Female Directors and Woman Centric Films in Toronto International Film Festival

Posted Tuesday 09 Aug 2011

This year's Toronto International Film Festival has no shortage of female directors and woman centric films. Here are this year's offerings from woman directors:

  • Take this Waltz , Sarah Polley
  • W.E., Madonna
  • Chicken with Plums, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud,
  • Elles, Malgoska Szumowska
  • Friends With Kids, Jennifer Westfeldt
  • A Simple Life, Ann Hui
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay
  • Where Do We Go Now?, Nadine Labaki

And here are this year's woman centric films:

  • Albert Nobbs, Rodrigo Garcia
  • Butter, Jim Field Smith
  • A Happy Event, R�mi Bezancon
  • The Lady, Luc Besson
  • Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding, Bruce Beresford
  • The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Davies,
  • Hick, Derick Martini
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin

View the article here for summaries of each film.