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JAQUIER HONORÉ: Kering will award the Women in Motion Emerging Talent award to the director of “Thunder” this year Carmen Jaquier.

"I am very grateful to receive this award, especially from a visionary director and inspiring like Ninja Thyberg. Thanks to Women in Motion, I have a feeling of sisterhood, which touches me and gives me hope in this desire that I have for reflection, rebellion and transmission. I have feelings special for all the people - technicians, producers, writers, actresses and actors - who have been fiercely committed to my side for my first feature film, "Thunder", she said.

The Swiss director was chosen by last year's winner, Swedish director Thyberg. It is a Kering tradition that the Emerging Talent Award is selected by its predecessor.

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"Thunder" is an incredibly beautiful, lively and innovative film that challenges conventional ideas about sexuality, God, pain and redemption. Carmen Jaquier is 100% faithful to its female protagonist and this film has a truly feminine look. It is a great honor to pass this award on to him,” Thyberg said of choosing to pass the honor on to Jaquier.

Jaquier will take the stage with Michelle Yeoh, winner of this year's Women in Motion Award, and she will receive a 50,000 euros grant for his next film project.

Jaquier is a graduate of the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne, Switzerland, where she studied photography before going to the cinema. His student film “Le Tombeau des Filles” won the Young Talent Prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Since then, she has made several short films with great success and other awards.

His feature debut, "Thunder", premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and won the Best Director award at the Marrakech Film Festival. The story centers on a teenage girl who returns from a convent to her village after learning of the mysterious death of her sister and the uproar over reuniting with her childhood friends.

Kering is an official partner of the Cannes Film Festival. Its Women in Motion program was founded in 2015 and has evolved into a series of talks focused on female filmmakers, actresses and directors that take place during the festival.

The awards gala dinner will take place at the Musée de la Castre in Cannes overlooking the Mediterranean on May 21st. Kering Chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault will present the two prizes alongside Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux. —RHONDA RICHFORD

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