Vancouver International Film Festival 2001
Hot Docs 2002 (Toronto)
INPUT Conference 2002 (Rotterdam)
Seattle International Film Festival 2002
and more…

Canada / France, 2001,
Digital Video, Color,
58 / 52 min.

Directed by:
Marielle Nitoslawska
Written by:
Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Marielle Nitoslawska
Original idea:
Pascale Navarro
Nathalie Collard
Photography: Jacques Leduc
Editing: Monique Dartonne
Sound: Cathy Compans
Music: Yves Laferrière
Produced by:
Nathalie Barton
Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Arnaud Hantute





“Interesting, informative and amusing” John Griffin, The Gazette.
“Very instructive” Odile Tremblay, Le Devoir.


Welcome to the world of pornography as created and viewed by women. Bad Girl globetrots from Quebec to California, from Denmark to France and back again taking a hard look at the negative taboos associated with female sexuality.

From pro-porn sex-activists like Annie Sprinkle and controversial French filmmakers like Catherine Breillat, to feminist philosophers, sexologists and porn producers, the film raises important questions surrounding pornography and the burgeoning number of women behind the cameras.

Encompassing racy footage in the course of its own frank investigation of overt female sexuality, Bad Girl promotes thinking about the perspective of pornography, its functions, who's speaking in it, and to whom. It reveals intelligently and engagingly how far we've come and how far we've got to go.