by Francesca Archibugi
• Lady Bloodfight
• Manifesto
• Snatched – Written by Katie Dippold
• Paris Can Wait – Written and Directed by Eleanor Coppola
• The Wedding Plan – Written and Directed by Rama Burshtein
• Tracktown – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Alexi Pappas
• Urban Hymn
• Dead Awake
• Hounds of Love
• Everything, Everything – Directed by Stella Meghie
• Paint It Black – Co-Written and Directed by Amber Tamblyn
• Icaros: A Vision – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Leonor Caraballo
• AWOL – Directed by Deb Shoval; Written by Deb Shoval and Karolina Waclawiak
• The Woman Who Left
• Devil’s Domain
• The Inland Road – Written and Directed by Jackie Van Beek
• Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Linda Saffire
• Berlin Syndrome – Directed by Cate Shortland
• Hermia & Helena

June

• Wonder Woman – Directed by Patty Jenkins
• Sámi Blood – Written and Directed by Amanda Kernell
• Past Life
• Didi’s Dreams
• Love, Kennedy
• Beautiful Accident
• Megan Leavey – Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite; Co-Written by Pamela Gray and Annie Mumolo
• Beatriz at Dinner
• As Good As You – Directed by Heather de Michele; Written by Gretchen M. Michelfeld
• Moka
• Rough Night – Co-Written and Directed by Lucia Aniello
• Maudie – Directed by Aisling Walsh; Written by Sherry White
• 47 Meters Down
• Lost in Paris – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Fiona Gordon
• Hearing Is Believing (Documentary)
• Whitney: Can I Be Me (Documentary)
• From Hollywood to Rose – Co-Directed by Liz Graham
• Pray for Rain – Written by Christina Moore and Gloria Musca
• Can Hitler Happen Here? – Directed by Saskia Rifkin; Written by Catherine May Levin
• The Beguiled – Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola
• The Bad Batch – Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
• Okja
• Souvenir
• Paulina
• Inversion
• The Little Hours
• The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Documentary (Documentary)
• Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge – Directed by Marie Noelle; Written by Marie Noelle and Andrea Stoll
• Inconceivable – Written by Chloe King
• Darkness Rising
• Reset

July

• 7 From Etheria (Anthology) – Written and Directed by Karen Lam, Heidi Lee Douglas, Arantxa Echevarria, Martha Goddard, Anna Elizabeth James, Barbara Stepansky, and Rebecca Thomson
• Austin Found – Written by Brenna Graziano
• Bronx Gothic (Documentary)
• To the Bone – Written and Directed by Marti Noxon
• Lady Macbeth – Written by Alice Birch
• Birthright: A War Story (Documentary) – Directed by Civia Tamarkin; Written by Civia Tamarkin and Luchina Fisher
• Wish Upon – Written by Barbara Marshall
• Footnotes
• Desert Hearts (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed Donna Deitch; Written by Natalie Cooper
• Girls Trip – Co-Written by Tracy Oliver
• Landline – Directed by Gillian Robespierre; Written by Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm
• The Midwife
• Scales: Mermaids Are Real
• The Untamed
• Scales: Mermaids Are Real
• The Girl Without Hands
• Kékszakállú
• Women Who Kill – Written and Directed by Ingrid Jungermann
• Atomic Blonde
• The Incredible Jessica James
• Strange Weather  – Written and Directed by Katherine Dieckmann
• From the Land of the Moon  –  Co-Written and Directed by Nicole Garcia
• It Stains the Sands Red
• Imperfections

August

• Step (Documentary) – Directed by Amanda Lipitz
• Fun Mom Dinner  – Directed by Alethea Jones; Written by Julie Yaeger Rudd
• Kidnap
• This Time Tomorrow  – Written and Directed by Lina Rodriguez
• The Glass Castle
• Ingrid Goes West
• Planetarium  – Co-Written and Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
• Annabelle: Creation
• Once Upon a Time
• A Life in Waves (Documentary)
• In This Corner of the World  – Co-Written by Chie Uratani
• Catastrópico
• Patti Cake$
• Marjorie Prime
• The Queen of Spain
• What Happened to Monday – Co-Written by Kerry Williamson
• The Ice Cream Truck – Written and Directed by Megan Freels Johnston
• Served Like a Girl (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Lysa Heslov
• Polina  – Written and Co-Directed by Valérie Müller
• Leap! – Co-Written by Carol Noble
• Polaroid – Written by Blair Butler
• Unleashed
• The Villainess
• Stasis  – Written and Directed by Nicole Jones-Dion
• The Teacher

September

• Tulip Fever
• Dolores (Documentary)
• The Layover
• Unlocked
• Heat and Dust (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Kill Me Please – Written and Directed by Anita Rocha Da Silveira
• Dalida – Written and Directed by Lisa Azuelos
• The Vault
• Home Again   – Written and Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer
• Lipstick Under My Burkha  – Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava; Written by Alankrita Shrivastava, Suhani Kanwar, and Gazal Dhaliwal
• Motherland (Documentary)  –  Directed by Ramona S. Diaz
• Year by the Sea
• The Unknown Girl
• Fallen   – Co-Written by Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard
• Anti Matter
• Twenty Two (Documentary)
• Napping Princess
• #REALITYHIGH – Co-Written by Jana Savage
• Heroin(e) (Documentary) – Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills
• Clowntergeist
• mother!
• First They Killed My Father – Directed by Angelina Jolie; Written by Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung
• All I See Is You
• In Search of Fellini – Co-Written by Nancy Cartwright
• Alina
• Easy Living
• Simran
• Thirst Street
• Battle of the Sexes – Co-Directed by Valerie Faris
• Woodshock – Written and Directed by Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy
• Unrest (Documentary)  –  Directed by Jennifer Brea; Written by Jennifer Brea and Kim Roberts
• Victoria & Abdul
• Bobbi Jene (Documentary)  –  Directed by Elvira Lind
• Gaga: Five Foot Two (Documentary)
• Supergirl (Documentary) – Directed by Jessie Auritt
• Elizabeth Blue
• Friend Request
• The Tag-Along 2
• Te Ata – Written by Esther Luttrell
• The Sound – Written and Directed by Jenna Mattison
• Different Flowers – Written and Directed by Morgan Dameron
• Blood Stripe – Co-Written by Kate Nowlin
• Signature Move – Directed by Jennifer Reeder; Written by Lisa Donato and Fawzia Mirza
• Youth – Written by Yan Geling
• Gerald’s Game

October

• Chavela (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi
• The Florida Project
• Barracuda –  Co-Directed by Julia Halperin
• Una
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Documentary)
• Take My Nose…Please! (Documentary)  –  Directed by Joan Kron
• Trafficked
• Dina (Documentary)
• So B. It
• My Little Pony: The Movie –  Co-Written by Meghan McCarthy and Rita Hsiao
• Bad Grandmas
• Better Watch Out
• M.F.A. – Directed by Natalia Leite; Written by Leah McKendrick
• For Ahkeem (Documentary)
• How to Break Up with Your Douchebag – Co-Written and Directed by Gabriela Tagliavini
• Happy Death Day
• The Secret Scripture
• Swing Away – Co-Written by Julia Wall
• Gnome Alone – Co-Directed by Shelly Shenoy; Co-Written by Zina Zaflow
• Bad Blood
• Secret Superstar
• Tragedy Girls
• Jane (Documentary)
• Tempestad (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Tatiana Huezo
• I Am Not a Witch – Written and Directed by Rungano Nyoni
• Never Here – Written and Directed by Camille Thoman
• Somebody’s Mother – Directed by Gabriela Tollman; Written by Gabriela Tollman and Evelyne Tollman
• Let Her Out
• Novitiate – Written and Directed by Margaret Betts
• The Divine Order – Written and Directed by Petra Volpe
• All I See Is You
• Félicité – Co-Written by Delphine Zingg
• Maya Dardel – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Magdalena Zyzak
• Suck It Up – Directed by Jordan Canning; Written by Julia Hoff
• Mr. Roosevelt – Written and Directed by Noël Wells
• Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Documentary)
• Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Documentary) – Directed by Sophie Fiennes
• Wexford Plaza – Written and Directed by Joyce Wong
• Mansfield 66/67 (Documentary)
• Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!
• Amityville: The Awakening

November

• A Bad Moms Christmas
• The Light of the Moon – Written and Directed by Jessica M. Thompson
• Lady Bird – Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig
• It Happened in L.A. – Written and Directed by Michelle Morgan
• Most Beautiful Island – Written and Directed by Ana Asensio
• Wait for Your Laugh (Documentary)
• Princess Cyd
• Parker’s Anchor – Co-Written by Jennica Schwartzman
• Uncle Gloria: One Helluva Ride (Documentary) – Directed by Robyn Symon
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Thelma
• Bitch – Written and Directed by Marianna Palka
• Gold Star – Written and Directed by Victoria Negri
• A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
• The Breadwinner – Directed by Nora Twomey; Written by Anita Doron and Deborah Ellis
• Big Sonia (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Leah Warshawski
• Soufra (Documentary)
• On the Beach at Night Alone
• Tumhari Sulu
• Nails
• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Documentary) – Directed by Alexandra Dean
• Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic! (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Barbra Streisand

December

• The Shape of Water  – Co-Written by Vanessa Taylor
• The Tribes of Palos Verdes  – Written by Karen Croner
• Love Beats Rhymes – Written by Nicole Jefferson Asher
• Daisy Winters – Written and Directed by Beth LaMure
• The Dancer –  Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto; Written by Stéphanie Di Giusto and Sarah Thiebaud
• 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide (Documentary)  – Directed by Hope Litoff
• Inoperable
• Kepler’s Dream –  Directed by Amy Glazer; Co-Written by Amy Glazer and Sylvia Brownrigg
• Slumber
• Drawing Home – Co-Written by Donna Logan
• Rosa Chumbe
• I, Tonya
• The Rape of Recy Taylor (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Nancy Buirski
• Hollow in the Land
• D-Love – Directed by Elena Beuca
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Permanent – Written and Directed by Colette Burson
• Christmas Inheritance  – Written by Dinah Eng
• Pitch Perfect 3 – Directed by Trish Sie; Written by Kay Cannon
• Molly’s Game
• In the Fade