Lucile Hadžihalilović
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Lucile Hadžihalilović is a French
filmmaker. She became the first woman to win the Stockholm International Film Festival annual Bronze Horse award for best film for her 2004 film Innocence
.
Hadžihalilović was born in Lyon in 1961 to Bosnian
immigrant parents. She studied filmmaking at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris
. She has worked as an editor of documentaries and features, and is a longtime collaborator with her husband Gaspar Noé
, serving as a producer and editor of his short Carne (1991) and feature I Stand Alone
(1998). She also collaborated with Noé on the screenplay of his latest film Enter the Void
(2009)
Innocence is her second film, following 1996's La Bouche de Jean-Pierre
, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
filmmaker. She became the first woman to win the Stockholm International Film Festival annual Bronze Horse award for best film for her 2004 film Innocence
Innocence (2004 film)
Innocence is a 2004 French film written and directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović, based on the novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind, and starring Marion Cotillard. It takes place at a mysterious girls' boarding school, where new students arrive in coffins...
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Hadžihalilović was born in Lyon in 1961 to Bosnian
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
immigrant parents. She studied filmmaking at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She has worked as an editor of documentaries and features, and is a longtime collaborator with her husband Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé is an Argentine filmmaker and the son of Argentine painter and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. He graduated from Louis Lumière College and is the visiting professor of film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland...
, serving as a producer and editor of his short Carne (1991) and feature I Stand Alone
I Stand Alone (film)
I Stand Alone is a 1998 French drama film, written and directed by Gaspar Noé, and starring Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankye Pain and Martine Audrain. The original French title is Seul contre tous, which means "Alone against all". The film focuses on several pivotal days in the life of a...
(1998). She also collaborated with Noé on the screenplay of his latest film Enter the Void
Enter the Void
Enter the Void is a French film written and directed by Gaspar Noé, starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. Set in the neon-lit nightclub environments of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets shot by the police, but continues to watch succeeding...
(2009)
Innocence is her second film, following 1996's La Bouche de Jean-Pierre
La Bouche de Jean-Pierre
La Bouche de Jean-Pierre is a 1996 French drama film directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Denise Aron-Schropfer – Solange* Sandra Sammartino – Mimi* Denise Schrofter...
, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
1996 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Francis Ford Coppola *Nathalie Baye *Greta Scacchi, actrice *Michael Ballhaus *Henry Chapier *Atom Egoyan *Eiko Ishioka *Krzysztof Piesiewicz *Antonio Tabucchi...
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