Jane Campion will be the next Lumière Award

After Catherine Deneuve and Jane Fonda, the organizers of the Lumière festival in Lyon have decided to once again put a woman in the spotlight.

Jane Campion will be the next Lumière Award, they announced on Monday.

This award will be awarded to him on October 15.

The New Zealand director is also the only filmmaker to have won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, in 1993 for

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"Jane Campion is a style recognizable among all the others, an unusual aesthetic and a dazzling poetry," said the team in a statement.

She explores the spheres of desire and human relations by delivering a gallery of portraits among the most beautiful in the history of cinema ”.

She has notably directed Holly Hunter, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Meg Ryan and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Jane Campion is however rare, having shot only seven films in 20 years.

One of Bertrand Tavernier's last wishes

“Celebrating it is obvious and a source of pride.

It was also one of Bertrand Tavernier's last wishes, ”continue the festival organizers.

Jane Campion will succeed Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Francis Ford Coppola, Jane Fonda, Wong Kar-wai, Catherine Deneuve, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodóvar, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Gérard Depardieu, Milos Forman and Clint Eastwood.

The Lumière festival, which showcases heritage films, will take place from October 9 to 17.

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