movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Oct 12

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male director, female coscreenwriter, male protagonist
Smallfoot
Clare Sera cowrites this animated family comedy about a (male) Yeti who discovers that humans are real. (male director)
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male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Bad Times at the El Royale
Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, and Cailee Spaeny costar in this ensemble crime black comedy. (male writer-director)
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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Pili
Leanne Welham cowrites, with Sophie Harman, and directs this drama, about a woman (Bello Rashid) in rural Tanzania struggling to make a better life for herself and her children.
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male director, male screenwriter, female protagonist
Helicopter Eela [pictured]
Kajol stars in this Hindi family drama about a woman who follows her son to college. (male director and male writers)
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