Delphine Girard

Delphine Girard is a Belgian film director.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 short film A Sister (Une sœur), which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.[2]

Born in Quebec, she moved to Belgium with her family in childhood, and studied film at INSAS. She directed the short films Monstre (2014) and Caverne (2017) prior to making A Sister.[3]

Her feature debut, Through the Night (Quitter la nuit), premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,[4] where Girard won the Audience Award for the Giornate degli Autori program.[5]

  1. ^ Jamie Lang, "'A Sister' Director Delphine Girard on Her Oscar-Nominated Short". Variety, 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "QUITTER LA NUIT de Delphine Girard ouvrira le 38e FIFF Namur !". CTVM, 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ Aurore Engelen, "Review: Through the Night". Cineuropa. 6 September 2023.
  5. ^ Marta Bałaga, "'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up Venice Days Awards". Variety, 8 September 2023.