Chantal Akerman, Belgian director, dies aged 65 The director's latest work, released just last year, is being screened as part of the Festival do Rio 2015.
A great loss for cinema this Monday, the fifth day of the festival, as reports of the death of Belgian director and pioneering filmmaker Chantal Akerman flood the world’s press. The cause of death remains unknown, but many suspect suicide.
Akerman presented her last work, the documentary No Home Movie at the most recent Locarno film festival. The film, detailing the relationship the director had with her mother, is part of the Panorama: Masters screenings at this year’s Festival do Rio.
Alongside the Dardenne brothers, Belgian filmmaking duo, Akerman was one of biggest names in cinema in her country. Prolific since the 70s, she was responsible for works such as Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), screened at the Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals, Histoires d’Amérique (1989), part of the official selection at the Berlin festival, Je, tu il, elle (1977), Toute une nuit (1982) and The Captive (2000), among many others.
The director died aged 65.
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