His most recent film, Kennedy (2023) premiered in Cannes Midnight section.Ĭombining elements of documentary and fiction, much of Kawase’s work is set in her home city of Nara. India’s Kashyap is the acclaimed director of Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Ugly (2013), Psycho Raman (2016), Dev.D (2009), and Black Friday (2007), and was one of the directors of Netflix’s first Indian series, Sacred Games (2018–2019).
His most recent credits include Venice 2023 Golden Lion winner Poor Things and a third collaboration with director Robert Eggers in Nosferatu, slated for release in 2024. Iconic actor Dafoe has been Oscar nominated four times across his career: three times for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Platoon (1986), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), and The Florida Project (2017), and one for Best Leading Actor for At Eternity’s Gate (2018). More recently, Coma was in the running for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2022 while his latest film Beast premiered in Competition at the Venice this year. He returned to Cannes with Tiresia (2003), On War (2008) House of Tolerance (2011), Saint Laurent (2014) Nocturama (2016) and Zombi Child (2019). Bensaïdi’s first feature A Thousand Months world premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2003 Subsequent films include Bonello broke out internationally with second film Pornographer which played at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2021.
