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Cinéast(e)s (2013)

Cinéast(e)s poster
Directed by
Mathieu Busson, Julie Gayet
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 13m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews twenty-one French female filmmakers about being a woman in the film industry. It asks whether cinema itself has a gender and explores the challenges women face in making movies.

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What happens

Cinéast(e)s is a 2013 French documentary film about filmmakers who are women. Julie Gayet interviews twenty-one French female filmmakers about the relevance of gender to filmmaking and the issues encountered by women in making films. It begins with the question: "is cinema gendered?" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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