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Abdellatif Kechiche is a Tunisian-French director who usually casts amateur actors. In 2007, 'Couscous' won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. His most internationally successful film 'Blue is the Warmest Colour', based on the graphic novel of the same name, won the 2013 Palme d'Or which Kechiche shared on stage with his lead actresses Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

One of the most important figures of European cinema, Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996), spent much of his life behind Poland's post-war communist regime. He started his career as a documentarian but soon discarded many of his political ideas to explore metaphysical themes surrounding the paradoxes of the universe. His masterful 'Three Colours Triology' (1993-94) has had few parallels in the history of cinema.

For her first feature, 'Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry' (2012), director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to artist Ai Weiwei while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.