Léa Fehner (born 15 October 1981) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

and raised in a travelling theatre family, Fehner attended classes in

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

and at the

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school, before pursuing an education in screenwriting at

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the ''Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fren ...

, from which she graduated in 2006. During her studies, she had internships at the film centre in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

and in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

. Between 2000 and 2007, she wrote and directed several shorts, among which ''Sauf le Silence'' was showcased at various film festivals including the

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: ''Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand'') is an international film festival dedicated to short films held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France. History I ...

and the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival. In 2009, she made her directorial feature film debut '' Silent Voice'', starring Farida Rahouadj,

Reda Kateb Reda Kateb ( ar, رضا كاتب; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor. Life and career Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of th ...

and

Pauline Étienne Pauline Étienne (born 26 June 1989) is a Belgian actress who has received numerous awards for her acting. Her notable films include ''Le Bel Âge'' and ''Silent Voice (2009 film), Silent Voice'', for which she won the Lumières Award for Most P ...

. It won the

Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...

in 2009 and was nominated for Best First Feature Film at the 35th César Awards.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehner, Lea 1981 births Living people French film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters Mass media people from Toulouse