Tag: woman director

  • Nobody’s Child

    Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong…

  • Hollywood Vice Squad

    A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the police to get help in finding her.

  • Sonia

    A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer’s.

  • Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

    A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of 1985. The film includes songs from her 1984 album 1984’s “Mister Heartbreak” and selections from her 1983 “United States” show, along with eclectic, experimental visuals blending film, animation, dance…

  • Seikan zenkai onna

    Pinku distributed by Million and directed by a woman.

  • Malcolm

    Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. With Frank’s help, Malcolm turns to a life of crime.

  • Perverted Rope Torture

    Kazuo, a struggling writer, begins writing novels about SM and lesbianism to make a living. However, as he continues to interview his wife, Yoshiko, their desires quickly escalate. Eventually, he chooses a woman named Kyoko as his sacrifice, but Kyoko, who at first glance seems normal, is actually…

  • Walking Beside Me

    Joey was at the age of twenty-two and she was an independent and cheerful girl. She worked in an advertising company and she met a boy named Chiu Kwok Chiao who had just returned from America. Chiu was at the age of twenty-four. He seemed childish, when he met Joey, he fell a victim to…

  • Jumpin’ Jack Flash

    Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person,…

  • Adultery Trap Mature

    Pinku distributed by Million.

  • Ek Pal

    Based on a short story by Maitreyi Devi, Kalpana Lajmi’s directorial debut tells a story of extramarital affair in the tea gardens of Assam. Famous Assamese singer-composer Hazarika contributes some fine compositions, overcoming the mandatory emphasis on regional folk-music in films set in exotic locales.

  • Honkon zetsurin fujin

    A picture scroll of the greed of the upper class and the lust of an unfaithful widow with a $1 million night view in the background! Depicts the hidden lewdness of women, set entirely on location in the international city of Hong Kong.

  • The London Story

    A mysterious woman recruits a Cabinet doorman and an ex-civil servant for a plot to bring down the British government.

  • Sorority House Massacre

    Upon joining a sorority, Beth is plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding killer, when her past comes back to haunt her.

  • Children of a Lesser God

    Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah’s withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

  • Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the age of 4 due to family problems, he spent the rest of his 17 short years moving in and out of 28 foster homes, group homes and shelters in Alberta. A…

  • Detskaya ploshchadka

    Living without parents, Zhanna and Roman are still almost children. She left the orphanage and went to work at a factory. He, tired of his grandmother’s endless debts, got a job with the ambulance service after school. At first, their life together seemed secure. The young couple was happy until Roman got involved with a…

  • Slumber Party Massacre II

    Courtney is tormented by dreams of the infamous Driller Killer returning to wreak havoc… only to find that the murderous monster is reincarnated as an evil rocker.

  • She Must Be Seeing Things

    Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads her diaries. Problems ensue as Agatha’s transgressions lead to jealousy and a spiraling cycle of sexual obsession.

  • The Romance of Book and Sword

    The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret…

  • Near Dark

    A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.