Congratulations to all of the women who directed feature films at the Sundance Film Festival!
The evolution of Film Fatales has resulted in a veritable force at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where seven members have directed feature films premiering at the festival. These include the narrative features THE FAREWELL directed by Lulu Wang, HONEY BOY directed by Alma Ha'rel, HALA directed by Minhal Baig, and the documentaries KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE directed by Rachel Lears, EDGE OF DEMOCRACY directed by Petra Costa, HAIL SATAN? directed by Penny Lane, and THE ADVOCATE directed by Rachel Leah Jones. Additionally, five Film Fatales members Alexandria Bombach, Alysa Nahmais, Amber Fares, Eva Vives and Violeta Ayala are fellows this year and several others directed shorts at the festival.
The annual Film Fatales reception this year was sponsored by the Utah Film Commission, Luna Bar, Goldthread, Tangerine Entertainment, and The Harnisch Foundation. With a continued strong presence at major cinematic events like Sundance, Film Fatales and its network of women directors are positioned to make an even greater impact on the film industry in the future. Film Fatales is also an affiliate partner of the Women at Sundance Celebration and co-hosted a filmmaker panel with Women in Media.
You can find our more about the members of Film Fatales with films at the festival by clicking on their director profiles linked below.
Advocate co-directed by Rachel Leah Jones
Always in Season directed by Jacqueline Olive
American Factory directed by Julia Reichert
Anthropocene co-directed by Jennifer Baichwal
Before You Know It directed by Hannah Pearl Utt
Birds of Passage directed by Christina Gallego
Blinded by the Light directed by Gurinder Chadha
Clemency directed by Chinonye Chukwu
Dirty God directed by Sacha Polak
Greener Grass directed by Jocelyn DeBoer
Hail Satan directed by Penny Lane
Hala directed by Minhal Baig
Honey Boy directed by Alma Harel
Honeyland co-directed by Tamara Kotevska
Imaginary Order directed by Debra Eisenstadt
Jawline directed by Liza Mandelup
Judy & Punch directed by Mirrah Foulkes
Knock Down the House directed by Rachel Lears
Late Night directed by Nisha Ganatra
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky
One Child One Nation directed by Nanfu Wang
Pahokee co-directed by Ivete Lucas
Paradise Hills directed by Alice Waddington
Queen of Hearts directed by May el-Toukhy
Raise Hell directed by Janice Engel
Selah and the Spades directed by Tanyarisha Poe
Share directed by Pippa Bianco
Sister Aimee directed by Samantha Buck
Shooting the Mafia directed by Kim Longinotto
Sonja The White Swan directed by Anne Sewitsky
The Elephant Queen co-directed by Victoria Stone
The Farewell directed by Lulu Wang
The Great Hack co-directed by Jehane Noujaim
The Infiltrators co-directed by Christina Ibarra
The Lodge directed by Veronika Franz
The Mustang directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
The Nightengale directed by Jennifer Kent
The Sharks directed by Lucía Garibaldi
The Souvenir directed by Joanna Hogg
Them That Follow directed by Britt Poulton
To The Stars directed by Martha Stephens
Troupe Zero directed by Bert & Bertie
Untitled Brazil Documentary directed by Petra Costa
Untouchable directed by Ursula Macfarlane