Tasha Tudor: A Still Water Story, from the Japanese female director Mitsue MATSUTANI, is proving to be a silent hit at the local box office, having already attracted 43,199 spectators. According to KOFIC’s aggregated box office data, the film has sold a total of 23,000 tickets in the two weeks since its release on September 13, thus ranking first among independent and arthouse films in September. Famous for her illustrations in The Secret Garden and A Little Princess as well as for her naturalistic garden covering 250 acres, Tasha TUDOR is giving some small comfort to the Korean movie-goers exhausted by the challenges of everyday life. Documentaries retracing the life of female artists who lived with such passion have unexpectedly been met with great enthusiasm from the local audience. One of the best examples is Pina, which followed the life of the grandmother of modern dancing, Pina BAUSCH. Directed by Wim WENDERS, who has often made documentaries about artists, Pina pulled in a total of 24,818 viewers despite the barren wasteland that is the documentary market. Besides that, other documentaries told stories that resonated with the Korean audience, such as Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, which put the spotlight on the unknown scientific knowledge of classic Hollywood actress Hedy LAMARR, who used to be celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the world; Faces Places, which recounted the delightful travel of genius female director Agnès VARDA and installation artist JR; and Finding Vivian Maier, which explored the art of Vivian MAIER, a female photographer who left behind her a body of work that occupies hundred thousand film canisters but didn’t get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime.