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A Belgian filmmaker born in Brussels, Chantal Akerman studied at INSAS (Institut supérieur des Arts, du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion) before emigrating to New York. She has made documentaries such as Hôtel Monterey (1972), News From Home (1977) and Down There (2006) nominated for a César as well as fiction films including Jeanne Dielmann 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), A Couch in New York (1996), The Captive (2000) and Almayer’s Folly (2011).