NADINE LABAKI
DIRECTOR, ACTRESS AND WRITER
LEBANON
The first female Arab director to have her film
selected for the Cannes main competition since
Heiny Srour in 1974, Nadine went on to win last
year’s Jury Prize here for CAPERNAUM and then
made more history by becoming the first female
Arab director to have her film nominated for an
Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe. Nadine has
more than 2 million followers on Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram and is this year’s Un Certain Regard
jury president at Cannes, where she is also up for
three ACC Critics Awards prizes.