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Audrey Diwan (French: [odʁɛ diwan]; born 1980) is a French film director of Lebanese origin. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter. In 2021, her film Happening won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision."
Audrey Diwan is a filmmaker born in 1980 in France. She has written and directed several films, including Happening (2021), a BAFTA-nominated drama about abortion in France.
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- Writer, Director, Producer
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- Audrey Diwan
May 6, 2022 · W inner of the 2021 Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Audrey Diwan’s unflinching and suspense-ridden Happening follows its young female protagonist, Anne (Anamaria...
Audrey Diwan, née en 1980, est une écrivaine française d'origine libanaise, également éditrice aux éditions Denoël [1], journaliste, scénariste et réalisatrice. En 2021, elle remporte le Lion d'or à la Mostra de Venise pour son film L'Événement.
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- française
- 1980
May 6, 2022 · Director Audrey Diwan makes this point throughout our interview about her Golden Lion-winning film, which comes to American theaters at a critical moment for abortion rights. “Happening” opened in France last fall, where it inspired women—including Diwan herself—to push back against social stigma by sharing their own abortion stories .
Dec 21, 2022 · The director of "Happening" shares how she was inspired by Varda's film to pursue her own freedom and creativity as a filmmaker. She praises Varda's mix of genres, her use of reality and her nonprofessional actors.
May 27, 2022 · In Happening, a haunting, visceral drama directed by Audrey Diwan, a 23-year-old student, Anne, discovers she is pregnant. It’s the early 1960s, when abortion and contraception were both illegal...
