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Cinema

Movies directed by women to watch in 2020

By Ella Kemp on 23/2/2020

The tide is turning – the industry that used to belong to men and men alone is growing, and it's welcoming everyone in.

From pretty period dramas to big-budget action epics, female directors are paving the way for an exciting future. Here's who's to look out for this year.

Jessica Hausner, Little Joe

Jessica Hausner, Little Joe

For her English-language debut, Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner goes introspective into the nature of human connection, emotion beyond language. Emily Beecham stars in the eerie and stylish dissection of happiness.


Hausner made a name for herself through distinctive stylistic choices and always striking, sometimes discordant moral backbones. She's a singular voice – which is why she was one of only four women in the 2019 Cannes Selection.

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In cinemas 21 February 2020
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

There are few films with the sweeping beauty and bone-deep emotion that will compare to Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. You can feel the auteur's heart in every line of the script, always personal but generous.


Before Portrait, Sciamma looked at individual angst with portraits of adolescence and femininity in Girlhood and Tomboy. To crystallise the strain and passion of sensitive feeling – no one does it better.

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In cinemas 28 February 2020
Marjane Satrapi, Radioactive

Marjane Satrapi, Radioactive

It was bound to happen sooner or later – a Marie Curie biopic is on the way. This one finds its roots in a graphic novel by Lauren Redness retelling Curie's crucial career with her husband Pierre.


Satrapi was previously nominated for an Oscar for her work on Persepolis, the film she co-directed based on her own autobiographical novel of the same name. With clear expertise in adaptation and biography, we can trust Curie to be in safe hands.

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20 March 2020
Niki Caro, Mulan

Niki Caro, Mulan

It was always going to be an enormous task for whoever came across it – but Niki Caro is rising to the occasion to adapt Disney's beloved Mulan with a militant edge.


Like Yan, Caro has few films to her name, but has already proven her worth. So much so that with Mulan, she becomes only the second female director hired by Disney to direct a film with a $100+million budget.

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In cinemas 27 March 2020
Alice Winocour, Proxima

Alice Winocour, Proxima

Eva Green stars in Alice Winocour's latest – a space film that mostly takes place on Earth. Proxima offers a grounded, sensitive look at the responsibilities that come to women with both a child and a career.


Following her anxious home invasion drama Disorder and script work on Turkish coming-of-age Mustang, Winocour uses her international perspective to her advantage, making this intimate story feel epic.

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In cinemas 17 April 2020
Sarah Gavron, Rocks

Sarah Gavron, Rocks

From the 18th century to today, Sarah Gavron has an eye for London girls. Following her political picture Suffragette in 2015, the director returns to focus in on a group of teen girls in Rocks.


With a dash of Ken Loach and a feeling of Andrea Arnold, Gavron opts for authenticity over theatrical drama. She lets these young women live out their life, and respects it.

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In cinemas 24 April 2020
Cate Shortland, Black Widow

Cate Shortland, Black Widow

Scarlett Johansson's crucial Avenger, Black Widow, is finally getting her own standalone film, and Cate Shortland has been hired to direct it. The filmmaker earned her stripes in TV, and comes to the MCU with a fresh perspective.


The film co-stars Rachel Weisz, Florence Pugh and David Harbour. Plot details remain scant, but maybe a fresh voice is just what the franchise needs to shake things up.

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In cinemas 1 May 2020
Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984

Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984

Few women are given the power, both in status and financial terms, as Patty Jenkins. Her Wonder Woman was a major success in 2017, giving the world every reason to trust her with the sequel.


Diana Prince, played by Gal Gadot, returns and goes back in time to work to the heart of another major conflict. With such major players and the promise of a golden past, there's plenty to look forward to.

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In cinemas 5 June 2020
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