Films Directed by Women and Nonbinary Persons in 2022

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December

  • Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (Documentary) – Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb
  • Alice, Darling – Directed by Mary Nighy; Written by Alanna Francis
  • Joyride – Directed by Emer Reynolds; Written by Ailbhe Keogan
  • Women Talking – Written and Directed by Sarah Polley
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Directed by Kasi Lemmons
  • Corsage – Written and Directed by Marie Kreutzer
  • If These Walls Could Sing (Documentary) – Directed by Mary McCartney
  • Wildcat (Documentary) – Directed by Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost
  • The Apology – Written and Directed by Alison Star Locke
  • The Super 8 Years (Documentary) – Directed by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot; Written by Annie Ernaux
  • Children of the Mist (Documentary) – Directed by Hà Lệ Diễm
  • Le pupille (Short) – Written and Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
  • The Cosmos Sisters – Written and Directed by Nora Kaye and Whitney Uland
  • The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Documentary) — Directed by Rory Kennedy
  • Hidden Letters (Documentary) — Directed by Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing
  • To the End (Documentary) — Directed by Rachel Lears; Written by Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick
  • Confession — Directed by Dayna Hanson
  • One Fine Morning — Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
  • Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? (Documentary) — Directed by Anne McCabe
  • Hawa — Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré; Written by Maïmouna Doucouré, Alain-Michel Blanc, Zangro, and David Elkaïm
  • Saint Omer — Directed by Alice Diop; Written by Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie N’Diaye, and Zoé Galeron
  • Call Me Miss Cleo (Documentary) — Directed by Jennifer Brea and Celia Aniskovich
  • 30 for 30: Jeanette Lee Vs. (Documentary) – Directed by Ursula Liang
  • Lowndes County And The Road To Black Power (Documentary) — Directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard
  • The Quiet Epidemic (Documentary) — Directed by Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch
  • Christmas With the Campbells — Directed by Clare Niederpruem; Written by Barbara Kymlicka, Dan Lagana, and Vince Vaughn
  • Broadway Rising (Documentary) — Directed by Amy Rice
  • A New Orleans Noel – Directed by Angela Tucker; Written by Angela Tucker and Alys Murray
  • The Eternal Daughter — Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg
  • Twisted – Directed by Vibeke Muasya; Written by Vibeke Muasya and Nikolaj Scherfig
  • Food and Romance — Directed by Annika Appelin; Written by Anna Fredriksson
  • Bed Rest — Written and Directed by Lori Evans Taylor
  • Catfish Christmas — Directed by Victoria Rowell; Written by Dara Harper
  • Farha — Written and Directed by Darin J. Sallam
  • Qala — Written and Directed by Anvita Dutt

November

  • Tell It Like a Woman (Anthology) – Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Taraji P. Henson, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Lucia Puenzo, Leena Yadav, and Mipo Oh; Written by Krupa Ge, V, and Shantanu Sagara
  • Mandrake – Directed by Lynne Davison
  • Take Your Pills: Xanax (Documentary) — Directed by Blair Foster
  • My So-Called High School Rank (Documentary) – Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
  • Leonor Will Never Die — Written and Directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar
  • Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (Documentary) — Directed by Lisa Bryant and Maiken Baird
  • The People We Hate at the Wedding — Directed by Claire Scanlon; Written by Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux
  • The Voice of Dust and Ash (Documentary) — Directed by Mandana Biscotti
  • Christmas on Mistletoe Farm — Written and Directed by Debbie Isitt
  • She Said — Directed Maria Schrader; Written Rebecca Lenkiewicz
  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Documentary) — Directed by Laura Poitras
  • Nanny — Written and Directed by Nikyatu Jusu
  • The Swimmers — Directed by Sally El Hosaini; Written by Sally El Hosaini and Jack Thorne
  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover – Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
  • Actual People — Written and Directed by Kit Zauhar
  • Flaming Ears (4K Restoration) — Directed by Ursula Pürrer, A. Hans Scheirl, and Dietmar Schipek; Written by Ursula Pürrer and Dietmar Schipek
  • Poppy — Written and Directed by Linda Niccol
  • My Father’s Dragon — Directed by Nora Twomey; Written by Meg LeFauve
  • Pure Grit (Documentary) – Directed by Kim Bartley
  • Christmas with You — Directed by Gabriela Tagliavini; Written by Jennifer C. Stetson, Paco Farias, and Michael Varrati
  • I Am Vanessa Guillén (Documentary) – Directed by Christy Wegener
  • Being Thunder (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Stéphanie Lamorré
  • In Her Hands (Documentary) — Directed by Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen
  • Next Exit – Written and Directed by Mali Elfman
  • Causeway — Directed by Lila Neugebauer; Written by Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Sanders, and Luke Goebel
  • You Resemble Me — Directed by Dina Amer; Written by Dina Amer and Omar Mullick
  • Orgasm Inc.: The Story of OneTaste (Documentary) – Directed by Sarah Gibson and Sloane Klevin
  • Dear Zoe — Directed by Gren Wells; Written by Melissa Martin and Mark Lhormer
  • Peaceful – Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot; Written by Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano
  • Calendar Girls (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen
  • No Time to Fail (Documentary) – Directed by Sara Archambault And Margo Guernsey 
  • Soft & Quiet — Written and Directed by Beth de Araújo
  • Dream Life (2K Restoration) – Directed by Mireille Dansereau; Written by Mireille Dansereau and Patrick Auzépy
  • Falling for Christmas — Directed by Janeen Damian; Written by Janeen Damian, Michael Damian, Jeff Bonnett, and Ron Oliver

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May

  • Fanny: The Right to Rock (Documentary) – Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart
  • Playlist – Directed by Nine Antico; Written by Nine Antico and Marc Syrigas
  • Erzulie – Directed by Christine Chen; Written by Christine Chen and Camille Gladney
  • The Tsugua Diaries – Directed by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes; Written by Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo, and Miguel Gomes
  • Rite of the Shaman – Directed by Alicia Oberle Farmer; Written by Alicia Oberle Farmer, Janice Spencer-Wise, John D. Farmer, and Albert Spencer-Wise
  • Torn Hearts – Directed by Brea Grant; Written by Rachel Koller Croft
  • Since I Been Down (Documentary) – Directed by Gilda Sheppard
  • Look at Me: XXXTENTACION (Documentary) – Directed by Sabaah Folayan
  • The New York Times Presents: Elon Musk’s Crash Course (Documentary) – Directed by Emma Schwartz
  • Pleasure – Directed by Ninja Thyberg; Written by Ninja Thyberg and Peter Modestij
  • Kamikaze Hearts (Restoration) – Directed by Juliet Bashore
  • Head to Head (Documentary) – Directed by Andrea Alberti
  • Sneakerella – Directed by Elizabeth Allen-Rosenbaum
  • Geographies of Kinship (Documentary) – Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
  • Happening – Directed by Audrey Diwan; Written by Audrey Diwan and Marcia Romano
  • Along for the Ride – Written and Directed by Sofia Alvarez
  • Faye – Directed by Kd Amond; Written by Kd Amond and Sarah Zanotti
  • Little Sorcerer – Directed by Alice Blehart
  • Our Father (Documentary) – Directed by Lucie Jourdan
  • Glimpse – Written and Directed by Theresa Rebeck
  • Quarantine – Written and Directed by Diana Ringo
  • Sheryl (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Scott
  • Becoming Annika (Documentary) – Directed by Adrienne Gallagher
  • Inbetween Girl – Written and Directed by Mei Makino
  • Box of Rain (Documentary) – Directed by Lonnie Frazier

April

March

February

  • Family Squares – Written and Directed by Stephanie Laing
  • I’ll Find You – Directed by Martha Coolidge; Written by Bozenna Intrator and David S. Ward
  • Let Me Be Me (Documentary) – Directed by Katie Taber and Dan Crane
  • A Banquet – Directed by Ruth Paxton
  • Hellbender – Written and Directed by Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams
  • The Long Walk – Directed by Mattie Do
  • The Automat (Documentary) – Directed by Lisa Hurwitz
  • Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (Documentary) – Directed by Rory Kennedy
  • Marry Me – Directed by Kat Coiro; Written by Tami Sagher, Harper Dill, and John Rogers
  • The Sky Is Everywhere – Directed by Josephine Decker; Written by Jandy Nelson
  • Here Before – Written and Directed by Stacey Gregg
  • Playground – Written and Directed by Laura Wandel
  • Anne+: The Film – Directed by Valerie Bisscheroux; Written by Valerie Bisscheroux, Maud Wiemeijer, and Hanna van Vliet
  • Tall Girl 2 – Directed by Emily Ting
  • The Unmaking of a College (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Goldstein
  • Love and Leashes – Directed by Park Hyeon-jin; Written by Park Hyeon-jin and Lee Da-hye
  • A Grand Romantic Gesture – Written and Directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin
  • Alone with You – Written and Directed by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks
  • Breaking Bread (Documentary) – Directed by Beth Elise Hawk
  • Book of Love – Directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor; Written by Analeine Cal y Mayor and David Quantick
  • The Privilege – Directed by Katharina Schöde and Felix Fuchssteiner; Written by Katharina Schöde, Felix Fuchssteiner, Sebastian Niemann, and Eckhard Vollmar
  • Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (Documentary) – Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng; Written by Celeste Bell, Zoe Howe, and Paul Sng
  • Boarders (Documentary) – Directed by Annika Ranin and Sean Fee
  • The Tinder Swindler (Documentary) – Directed by Felicity Morris

January

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