Featured Films: Women Make Film Episode 9

The complete list of films referenced in Episode 9 of Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Chapter twenty-three on politics, chapter twenty-four on gear change and chapter twenty-five on comedy.
Chapter Twenty-Three – Politics
Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
The Enchanted Desna | Yuliya Sointseva | USSR | 1964 |
In My Skin | Marina de Van | France | 2002 |
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty | Esfir Shub | Soviet Union | 1927 |
The Triumph of the Will | Leni Riefenstahl | Germany | 1935 |
Bhaji on the Beach | Gurinder Chadha | UK | 1993 |
What Else is New? | Tahmineh Milani | Iran | 1992 |
The Prize | Tahmineh Milani | Iran | |
Tomka and His Friends | Xhanfize Keko | Albania | 1977 |
Melody for a Street Organ | Kira Muratova | Ukraine | 2009 |
Drowned Out | Franny Armstrong | UK | |
Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1995 |
Love Letter | Kinuyo Tanaka | Japan | 1953 |
Cuba: An African Odyssey | Jihan El-Tahri | France | 2007 |
Finsterworld | Frauke Finsterwalder | Germany | 2013 |
The Hidden Half | Tahmineh Milani | Iran | 2001 |
Chapter Twenty-Four – Gear Change
Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
Selma | Ava DuVernay | UK-USA | 2014 |
Girlhood | Céline Sciamma | France | 2015 |
Orlando | Sally Potter | UK , Russia , Italy , France , Netherlands | 1992 |
Milarepa | Liliana Cavani | Italy | 1974 |
The Asthenic Syndrome | Kira Muratova | Soviet Union | 1990 |
The Connection | Shirley Clarke | USA | 1961 |
Chapter Twenty-Five – Comedy
Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
Big | Penny Marshall | USA | 1988 |
I’ve Heard the | Patricia Rozema | Canada | 1987 |
Mermaids Singing | |||
Appropriate Behaviour | Desiree Akhavan | UK | 2014 |
The Trouble with | Ida Lupino | USA | 1966 |
Angels A New Leaf | Elaine May | USA | 1971 |
The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | USA | 1972 |
Obvious Child | Gillian Robespierre | USA | 2014 |
But I’m a Cheerleader | Jamie Babbit | USA | 1999 |
Fools in the Mountains | Edith Carlmar | Norway | 1957 |
El Camino | Ana Mariscal | Spain | 1963 |
Wayne’s World | Penelope Spheeris | USA | 1992 |
Body | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland | 2015 |
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts | Mouly Surya | Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Thailand | 2018 |
The Attached Balloon | Binka Zhelyazkova | Bulgaria | 1967 |