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I Feel Pretty [IMDb]
An insecure woman (Amy Schumer) suffers a head injury that induces the delusion that she is extremely physically attractive. Cowritten and codirected by Abby Kohn.
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Little Pink House [IMDb]
Catherine Keener stars in this based-on-fact social-justice drama, written and directed by Courtney Balaker.
Imitation Girl [IMDb]
An alien explores Earth and human life by inhabiting the body of a young woman (Lauren Ashley Carter). Written and directed by Natasha Kermani.
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free [IMDb]
Cordula Kablitz-Post writes, with Susanne Hertel, and directs this historical biography of the influential and unconventional 19th-century writer, played, at various ages, by Helena Pieske, Liv Lisa Fries, Katharina Lorenz, and Nicole Heesters.
Lives Well Lived [IMDb]
Sky Bergman directs this documentary about the wisdom and experience that has accumulated with a group of elderly women (and men).
After Auschwitz [IMDb]
Documentary about six women who survived the concentration camp to go on to create new lives in the United States. (male director)
This Is Our Land [IMDb] pictured
Émilie Dequenne stars as a woman who gets involved with a far-right political group in contemporary France. (male writers and director)
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