movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri May 25

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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Summer 1993 [pictured]
Carla Simón writes (with Valentina Viso) and directs this drama about a young girl (Laia Artigas) coping with the sudden death of her mother.
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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Mary Shelley
Haifaa Al-Mansour cowrites (with Emma Jensen) and directs this biopic of the mother of science fiction, Frankenstein author Mary Shelley (Elle Fanning).
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female director, female screenwriter, female coprotagonist
How Long Will I Love U
Su Lun writes and directs this science-fiction romance about a woman (Liya Tong) who falls in love with a man across time.
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female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
The Gospel According to André
Kate Novack directs this documentary about fashion icon and Vogue editor André Leon Talley.
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male director, female coscreenwriter, female protagonist
In Darkness
Natalie Dormer cowrites and stars in this thriller about a blind woman who aurally witnesses the murder of her neighbor. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, male protagonist
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Philippa Goslett cowrites this sci-fi rom-com about a young man who falls in love with an alien disguised as a human. (male director)
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male director, female coscreenwriter, male protagonist
Paramanu: The Story of Pokhran
Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla cowrites this historical docudrama about India’s first nuclear tests in the 1990s. (male director, primarily male ensemble)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
The Misandrists
Satire about a man who stumbles into a secret colony of lesbian separatists. Costarring Susanne Sachsse, Viva Ruiz, Kembra Pfahler, Caprice Crawford, and Grete Gehrke. (male writer-director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Who We Are Now
Drama about an ex-con (Julianne Nicholson) trying to go straight with the help of an idealistic public defender (Emma Roberts). (male writer-director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Kasal
Romantic drama about a woman (Bea Alonzo) romantically torn between two men. (male writers and director)
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