If the male gaze often objectifies women as desirable creatures or stereotypes, the female gaze positions them as viewers and centres of meaning. The eyes of these female filmmakers, or of atypical female characters, reveal women’s thoughts and emotions while common perceptions and representations of women are challenged or subverted, and desire, gender politics and existential quests are narrated.
– Kiki Fung, Curator, The Female Gaze.