Every female direc­tor at the 2017 BFI Lon­don Film Festival

This time last year we pub­lished a sum­ma­ry of every female direc­tor at the 60^th BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val. With the full line-up for this year’s fes­ti­val hav­ing just been announced, we thought we’d take a clos­er look at the pro­gramme to see how much (if any) progress has been made in the last 12 months.

Of the 242 fea­tures and 128 shorts that make up this year’s pro­gramme, we’ve found that 112 are the prod­uct of women film­mak­ers, which is rough­ly a quar­ter – up from a fifth last year. Though there is clear­ly a lot more work to be done in terms of achiev­ing par­i­ty, this increase is at least a step in the right direction.

Here is the com­plete list of female-direct­ed works show­ing at the 61^st LFF, which runs 4 – 15 Octo­ber, includ­ing solo and joint direc­to­r­i­al ven­tures both past and present, and rep­re­sent­ing a broad range of coun­tries, gen­res and artis­tic disciplines.

1. How Can I Ever Be Late by Kevin Jerome Ever­son and Clau­drena N Harold (USA, 2017)
2. Noise Life by Son­al Jain, Mri­g­an­ka Mad­hukaillya (India, 2014)
3. Spite Your Face by Rachel Maclean (UK, 2017)
4. Bob­bi Jene by Elvi­ra Lind (Den­mark-Swe­den, 2017)
5. Bat­tle of the Sex­es by Valerie Faris, Jonathan Day­ton (USA, 2017)
6. David Strat­ton: A Cin­e­mat­ic Life by Sal­ly Aitken (Aus­tralia, 2017)
7. Lov­ing Vin­cent by Doro­ta Kobiela, Hugh Welch­man, (UK-Poland, 2017)
8. Sales­man by Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Char­lotte Zwerin (USA, 1968)
9. The Dumb Girl of Por­ti­ci by Lois Weber (USA, 1915)
10. A Blem­ished Code by Anne-Marie Copes­take (UK, 2017)
11. Hem­lock For­est by Moyra Dav­ey (USA, 2016)
12. Le Fort Des Fous by Nari­mane Mari (France-Ger­many-Greece-Qatar, 2017)
13. No Trace of Accel­er­a­tor by Emi­ly Wardill, (UK-Nor­way, 2017)
14. Ouroboros by Bas­ma Alsharif (France-Bel­gium-Pales­tine, 2017)
15. A Moth­er Brings Her Son to be Shot by Sinead O’Shea (Ire­land, 2017)
16. Adriana’s Pact by Lis­sette Oroz­co (Chile, 2017)
17. Azmaish: A Jour­ney Through the Sub­con­ti­nent by Sabi­ha Sumar (Pak­istan, 2017)
18. Becom­ing Who I Was by Chang-yong Moon and Jin Jeon (South Korea, 2016)
19. Before Sum­mer Ends by Maryam Goor­maghtigh (France-Switzer­land, 2017)
20. Dis­tant Con­stel­la­tion by She­vaun Mizrahi (USA-Turky-The Nether­lands, 2017)

21. Erase and For­get by Andrea Luka Zim­mer­man (UK, 2017)
22. Faces Places by Agnès Var­da and JR (France, 2017)
23. Faith­full by Sandrine Bon­naire (France, 2017)
24. The Grown-ups by Maïte Alber­di (Chile-The Nether­lands-France, 2016)
25. King­dom of Us by Lucy Cohen (UK, 2017)
26. Liyana by Aaron Kopp and Aman­da Kopp (Swazi­land-USA-Qatar, 2017)
27. Moun­tain by Jennifer Peedom (Aus­tralia, 2017)
28. The Prince of Noth­ing­wood by Sonia Kro­n­lund (France-Ger­many, 2016)
29. Roller Dreams by Kate Hick­ey (Aus­tralia-USA, 2017)
30. Spell Reel by Fil­i­pa César (Por­tu­gal-Ger­many-France, 2017)
31. Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamil­ton by Rory Kennedy (USA, 2017)
32. Unti­tled by Michael Glawog­ger and Moni­ka Willi (Aus­tria-Ger­many, 2017)
33. Angels Wear White by Vivian Qu (Chi­na-France, 2017)
34. Ava by Léa Mysius (France, 2017)
35. Beach Rats by Eliza Hittman (USA, 2017)
36. Beau­ty and the Dogs by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia-France-Swe­den, 2017)
37. Birds Are Singing in Kigali by Joan­na Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze (Poland, 2017) 
38. The Boy Down­stairs by Sophie Brooks (USA, 2017)
39. The Bread­win­ner by Nora Twom­ey (USA, 2017)
40. Close-Knit by Naoko Ogiga­mi (Japan, 2017)

41. Dark Riv­er by Clio Barnard (UK, 2017)
42. Cloud­boy by Meikeminne Clinck­spoor (Bel­gium-Swe­den-The Nether­lands-Nor­way, 2017)
43. Dar­ling by Bir­gitte Stær­mose (Den­mark-Swe­den, 2017)
44. Good Man­ners by Juliana Rojas and Mar­co Dutra (Brazil-France, 2017)
45. I Am Not a Witch by Rungano Nyoni (UK-France-Nam­bia, 2017)
46. Israfil by Ida Pana­han­deh (Iran, 2017)
47. Jeune Femme by Léonor Ser­raille (France-Bel­gium, 2017)
48. Lebanon Fac­to­ry by Ahmad Ghos­sein, Lucie La Chimia, Shirin AbuShaqra, Manuel Maria Per­rone, Una Gun­jak, Rami Kodeih, Mou­nia Akl and Neto Vil­lalo­bos (Lebanon-France, 2017)
49. Let the Corpses Tan by Hélène Cat­tet and Bruno Forzani (Bel­gium-France, 2017)
50. Let the Sun­shine In by Claire Denis (France, 2017)
51. Life Guid­ance by Ruth Mad­er (Aus­tria, 2017)
52. Look­ing for Oum Kulthum by Shirin Neshat (Ger­many-Aus­tria-Italy-Lebanon-Qatar, 2017)
53. Made­moi­selle Par­adis by Bar­bara Albert (Aus­tria-Ger­many, 2017)
54. Most Beau­ti­ful Island by Ana Asen­sio (Spain-USA, 2017)
55. Mud­bound by Dee Rees (USA, 2017)
56. Our Time Will Come by Ann Hui (Chi­na-Hong Kong, 2017)
57. The Par­ty by Sal­ly Pot­ter (UK, 2017)
58. Pop Aye by Kirsten Tan (Sin­ga­pore-Thai­land, 2017)
59. Pro­fes­sor Marston & The Won­der Women by Angela Robin­son (USA, 2017)
60. Rein­vent­ing Mar­vin by Anne Fontaine (France, 2016)

61. The Rid­er by Chloé Zhao (USA, 2017)
62. Spoor by Agniesz­ka Hol­land (Poland-Ger­many-Czech Repub­lic-Swe­den-Slo­va­kia, 2017)
63. Sum­mer 1993 by Car­la Simón (Spain, 2017)
64. The Day My Father Became a Bush by Nicole van Kils­donk (The Nether­lands-Bel­gium-Croa­t­ia, 2017)
65. The Hun­gry by Borni­la Chat­ter­jee (UK, 2017)
66. The Light of the Moon by Jes­si­ca M Thomp­son (USA, 2017)
67. Wajib by Annemarie Jacir (Pales­tine, 2017)
68. West­ern by Vales­ka Grise­bach (Ger­many-Bul­gar­ia-Aus­tria)
69. The White Girl by Jen­ny Suen and Christo­pher Doyle (Hong Kong, 2017)
70. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here by Lynne Ram­say (UK-USA-France, 2017)
71. Zama by Lucre­cia Mar­tel (Argenti­na-Brazil-Spain-The Nether­lands-Mex­i­co-Por­tu­gal-USA, 2017)
72. Black Bar­bie by Com­fort Arthur (Ghana, 2016)
73. Bri­tan­nia by Joan­na Quinn (UK, 1993)
74. The Full Sto­ry by Daisy Jacobs (UK, 2017)
75. The Do It Your­self Car­toon Kit by Bob God­frey, Vera Lin­necar, Nan­cy Han­na, Kei­th Learn­er (UK, 1959)
76. Hedgehog’s Home by Eva Cvi­janović (Croa­t­ia-Cana­da, 2017)
77. Mr Pas­cal by Ali­son De Vere (UK, 1979)
78. Odd is an Egg by Kristin Ulseth (Nor­way-Por­tu­gal, 2016)
79. Piglet’s Jour­ney by Dace Riduze (Latvia, 2016)
80. Pipe Dreams by Christa Jar­rold (UK, 2017)

81. Sabaku by Mar­lies van der Wel (The Nether­lands, 2016)
82. The Kid and the Hedge­hog by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas (Spain, 2017)
83. Hijacked by Shamb­havi Kaul (USA, 2017)
84. Media Plain by Lau­ra Kran­ing (USA, 2016)
85. Olly Olly Oxen Free by Julia Dogra-Brazell (UK, 2017)
86. Sil­i­ca by Pia Borg (UK-Aus­tralia, 2017)
87. Wed­ding Loop by Moyra Dav­ey (USA, 2017)
88. What Time is Made Of by Diana Vidras­cu (France-Roma­nia, 2017)
89. 22:22 by Char­lotte Gins­borg (UK, 2017)
90. The Ances­tors Came by Cecile Emeke (UK-USA, 2017)
91. Shogun by Emi­ly McDon­ald (UK, 2017)
92. Sulukule Mon Amour by Azra Deniz Okyay (Turkey, 2016)
93. Aamir by Vika Evdoki­menko (UK-USA, 2017)
94. Cubs by Nan­na Kristín Mag­nús­dót­tir (Ice­land, 2017)
95. Elene by Sezen Kay­han (Turkey-Geor­gia, 2017)
96. Fam­i­ly Hap­pi­ness by Alice Englert (Aus­tralia, 2016)
97. Fry-Up by Char­lotte Regan (UK, 2017)
98. Fysh by Bil­lie Plef­fer (Aus­tralia, 2017)
99. Gab­ber Lover by Anna Cazenave Cam­bet (France, 2016)
100. God­dess by Kar­ish­ma Dube (India-USA, 2016)
101. Hot and Cold by Mar­ta Prus (Poland, 2016)
102. Kara by Deepa Kesh­vala (UK, 2017)
103. Laws of the Game by Aegi­na Brahim (Suri­name-UK, 2016)
104. Mas­ter­piece by Run­yararo Map­fu­mo (UK, 2017)
105. Salt & Sauce by Alia Gha­far (UK, 2017)
106. Slap Hap­py by Madeleine Sims-Few­er and Dusty Mancinel­li (Cana­da, 2017)
107. Smear by Kate Her­ron (UK, 2017)
108. The Door by Anisa Muk­er­jea Gan­guli (India, 2016)
109. Merid­i­an Plain by Lau­ra Kran­ing (USA, 2016)
110. Body World by Kit­ty Faingold
111. Lucky by Kirsten Cari­na Geißer and Ines Chris­tine Geißer
112. Hom­ing in by Park­er Hill

The 61^st BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val runs 4 – 15 Octo­ber. For more info vis­it bfi​.org​.uk/lff