From 2000 to 2007, of the fifty-five South African films made, only six were directed by women, and only nine were written by women. In response, the South African National Film and Video Foundation initiated a project known as the Female Only Filmmakers project. This chapter focuses on the first iteration of the project, from 2013 to 2016, which was led by the film producer Bongiwe Selane, and it analyzes three of the films that were made as part of the project (and which are all examples of women moving from acting backgrounds into a rare opportunity to reveal their writing and directing talent): Panic Button (2014), The Groom’s Price (2017), and Mmino wa Modimo (2017). The chapter draws on interviews conducted with the filmmakers and is complemented by a documentary film the chapter’s author has made on the same topic titled From One Woman to Another: The Screen Worlds of Bongiwe Selane (2023).