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Born in 1972 in Hackney, London, Asif Kapadia studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art, where he gained recognition by making the award-winning short 'The Sheep Thief' (1997), shot in Rajasthan. His visual style continued with his debut feature 'The Warrior' (2001), shot between the Indian desert and the Himalayas, won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film of the Year.

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.