#Celine Sciamma
12 of BFI’s Top 20 Films About Girls and Women
It’s been a good year for women at the movies, at least where the arthouse is concerned. That impression is bolstered by the British Film Institute’s list of the top 20 best films of 2015, as...
‘Girlhood’ Director Céline Sciamma on Feminism, Race, and Paris Post-Charlie Hebdo
French writer-director Céline Sciamma has a small but sturdy body of work that addresses how girls navigate a culture that can be incredibly hostile to them. She does it with nuance, intelligence,...
Trailer Watch: Female Friendship is the Heart of Celine Sciamma’s Black Parisian Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Girlhood’
London Film Festival to Feature New Works from Susanne Bier, Céline Sciamma, Debra Granik
With nearly 250 film slated to play, the 58th London Film Festival (October 8–18) will offer audiences an abundance of opportunities to see new work from female filmmakers. Among them are the...
Celine Sciamma’s Black Parisian Drama Girlhood Finds Distribution
Just a few weeks after its screening at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, Celine Sciamma’s third film, Girlhood, has been picked up for American distribution (it has also sold throughout...
Cannes Roundup: Few Women Directors at Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week
As we’ve come to expect from Cannes, far too few women will be represented at the French festival — again. Among the 19 features selected by delegate general Edouard Waintrop for...
What Are the Greatest Movies Directed by Women?
Fueled by the anger of another best of list sorely lacking in women, I would like to put forward the following films (which came from people all over the world through twitter and facebook) for the...
In My Humble Opinion- The Best Female Directed Films of 2011
It goes without saying that women made all kinds of films this year. But the reality is that most made indie films. Only a couple made studio films. And the numbers of women directing films is still...
Interview with Celine Sciamma: Writer/Director of Tomboy
Women and Hollywood: How did you come up with this story? Celine Sciamma: I had the storyline in mind for a while, as a pitch: “a little girl pretending to be a little boy”. When I decided I...
Tomboy
Tomboy written and directed by Celine Sciamma is literally one of my favorite movies of the year. I enjoyed every second of it. It tells the story of Laure, a girl who moves to a new town and...
Jury Awards from Romania International Film Festival
Last Sunday concluded the Romania Film Festival in Bucharest where I was a jury member. There were two different sections — CineBlackSea and Women in Cinema. We gave out awards for best overall...
NewFest Crowns Winners
NewFest wrapped up at the end of last week and female directors got a bunch of surprises. Circumstance written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz was awarded the best film. The film opens August 26th....