Women Directed Films in 2021

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December

  • The Lost Daughter – Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • The Novice – Written and Directed by Lauren Hadaway
  • Margrete – Queen of the North – Directed by Charlotte Sieling; Written by Charlotte Sieling, Maya Ilsøe, and Jesper Fink
  • The Legend of the Five – Directed by Joanne Samuel
  • The Matrix Resurrections – Directed by Lana Wachowski; Written by Lana Wachowski, Aleksandar Hemon, and David Mitchell
  • President (Documentary) – Directed Camilla Nielsson
  • The Velvet Queen (Documentary) – Directed by Marie Amiguet; Written by Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier, and Sylvain Tesson
  • Joy Womack: The White Swan (Documentary) – Directed by Dina Burlis and Sergey Gavrilov
  • Still Out of My League – Written by Michela Straniero and Roberto Proia
  • Anonymously Yours – Directed by María Torres; Written by María Torres, Daniela Gomez, and Alexandro Aldrete
  • Portal Runner – Directed by Cornelia Duryée
  • Even Mice Belong in Heaven – Directed by Denisa Grimmovà and Jan Bubenicek; Written by Alice Nellis, Iva Prochàzkovà, Jeffrey Hylton, and Richard Malatinsky
  • Back to the Outback – Directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps
  • Two – Directed by Mar Targarona; Written by Marina Gatell and Pablo Derqui
  • Dead Asleep (Documentary) – Directed by Skye Borgman
  • She Had a Dream (Documentary) – Directed by Raja Amari
  • Mixtape – Directed by Valerie Weiss
  • The Wishing Tree – Directed by Laura Adamo; Written by Laura Adamo, Dominic Auld, and Stephen Chambers
  • The Second – Directed by Mairi Cameron
  • Silent Night – Written and Directed by Camille Griffin
  • Wolf – Written and Directed by Nathalie Biancheri
  • Try Harder! (Documentary) – Directed by Debbie Lum
  • Home – Written and Directed by Franka Potente
  • Fatal Distraction (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Susan Morgan Cooper
  • The Scary of Sixty-First – Directed by Dasha Nekrasova; Written by Dasha Nekrasova and Madeline Quinn
  • Christmas at the Ranch – Directed by Christin Baker; Written by Christin Baker and Julie Anton

November

October

September

  • I’m Your Man – Directed by Maria Schrader; Written by Maria Schrader and Jan Schomburg
  • El Planeta – Written and Directed by Amalia Ulman
  • Birds of Paradise – Written and Directed by Sarah Adina Smith
  • Through the Glass Darkly – Directed by Lauren Fash; Written by Lauren Fash and Susan Graham
  • Britney vs Spears (Documentary) – Directed by Erin Lee Carr
  • Sounds Like Love – Directed by Juana Macías; Written by Laura Sarmiento
  • East of the Mountains – Directed by S.J. Chiro
  • The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (Documentary) – Directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri
  • Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness (Documentary) – Directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black
  • A Spark Story (Documentary) – Directed by Leanne Dare and Jason Sterman
  • After We Fell – Directed by Castille Landon; Written by Sharon Soboil
  • My Name Is Pauli Murray (Documentary) – Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; Written by Betsy West, Julie Cohen, Talleah Bridges McMahon, and Cinque Northern
  • The Mad Women’s Ball – Written and Directed by Mélanie Laurent
  • Best Sellers – Directed by Lina Roessler
  • In Balanchine’s Classroom (Documentary) – Directed by Connie Hochman
  • Subnormal: A British Scandal (Documentary) – Directed by Lyttanya Shannon
  • Collection – Directed by Marianna Palka
  • Ankahi Kahaniya – Directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Abhishek Chaubey, and Saket Chaudhary; Written by Zeenat Lakhani, Piyush Gupta, Hussain Haidry, Shreyas Jain, and Nitesh Tiwari
  • Queenpins – Written and Directed by Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet
  • The Influencer – Written and Directed by Meghan Weinstein
  • What She Said – Directed by Amy Northup; Written by Jenny Lester
  • Language Lessons – Directed by Natalie Morales; Written by Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass
  • The Deadliest Disease in America (Documentary) – Directed by Crystal R. Emery
  • The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station (Documentary) – Directed by Clare Lewins
  • Fauci (Documentary) – Directed by Janet Tobias and John Hoffman
  • Schumacher (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Vanessa Nöcker, Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, and Michael Wech
  • Bad Candy – Written and Directed by Desiree Connell and Scott B. Hansen
  • Cinderella – Written and Directed by Kay Cannon
  • Martyrs Lane – Written and Directed by Ruth Platt
  • The Women and the Murderer (Documentary) – Directed by Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau
  • Faya Dayi (Documentary) – Directed by Jessica Beshir
  • The Big Scary “S” Word (Documentary) – Directed by Yael Bridge
  • Worth – Directed by Sara Colangelo
  • Time Is Up – Directed by Elisa Amoruso; Written by Elisa Amoruso, Patrizia Fiorellini, and Lorenzo Ura
  • The Year of the Everlasting Storm (Anthology) – Directed by Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, Jafar Panâhi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, David Lowery, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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March

  • Kuessipan – Directed by Myriam Verreault; Written by Myriam Verreault and Naomi Fontaine
  • The Good Traitor – Directed by Christina Rosendahl; Written by Christina Rosendahl, Kristian Bang Foss, and Dunja Gry Jensen
  • Violation – Written and Directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
  • Food Club – Directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg; Written by Anne-Marie Olesen Thinghuus
  • Rose Plays Julie – Written and Directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
  • The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw – Written and Directed by Shelley Niro
  • Dark State – Written and Directed by Tracy Lucca
  • The Fever – Directed by Maya Da-Rin; Written by Maya Da-Rin, Miguel Seabra Lopes, and Pedro Cesarino
  • Phobias (Anthology) – Directed by Camilla Belle, Maritte Lee Go, Jess Varley, Joe Sill, and Chris von Hoffmann; Written by Camilla Belle, Maritte Lee Go, Jess Varley, Broderick Engelhard, Joe Sill, and Chris von Hoffmann
  • kid 90 (Documentary) – Directed by Soleil Moon Frye
  • Martha: A Picture Story (Documentary) – Directed by Selina Miles
  • Groomed (Documentary) – Directed by Gwen van de Pas
  • Abandoned: Angelique’s Isle – Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Michelle Derosier; Written by Michelle Derosier
  • Own the Room (Documentary) – Directed by Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster
  • Insight – Directed by Livi Zheng and Ken Zheng
  • Slaxx – Directed by Elza Kephart; Written by Patricia Gomex and Elza Kephart
  • Quo Vadis, Aida? – Written and Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
  • The People vs. Agent Orange (Documentary) – Directed by Kate Taverna and Alan Adelson
  • Rosa Luxemburg (Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
  • Underplayed (Documentary) – Directed by Stacey Lee
  • Rain Beau’s End – Directed by Tracy Wren; Written by Jennifer Cooney
  • Pandora’s Box (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Rebecca Snow
  • Stray (Documentary) – Directed by Elizabeth Lo
  • Lost Course (Documentary) – Directed by Jill Li
  • F.T.A. (Documentary) (Re-Release) – Directed by Francine Parker
  • Hypocrites (Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Lois Weber
  • Bombay Rose – Written and Directed by Gitanjali Rao
  • Sophie Jones – Directed by Jessie Barr; Written by Jessie Barr and Jessica Barr
  • Moxie – Directed by Amy Poehler; Written by Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer
  • Lucky – Directed by Natasha Kermani; Written by Brea Grant
  • The Stylist – Directed by Jill Gevargizian; Written by Jill Gevargizian, Eric Havens, and Eric Stolze
  • Undertow – Written and Directed by Miranda Nation
  • The Orphanage – Written and Directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat

February

  • My Zoe – Written and Directed by Julie Delpy
  • ‘Til Kingdom Come (Documentary) – Directed by Maya Zinshtein
  • Test Pattern – Written and Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford
  • Jumbo – Written and Directed by Zoé Wittock
  • Flora & Ulysses – Directed by Lena Khan
  • The Sinners – Directed by Courtney Paige; Written by Courtney Paige, Erin Hazlehurst, and Madison Smith
  • Pitta Kathalu (Anthology) – Directed by B.V. Nandini Reddy, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, Nag Ashwin, and Sankalp Reddy; Written by Radhika Anand, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, Nag Ashwin, and Nanda Kishore Emani
  • My Darling Supermarket (Documentary) – Directed by Tali Yankelevich; Written by Tali Yankelevich and Marco Korodi
  • The World to Come – Directed by Mona Fastvold
  • Land – Directed by Robin Wright; Written by Erin Dignam and Jesse Chatham
  • Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Freida Lee Mock
  • I Blame Society – Written and Directed by Gillian Wallace Horvat
  • Hopeless Romantic (Anthology) – Written and Directed by Deanne Foley, Martine Blue, Stephanie Clattenburg, Latonia Hartery, Ruth Lawrence, and Megan Wennberg
  • Fear of Rain – Written and Directed by Castille Landon
  • Shook – Written and Directed by Jennifer Harrington
  • Me You Madness – Written and Directed by Louise Linton
  • Dead Pigs – Written and Directed by Cathy Yan
  • Show Me What You Got – Directed by Svetlana Cvetko; Written by Svetlana Cvetko and David Scott Smith
  • Cowboys – Written and Directed by Anna Kerrigan
  • Young Hearts – Directed by Sarah Sherman and Zachary Ray Sherman; Written by Sarah Sherman
  • Crestone (Documentary) – Directed by Marnie Ellen Hertzler; Written Marnie Ellen Hertzler and Corey Hughes
  • Strip Down, Rise Up (Documentary) – Directed by Michèle Ohayon
  • Music – Directed by Sia; Written by Sia and Dallas Clayton
  • A Nightmare Wakes – Written and Directed by Nora Unkel
  • Tribes on the Edge (Documentary) – Directed by Céline Cousteau; Written by Céline Cousteau and Joseph Kwong
  • Balloon Man (Documentary) – Directed by Chantal Potter
  • Central Park Dark – Written and Directed by Cybil Lake

January

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