From Analog to TikTok: Female Directors Sweep CPH:DOX 2022

In keeping with its 50/50 gender balance pledge, this year’s DOX:AWARD program — CPH:DOX’s international main competition showcasing an all-premiere lineup — featured six male and six female-directed films from a range of countries. And, as in years past, I agreed to watch and rate them all on a scale of one (not my cup of tea) to four (brilliant!) stars for the Danish film magazine Ekko’s international film critics’ jury grid. It’s an annual duty I’ve come to grudgingly love. On the one hand, I have to watch a dozen films that weren’t necessarily on my must-see list (that I’d carefully whittled down from the “200 new films, 76 world premieres, 59 competition titles in six international competitions” boasted in the press release). On the other hand, doing so forces me out of my cinematic comfort zone – exposing me to new names and undiscovered gems I’d otherwise surely have missed.

To read all about my finds visit Filmmaker magazine.