Director Alice Rohrwacher has been named the fourth Film Society of Lincoln Center and Jaeger-LeCoultre filmmaker in residence, Variety has reported. The announcement was made at the Cannes Film Festival, which is now running.
The program was launched in 2013 to “support filmmakers at the early stage the development of their work, while allowing them to create their films in New York City.” A lunch honoring Rohrwacher’s selection will take place on Friday in Cannes.
Rohrwacher originally wrote for the theater and was a musician before she turned to filmmaking, first as a documentary editor. “Corpo Celeste,” her first feature film, premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Director’s Fornight section. Her second film, “The Wonders,” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
According to Variety, Rohrwacher will use the residency “to finish writing her next feature film, ‘My Bitter Land,’ which follows a man living on the margins of society who can travel through time.”
“A distinctive filmmaker with a warm, infectious spirit, Alice Rohrwacher is one of international cinema’s brightest lights, and throughout her career we have championed her work at the Film Society,” said Film Society of Lincoln Center Deputy Director Eugene Hernandez in a statement.
Past participants of the residency include Athina Rachel Tsangari (“Chevalier”)and Andrea Arnold (“Fish Tank”). Arnold’s new film, “American Honey” premieres at this year’s Cannes and was developed at the first residency.
