Chie Hayakawa (born August 20, 1976) [1] is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Tokyo. [2]
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]
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 Cannes Film Festival in 2014, [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.
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Nobody Knows is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on the 1988 Sugamo child abandonment case. The film is written, produced, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and it stars Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, and Hiei Kimura.
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The 65th Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti was the president of the jury for the main competition. French actress Bérénice Bejo hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Amour.
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Anthony Chen is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films Ilo Ilo (2013) and Wet Season (2019).
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Kaouther Ben Hania also written Kaouther Ben Henia or Kaouther Benhenia is a Tunisian film director. Her 2017 film Beauty and the Dogs was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Her 2024 film Four Daughters was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at 96th Academy Awards.
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