Chie Hayakawa

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Chie Hayakawa
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Hayakawa at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
CitizenshipJapanese
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2014–present

Chie Hayakawa (born August 20, 1976) [1] is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Tokyo. [2]

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Personal life and education

Hayakawa graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts in 2001. Her various early short films were screened at the school's gallery and film festivals. [3] She gave birth to two children in New York and returned to Tokyo in 2008. [4]

Career

In Tokyo, she enrolled in a one-year film program at a night school whilst working. [4] Her thesis film, Niagara, was selected for the screening [5] at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, [6] and won the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival. [7]

In 2022, her first feature film Plan 75 received Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale (also called Caméra d'Or — Mention d'honneur) at the Cannes Film Festival.

In April 2025, her feature film Renoir was officially selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d'Or. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2014NiagaraShort
2022 Plan 75 Caméra d'Or — Special Mention
2025 Renoir

References

  1. ↑ "Chie Hayakawa". D'A Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ↑ Debruge, Peter (2022-10-14). "'Plan 75' Review: Japan's Thought-Provoking Oscar Submission Chides Society for Disrespecting Its Seniors". Variety . Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Chie HAYAKAWA". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. 1 2 Rich, Motoko (2022-06-17). "A Filmmaker Imagines a Japan Where the Elderly Volunteer to Die". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ↑ Handler, Rachel (2022-05-20). "Chie Hayakawa's Plan 75 Quietly Devastates Cannes". Vulture . Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ↑ Schenker, Jack (2023-05-02). "A Conversation with Chie Hayakawa (PLAN 75)". Hammer to Nail. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  7. ↑ Gray2008-07-25T11:52:00+01:00, Jason. "Naked Of Defenses picks up top prize at Japan's Pia fest". Screen. Retrieved 2024-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa; Shafer, Ellise (10 April 2025). "Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2025 Lineup". Variety . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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