Céline Sciamma on Chantal Akerman (BFI)

 

Céline Sciamma on Chantal Akerman | BFI in Conversation (YouTube) 55'22"
(BFI) 15 April 2025

"Chantal Akerman's cinema has had a profound influence on Céline Sciamma, the French screenwriter and director of acclaimed films such as Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and Petite Maman (2021). The Belgian auteur's radicalism has long inspired Sciamma on set but also shaped her wider view of filmmaking. Join us for a unique tour of Akerman's work from a director who believes that the art form should always be under the influence of teenagers in their bedrooms."