Delphine Girard is a

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film director. She is most noted for her 2018 short film '' A Sister (Une sœur)'', which was an

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nominee for

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at the

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in 2020. Born in

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, she moved to Belgium with her family in childhood, and studied film at

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. She directed the short films ''Monstre'' (2014) and ''Caverne'' (2017) prior to making ''A Sister''. Her feature debut, '' Through the Night (Quitter la nuit)'', premiered at the

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, where Girard won the Audience Award for the

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program.Marta Bałaga
"'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up Venice Days Awards"
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'', 8 September 2023.

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