
Women directors and the rewriting of world cinema
Published on: Sept. 15, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Pioneer
Across Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Busan, Toronto, and India’s own IFFI, women are no longer a token presence but a defining force: winning grand prizes, rewriting programming ratios, and setting the terms of global cinematic conversation For decades, women made landmark films from the margins.