The Governors Awards, presented in November by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has for the past nine years served as an elegant
Agnes Varda
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The Belgian-born filmmaker Agnès Varda was the only female director associated with the French New Wave, and for decades she has been referred to as
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Going into this year's Cannes Film Festival, it was clear no documentary would win the Palme d'or, the festival's top prize. Not a single nonfiction
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Eclipse 43: Agnès Varda in California Released by The Criterion Collection At the Cannes Film Festival this past May, the indomitable French filmmaker
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'The Beaches of Agnes' airs June 29 on PBS' 'POV' series.
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I first saw Agnès Varda's 1982 short documentary Ulysses several years ago, and was instantly struck by its simplicity and power. Varda revisits a
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IDA Documentary Award honors Agnès Varda with the Pioneer Award.