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‘The Substance,’ ‘The Piano Lesson,’ ‘Babygirl’ Filmmakers Selected for Variety’s 2025 Directors to Watch
Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2025 includes Zoe Kravitz, Coralie Fargeat, Malcolm Washington and Halina Reijn.
Among the other directors recognized, Magnus van Horn’s “The Girl With the Needle” was selected as the Danish entry for best international feature at the 97 th Academy Awards; Tom Nesher’s “Come Closer” was submitted in the same category for Israel; and Drew Hancock’s film “Companion” is set for release in January by Warner Bros. Durga Chew-Bose, “Bonjour Tristesse” Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” David Fortune, “Color Book” Drew Hancock, “Companion” Zoe Kravitz, “Blink Twice” Tom Nesher, “Come Closer” Halina Reijn, “Babygirl” James Sweeney, “Twinless” Magnus von Horn, “The Girl With the Needle” Malcolm Washington, “The Piano Lesson” In the list’s inaugural year, Variety honored the likes of Wes Anderson (“Bottle Rocket”), Alfonso Cuaron (“A Little Princess”) and Mary Harron (“I Shot Andy Warhol”); since then, Kasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou”), Christopher Nolan (“Memento”), Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”), Taika Waititi (“Eagle vs Shark”), Luca Guadagnino (“I Am Love”), Justin Simien (“Dear White People”), Chloe Zhao (“The Rider”) and Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”) were celebrated among many others.
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