His latest feature filmDesertsdebuted in Cannes Directors Fortnight this year.
His most recent film,Kennedy(2023) premiered in Cannes Midnight section.
Combining elements of documentary and fiction, much of Kawases work is set in her home city of Nara.
Tilda Swinton, Simon Baker, Naomi Kawase, Mads MikkelsenGetty Images
Mikkelsen got his first break Nicolas Winding Refns debut film,Pusher (1996).
Subsequent films includeLeviathan(2014) andLoveless(2017), which both played in Competition at Cannes.
