WOMEN ON TOP
As a film festival, Tribeca has always been a bit hard to fathom. Incorporating so many different cinematic points of view, Tribeca makes it often hard to see the forest from the films. But this year, several observers have picked up on one major trend – women directors. As Cyndi Greening points out at Cynematik:
There are 61 films directed or co-directed by women and 15 films, in addition to those with female directors, which have expressly women’s interests. These films delve into topics which push the boundaries and break the molds of what is conventionally thought of a female film.
Even more this is the year of the ingénue. In addition to Sarah Polley’s powerful and
mature work Away From Her (which will be on the cover of the upcoming issue of filmmaker, but is not in Tribeca), two films at Tribeca show off the directorial talent of actresses who have stepped behind the camera. Julie Delphy’s 2 Days in Paris, which, while not her first feature, has received glowing reviews since it premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year. (In his Variety review Derek Elley wrote, “The spirit of early Woody Allen is alive and well on the streets of the French capital in “2 Days in Paris,” an entertaining, deliciously played walk-and-talker.” Also playing is Cake Eaters, Mary Stuart Masterson’s feature directorial debut about two families and the past they have tried to keep buried.
