Katell Quillévéré

Katell Quil­lévéré gained atten­tion for her first short film, À bras le corps, select­ed for the 2005 edi­tion of the Cannes Direc­tors Fort­night. Five years lat­er, she returned to the side­bar selec­tion with Love Like Poi­son, her debut fea­ture. In 2013, she direct­ed The Sta­ple of News, which opened that year’s Cannes Crit­ics’ Week. The film earned her a César nom­i­na­tion for Best Orig­i­nal Screen­play and led to Adèle Haenel win­ning the César for Best Sup­port­ing Actress. In 2016, she direct­ed Heal the Liv­ing, star­ring Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seign­er and Anne Dor­val, pre­sent­ed at the Venice Film Fes­ti­val in the Oriz­zon­ti sec­tion, as well as in com­pe­ti­tion at the Toron­to Film Fes­ti­val. Adapt­ed from the nov­el by Maylis de Keran­gal, the film earned her a César nom­i­na­tion for Best Adapt­ed Screen­play. In 2021, she co-direct­ed along with Héli­er Cis­terne the series Reign Supreme, broad­cast on Arte and Net­flix. The series won the Grand Prize at Series Mania and the Best Series Award from the French TV Crit­ics’ Asso­ci­a­tion. Her last film to date, Along Came Love, with Anaïs Demousti­er and Vin­cent Lacoste, was pre­sent­ed at the Cannes Film Fes­ti­val and won the Grand Prize at the 2023 Angoulême Fran­coph­o­ne Film Fes­ti­val. Along­side her activ­i­ty as a direc­tor, Katell Quil­lévéré co-found­ed the Brive Film Fes­ti­val, ded­i­cat­ed to medi­um-length films, and works with the French Film Direc­tors’ Asso­ci­a­tion defend­ing film­mak­ers’ rights.