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Agnès Varda was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Greek father and French mother. Known as 'La Grande Dame' of the French New Wave, Varda is best known for 'Cleo from 5 to 7' (1962) and 'The Gleaners and I' (2000). She has recently dedicated her time celebrating the legacy of her late husband, the great Jacques Demy, by restoring his classic 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964) ahead of its theatrical rerelease.

Thomas Vinterberg co-founded the Dogme 95 movement with Lars von Trier in 1995, which aimed to bring cinema back to its traditional values. His subsequent film, 'Festen' won multiple awards including the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival although Vinterberg never took directorial credit for the film, as per the Dogme manifesto. His drama 'The Hunt' was nominated for the 2014 Best Foreign Language Oscar.