Almost twenty years in the making and running at fourteen hours, Mark Cousins’ epic documentary, Women Make Film, can be described as a passion project. It is an in-depth and exhaustive exploration of a selection of works by women directors spanning across twelve decades and five continents. The documentary is a celebration of international women filmmakers as well as a masterclass on the art and craft of cinema. It weaves together over 700 clips drawn from various films into one cohesive whole structured by forty topic-orientated chapters that explore themes, genres, and techniques used in cinematography.

The screening of Women Make Film IV on 25 Sept will be followed by a post-screening talk in Cantonese with M+ Curator of Hong Kong Film and Media Li Cheuk-to.