Nanouk Leopold (b. 1968, Rotterdam) was initially interested in design. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam in 1992 and from the Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam in 1998. Her graduation film Weekend (1998) won the Tuschinski Award at the Netherlands Film Festival, among others. As director she was involved in several medium-length TV titles and she also worked in journalism. Her feature debut Îles flottantes (2001), which she also scripted, was screened in competition at the Rotterdam IFF and later at Karlovy Vary. Her second film Guernsey (2005) was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. She also shot the films Wolfsbergen (2007) and Brownian Movement (2010). Her work has been shown to critical acclaim at many international film festivals.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
