Women in Venice
This week, La Biennale di Venezia will kick off the 2019 Venice International Film Festival. In support of the ongoing calls for increased female representation at the festival, Telescope presents a list of films by women directors that have shown — and won awards — at Venice.
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Planetarium
One girl with a beautiful face, one girl with a supernatural talent, and the whole world ahead of them.
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- France, Belgium • 2016
- Director Rebecca Zlotowski
- Cast Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar, Pierre Salvadori, Louis Garrel
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Starz, Chai Flicks, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
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- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla
Women Without Men
(Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)
The destinies of four women converge against the backdrop of the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran.
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- Germany, Austria, France • 2009
- Director Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat
- Cast Shabnam Toloui, Pegah Ferydoni, Orsolya Tóth, Arita Shahrzad, Ahmad Hamed, Bijan Daneshmand
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Hoopla
Deep Crimson
(Profundo carmesí)
A nomadic couple commits a series of gruesome murders in this drama based on the “Lonely Hearts Killers.”
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- Mexico • 1996
- Director Arturo Ripstein
- Cast Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Julieta Egurrola, Sherlyn
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
Mississippi Masala
After being forced to move from Uganda when Idi Amin took power, an Indian family moves to Mississippi to live their lives.
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- United States, United Kingdom • 1991
- Director Mira Nair
- Cast Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
An Angel at My Table
Divided into three sections, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and based on the biography of famed New Zealand author, Janet Frame.
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- New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom • 1990
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J. Wilson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Sugar Cane Alley
(Rue cases nègres)
An intimate portrait of life on Martinique under French colonial rule in the 1930s through the eyes of the young José.
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- France, France • 1983
- Director Euzhan Palcy
- Cast Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Barnabé, Francisco Charles, Marie-Ange Farot
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.