2. Women-Written and/or Directed Features From Around The World I'm going to go with some trailers here, for narrative features only. If you'd like to construct your own women's film festival, try any combination of these, plus some animations – there seem to be a few more by women than usual – and one or two docos. (My unmissable doco is Morgan Neville's Twenty Feet From Stardom , about some women who sing backup; backing singers are one of my current obsessions - clip quietly embedded at bottom of the page). For festival films written and/or directed by New Zealand women see here . But first, because I believe that women who act and write are key to increasing the numbers of films about women, two films co-written by actors (just in, this article on the trend). Brit Marling co-wrote and acts in The East . Greta Gerwig co-wrote and acts in Frances Ha .
The Development Project's blog— For women who make movies. And for the people who love them. Globally.