Justine Triet

Justine Triet graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. Her first films looked at the place of the individual within a group. SUR PLACE (2007) was shot during the student strikes, and SOLFÉRINO (2008) was made during the presidential elections. In 2009, she directed DES OMBRES DANS LA MAISON (SHADOWS IN THE HOUSE) in a Saõ Paulo township. VILAINE FILLE, MAUVAIS GARÇON, her first medium-length fiction film, won numerous awards at festivals in France and abroad (EFA European Film Prize at the Berlinale 2012, Grand Prix at the Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, Grand Prix at the Festival de Belfort, shortlisted for the César Short Film Awards 2013). His first feature film LA BATAILLE DE SOLFÉRINO was selected at ACID in Cannes in 2013 and nominated for a 2014 César in the Best First Film category. VICTORIA, his second feature, opened Critics’ Week (Cannes Film Festival) in 2016. Starring Virginie Efira, the film received five César nominations, including Best Film and Best Actress. In 2019 Justine Triet directed her 3rd feature film SYBIL, which was selected as an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. ANATOMY OF A FALL got the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival in 2023.