Who Are The 6 Female Filmmakers Competing For The Palme d’Or Award At Cannes 2023?

We hope to see more in the future!

The much-awaited film festival every year is the prestigious event of Cannes. The festival kickstarted on May 16, Tuesday with many Indian celebrities making their red carpet debut. Cannes is known to celebrate films and filmmakers from all over the world, however, female representation has forever been very little at this forum. To much surprise, this time, a record-breaking number of female filmmakers will be seen competing for the highest honorary award at Cannes- Palme d’Or!

Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher is an Italian film director who is back with her fourth nomination at the Cannes film festival. Her latest film La Chimera has been selected to compete for the Palme d’Or award this year. Alice Rohrwacher’s film Le Pupille was nominated for the Oscars 2023 awards. 

 

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Kaouther Ben Hania 

A Tunisian film director, Kaouther Ben Hania has been nominated for her film Olfa’s Daughter (Four Daughters). It will be premiered at Cannes on May 19 and is a documentary drama, primarily in the Arabic language. 

 

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Jessica Hausner 

Jessica Hausner’s Zero Club was selected to compete in the 76th Cannes Palm d’Or Awards. She is an Austrian film director who is known for films like Hotel and Lovely Rita among others. It’s her fifth film premiering at the Cannes film festival this year.

 

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Catherine Breillat 

Selected for her film Last Summer, Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker and writer. Her film The Last Mistress premiered at Cannes in 2007 and after many years, she is back with another nomination under her name.

 

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Justine Triet

Another French film director whose movie Anatomy Of A Fall has been selected to compete for the Palme d’Or awards.

 

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Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Making her debut at Cannes Film Festival with the film Banel And Adama the young Senegalese-French filmmaker is Ramata-Toulaye Sy. Astel released in 2021 was the filmmaker’s directorial debut.

 

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We hope to see more female filmmakers being acknowledged at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world like Cannes.

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First Published: May 17, 2023 2:51 PM