A RECORD NUMBER OF WOMAN DIRECTORS ON FEST

This year’s record number of films made by female directors include Laurie Anderson’s poetic documentary Heart of a Dog, dedicated to her late husband Lou Reed. The film was screened on the Venice Festival and contended until the very end for the Oscar for Best Documentary.

Julie Delpy starred as an actress in the romantic trilogy Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight and the latest film she directed, Lolo, is a comedy where she stars as the main character.

Her fellow compatriot Maïwenn has made the film My King (Mon Roi), which contended for the Golden Palm in Cannes, with Emmanuelle Bercot winning the award for Best Actress.

Marguerite & Julien by Valérie Donzelli also contended for the Golden Palm (an incestuous affair between a brother and a sister).

Rebecca Miller, daughter of the famous writer Arthur Miller and the wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, comes with her latest romantic comedy Maggie's plan, screened in Toronto.

Well-known documentary director Amy J. Berg has directed the film Janis: Little Girl Blue about Janis Joplin’s most famous festival appearances, featuring interviews with her family, friends and associates.

Croatian director Vlatka Vorkapić has authored one of the six segments of the omnibus Zagreb Tales, on the topic of holidays.

Her fellow compatriot Ivona  Juka made the film Ti mene nosiš  that was the Montenegrin candidate forthe Oscars.

Mirjana Karanović’s debut The Good Woman had a very successful premiere at Sundance and continued its festival life in Goteborg.

One third of the films in the main competition programs were directed by women, all beginners.

Marielle Heller -The Diary of a teenage girl ;  Svetla Tsotsorkova - Thirst (Jajda).

Nahid by Iranian director Ida Panahandeh was premiered in Cannes, where it was presented with the Promising Future Prize.

Hungarian director Lili Horvath made A Wednesday Child, which won two awards in Karlovy Vary

Israeli director Hadar Morag comes with her film Why did you Leave Me (Lama Azvatani) 

The programs Frontiers and Thrills&Kills feature Karyn Kusama’s thriller The Invitation;

French Director of Bosnian descent Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Evolution; The Blue Hour, a horror by Anucha Boonyawatana from Thailand; or Rania Attieh’s H.