movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Nov 16
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
J.K. Rowling writes this fantasy adventure about a (male) wizard who hunts magical beasts and a rogue wizard. (male director)
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3 Days in Quiberon
Emily Atef writes and directs this historical drama about mid-20th-century European film star Romy Schneider (Marie Bäumer).
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Waru
Directors Ainsley Gardiner, Casey Kaa, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Briar Grace Smith, Paula Whetu Jones, Chelsea Cohen, and Katie Wolfe tell interconnected stories — written by Gardiner, Kaa, Maihi, Smith, Jones, Wolfe, and Josephine Stewart-Tewhiu — about a Maori community impacted by a child’s death.
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Hell Fest
Akela Cooper and Blair Butler cowrite this horror movie about a serial killer who targets patrons of an amusement park. Costarring Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, and Amy Forsyth. (male director)
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Suspiria [pictured]
Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Mia Goth star in this fantasy horror about a dance company enduring a nightmare. (male writer and director)
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3 Days in Quiberon | Ainsley Gardiner | Akela Cooper | Amy Forsyth | Awanui Simich-Pene | Bex Taylor-Klaus | Blair Butler | Briar Grace Smith | Casey Kaa | Chelsea Cohen | Chloe Grace Moretz | Dakota Johnson | Emily Atef | Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald | Hell Fest | JK Rowling | Josephine Stewart-Tewhiu | Katie Wolfe | Marie Baumer | Mia Goth | Paula Whetu Jones | Reign Edwards | Renae Maihi | Romy Schneider | Suspiria | Tilda Swinton | Waru