Your search by 'Woman Director' identified 43 films

Animal Bloom (Animal Singulier)
France, 2007, 17 min.
It's hard enough to find a man in Paris, let alone when a girl's feeling a bit dowdy and frumpy. So when an experimental treatment promises all the attraction she can handle, one young woman quickly signs up. Unfortunately for her, she fails to account for just what kind of animals men can be.... more

Anjali
USA, 2008, 15 min.
The generation gap seems especially hard to bridge when tradition collides with contemporary mores, as a young woman in an Indo-American family sneaks home for a tryst with her all-American boyfriend, only to find one of her parents engaged in a secret tryst of their own.... more

At Three in the Afternoon (A las tres de la tarde)
Spain, 2007, 9 min.
It's 1940 and Franco's fascism has taken its toll on those who would oppose him. Imprisoned Toni is anxious to see his newborn son, but it means his wife, Merce, must now play a dangerous game of subterfuge outside his jail cell window.... more

The Aviatrix
USA, 2007, 11 min.
Anne, a feisty, determined young woman, is fighting cancer. Her only escape comes in the form of The Aviatrix, her graphic novel alter ego, whom she creates to provide the adventure and romance which remains painfully absent in her life – until one day, Miles shows up on his lawnmower...... more

Barefoot on the Stage (A Piedi Nudi sul Palco)
Italy, 2007, 6 min.
A director with a long list of demands and an actress who seemingly has the arsenal to satisfy them go head to head in an onstage performance battle royal.... more

Congratulations Daisy Graham
Canada, 2007, 15 min.
On the eve of a town-wide celebration honoring her decades as a teacher, Daisy Graham is facing a dilemma. Presented with uncompromising news from her doctor and overwhelmed with issues at home, Daisy grabs her trusty rifle. But with only one bullet, the dilemma isn't easily solved.... more

Countertransference
USA, 2008, 15 min.
This wry dramedy about therapy and its discontents won Outstanding Dramatic Short at Outfest 2008 for director Madeleine Olnek, whose film "Hold Up" was an audience favorite at the ShortFest 2006.... more

Cutlass
USA, 2007, 16 min.
Robin's daughter, Lacey, begs her mother to allow her to buy a new guitar. History seems to be repeating itself as Robin remembers a similar purchase she wanted to make 30 years earlier — that of a beautiful cherry red Cutlass. Kurt Russell stars with a fabulously over-the-top performance as Robin's... more

Dear Fatty
USA, 2008, 7 min.
This beguiling animated tale is narrated in the form of a letter from a little girl to her missing hamster, who has left her to go on a trip to a place where she can't rejoin him.... more

Death in Charge
USA, 2008, 15 min.
The Grim Reaper becomes a babysitter for the night in this hilarious tale about a slightly dead high school cheerleader and the headstrong brat she's promised to look after for an errant mother.... more

The Death Strip Part 1
USA, 2007, 18 min.
An East German scientist finds herself at the center of unwanted attention due to her research, a position that she or her two sons can ill afford. In a desperate bid to save her children, she plans for an elaborate escape across the Berlin Wall.... more

Deeper
USA, 2007, 4 min.
The answer to a young woman's prayers only raises more questions about her priorities in life.... more

Diva
France, 2007, 7 min.
Vincent leaves his cloistered life in a small town behind for the freedom of Paris and the promise of a new beginning, but on his first day in the streets of his new home he learns that a change of scenery and costume isn't all it will take to change his life.... more

Don't Panic!
Australia, 2007, 6 min.
Awakening in bed with a stranger she has no recollection of going home with, a young woman jumps to a hilariously paranoid conclusion that plays directly into her worst fears.... more

Edina
Poland, 2007, 35 min.
Out of step with family, life and environment, Edina faces decisions as a young woman that feel at odds with her religion. Edina is Muslim, and her boyfriend from Belgrade isn't. They live a 20-something's slacker life in Poland, not truly belonging to each other nor to the community.... more

Flying Lessons
USA, 2008, 15 min.
Jeanne's (Dana Delany) autistic, teenage son Dylan naturally takes up a great deal of her time. But on this day, Jeanne sees clearly for the first time just what her life as Dylan's mom truly means.... more

Gilles
Canada, 2008, 14 min.
An elderly mother lives alone with her son in an isolated house during a cold, frozen Canadian winter. Her conversation with him about what will happen after she's gone has the frustrating results she expected, but for her, silence can sometimes be an answer as well.... more

The Gravedigger (Le Fossoyeur)
France, 2008, 18 min.
A young girl is caught in the emotional minefield between her distraught father and his former wife, who left him to live with the woman she has fallen in love with.... more

In Search of the Heart of Chocolate
USA, 2008, 24 min.
One woman's search for answers about why chocolate makes everything better.... more

Just Me?
USA, 2007, 22 min.
A young lesbian feels isolated in her large extended family. But when she discovers a stockpile of vintage photographs that reveal the hidden life of her great grandmother, she begins to suspect she is not alone.... more

Kate Wakes
USA, 2008, 17 min.
A man, a woman, a conference room and two cell phones -- sometimes connection is just a ring tone away. This comedic valentine to unexpected romance stars Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan," "Two Days in Paris") and newcomer Antoinette Valente.... more

The List
USA, 2007, 5 min.
A woman who seems to be at the mercy of her cruel interrogator turns the tables on her captor in the blink of an eye.... more

Long Ago
USA, 2007, 13 min.
A lingering attachment to her ex and the rat tail hairdo from the relationship that she still clings to keeps Maddie from moving on with her life until she takes matters into her own hands.... more

Lullaby
Australia, 2007, 11 min.
Two young sisters rely on each other for love and solace, living upstairs from the sleazy burlesque club where their mother performs for a living.... more

Man
USA, 2007, 15 min.
Maggie and her sister form an unusual bond during an encounter with a young man.... more

Manon on the Asphalt (Manon Sur le Bitume)
France, 2007, 15 min.
Manon has an accident while riding home on her bicycle. As she lay in the street as ambulance rush to her, her out-of-body experience lets her see friends one by one as they learn of the event. From an oddly engaging and sweetly compelling birds-eye view, Manon discovers her life all over again.... more

Meditations on a Name
Australia, 2007, 9 min.
Wattle is driving with her aging-hippie father, Rejan, and he in turn is simply driving her crazy. She confronts him: why on earth did he name her Wattle, for god's sake? Rejan is surprised, but no more than Wattle when she hears what her dad has to say.... more

My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film
Canada, 2007, 7 min.
Pochsy has a life altering moment when she is audited at work and decides to examine her life in the same way.... more

New Boy
Ireland, 2007, 11 min.
Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle, this multiple award-winning short tells the story of a young African immigrant whose first day at a new school proves challenging as he faces a series of confrontations with the class bully.... more

Open Your Eyes
USA, 2008, 15 min.
WON: The Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmaker A young wife going through the trauma of breast cancer finds her relationship with her husband strained by her inability to open up to him, until a chance meeting with an irreverent young woman casts everything in a different ... more

Operated by Invisible Hands
USA, 2007, 7 min.
Ellen discovers her true romantic yearnings when she spends the night with Doreen. But when she wakes up in the morning, she panics.... more

Pages of a Girl (Paginas de Menina)
Brazil, 2008, 19 min.
Brazil, 1955: young Ingrid finds herself drawn to Silvia, the woman she works with in a bookstore. A passionate encounter soon follows, but alarmed by the relationship, Silvia moves to Paris where years later she reads Ingrid's novel recounting their brief tryst.... more

Plastic
Australia, 2008, 7 min.
Anna has a half-hour to get ready for her hot date with a guy she hasn't seen for a while. Looking in the mirror, she's unhappy with what she sees, but miraculously discovers she can mold her body like Plasticine.... more

The Receiver (Trubka)
Kazakhstan, 2008, 14 min.
A man sits alone in his apartment, making phone calls but never saying a word as the person on the other end of the line tries to understand what he wants. Suddenly, his phone rings. Is it a trick?... more

Shutter
Canada, 2007, 15 min.
A wedding photographer and a world-weary war photojournalist embark upon a dangerous, provocative and shared ride into a long night of pain, passion and obsession.... more

Shy
USA, 2008, 12 min.
Young Lewis lives with his grandmother and is agoraphobic. One morning grandma doesn't wake up, so Lewis is forced to go to the store by himself. There, he comes upon a Chicano teen in the process of robbing the owner, and a strange relationship ensues.... more

Small Change
Australia, 2007, 7 min.
WON: Second Place, Best Student Live Action Short Under 15 Minutes A father struggles with caring for his son and daughter after his wife has left, and luxuries are the last thing he can accommodate. Still, kids are kids no matter what is going on around them, and a small random act c... more

Taxi Wala
France, 2007, 16 min.
A taxi driver in Paris is unnerved when his fare won't get out of the car. The woman, an émigré who speaks little French, can't make herself understood. Nerves fray and unravel as each becomes increasingly anxious to get what they want -- a destination or a freed-up cab.... more

The Truth about Faces
USA, 2007, 16 min.
A mother and daughter on a graduation shopping spree are suddenly confronted by a haunting memory when a young man enters the shop. Hiding in the dressing room, both women must now do the one thing they've tried so hard to avoid: let down their defenses and share their painful past.... more

Welcome
USA, 2007, 13 min.
Kirsten Dunst ("Spiderman") wrote and directed this short about a young couple (Winona Ryder and Jason Clarke) who move into a new home with their infant daughter and find that a previous occupant still seems to be hanging around.... more

Why We Wax
USA, 2007, 20 min.
A documentary about getting rid of the hair down there.... more

Wounded
Australia, 2008, 7 min.
A wife plays a dangerous hand in the high stakes game of her marriage.... more

Your Turn
Australia, 2008, 5 min.
Two women pass the time playing online video checkers with each other on a regular basis. On this particular night, one of them has a surprise for the other.... more