Women's Tales


Women's Tales is an ongoing short film series created by fashion brand Miu Miu. Aside from the stipulation that the films use Miu Miu clothing the all female directors are given carte blanche to create their films. Miu Miu has commissioned two films a year since 2011, one for their summer collection and one for the winter collection.
Since 2012, all of the winter collection films have had their world premiere at the Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival. The summer collection films, which typically premiere during the New York Fashion Week in February, are shown there as well. Miu Miu is a so-called "creative partner," i.e. sponsor, of Venice Days.

History

The first film, Zoe Cassavetes' The Powder Room premiered online in late January 2011. The series' second installment, Lucrecia Martel's Muta, premiered at an invitation-only screening at a Beverly Hills mansion and online in July 2011.
In February 2012, the third film, Giada Colagrande's The Woman Dress, was screened during the New York Fashion Week and made available online. Massy Tadjedin's It's Getting Late, number four in the series, had its world premiere at the Venice Days sidebar of the 69th Venice International Film Festival where all four films from the series were screened together for the first time.
The fifth film, Ava DuVernay's The Door, premiered online in February 2013. The film was later shown at the 70th Venice International Film Festival along with Le donne della Vucciria by Palestinian Israeli actress and director Hiam Abbas.
In 2015, Agnès Varda's film Les 3 boutons premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

Films

No.DirectorTitleYear
1Zoe CassavetesThe Powder Room2011
2Lucrecia MartelMuta2011
3Giada ColagrandeThe Woman Dress2012
4Massy TadjedinIt's Getting Late2012
5Ava DuVernayThe Door2013
6Hiam AbbassLe donne della Vucciria2013
7So Yong KimSpark & Light2014
8Miranda JulySomebody2014
9Alice RohrwacherDe Djess2015
10Agnès VardaLes 3 boutons2015
11Naomi KawaseSeed2016
12Crystal MoselleThat One Day2016
13Chloë SevignyCarmen2017
14Celia Rowlson-Hall of History Illusion]2017
15Dakota FanningHello Apartment2018
16Haifaa Al-MansourThe Wedding Singer's Daughter2018
17Hailey GatesShako Mako2019
18Lynne RamsayBrigitte2019