International Women's Day 2024
This coming week boasts both International Women’s Day (March 8) and the Academy Awards (March 10), so we thought it offered a good opportunity to recognize the women directors whose films have been nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature over the past 30 years.
Quo Vadis, Aida?
A UN translator returns to Bosnia to help her family at the height of the 1995 War with Serbia.
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania • 2021
- Director Jasmila Žbanić
- Cast Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(الرجل الذي باع ظهره)
A Syrian refugee has the chance to reunite with his love - for a price.
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- Tunisia, France, Belgium • 2020
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cast Yahya Mahayni, Monica Bellucci, Koen De Bouw, Rupert Wynne-James, Darina Al Joundi, Najoua Zouhair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Honeyland
Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee hunters" in Europe, raises bees based in a sustainable and minimally invasive manner.
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- Macedonia • 2019
- Director Tamara Kotevska
- Cast Hatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Capernaum
(کفرناحوم)
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy struggling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for his conception.
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- Lebanon, United States, France • 2018
- Director Nadine Labaki
- Cast Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Nadine Labaki, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Mustang
In a small Turkish village, five sisters struggle against the restrictions of their conservative family.
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cast Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, Ilayda Akdoğan, Nihal Koldaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
In Darkness
To serve humanity is to serve one's inner self.
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- Poland, Germany, Canada • 2011
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
In a Better World
(Hævnen)
When we are pushed to the edge, we discover the difference between justice and revenge.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2010
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, William Jøhnk Nielsen, Markus Rygaard, Martin Buch
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Water
A widow breaks ranks by striking up an unlikely relationship with a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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- Canada, India • 2005
- Director Deepa Mehta
- Cast Lisa Ray, Sarala, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Waheeda Rehman
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Zus & Zo
(Zus & zo)
When their brother announces wedding plans, three sisters go to all lengths to stop the marriage and save their inheritance.
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- Netherlands • 2002
- Director Paula van der Oest
- Cast Jacob Derwig, Halina Reijn, Monic Hendrickx, Sylvia Poorta, Jaap Spijkers, Pieter Embrechts
- Genre Comedy
- Available on FlixFling, IndieFlix, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
Nowhere in Africa
(Nirgendwo in Afrika)
One family's tale of a homeland lost --- and a homeland found.
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- Germany • 2001
- Director Caroline Link
- Cast Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo, Matthias Habich, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Antonia's Line
(Antonia)
A motion picture that celebrates everything you love about life.
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- Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom • 1995
- Director Marleen Gorris
- Cast Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Dora van der Groen, Veerle van Overloop, Carolien Spoor, Esther Vriesendorp
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla