Coralie Fargeat becomes the 9th woman named to the Oscar for the best realization

The designer of The Substance learned the news yesterday, and hopes that her presence can “give hope”.

Appointments to Oscars 2025 fell yesterday. Level realization, the scenario of last year is repeated. First, because a single woman is among this category (very masculine). Second, because she is a French!

Coralie Fargeat succeeds Justine Trietthe only female presence of the category last year for Anatomy of a fallwhich had finally won the Oscar for the best original scenario with his companion Arthur Harari. Which makes Fargeat only Second French director to be selected in the history of the Oscars.

She faces Jacques Audiard (whose musical musical Emilia Pérez is named 13 times!), Sean Baker (Anora),, Brady Corbet (The brutalist) And James Mangold (A perfect stranger). This news has filled the director with joy, who does not hide the importance and the pride of being named, particularly in this category. She expressed herself at the microphone of RTL:

“This is what I want to do since very young. This is where I have accomplished myself as a person, truly. This is what animates my life. All the nominations fill me with joy … but c ‘is true that to be recognized for what deeply lives me, at a very personal level, has a very strong resonance “.

The 48 -year -old filmmaker also highlights the very touching aspect of the appointment of Half moore in the category of the best actress. The substance is also among the participants in the running for The Oscar for best filmof Best original scenariol and Best make -ups and hairstyles.

Demi Moore reacts to his nominations to Oscars 2025

Coralie Fargeat also told AFP to see in her appointment An “extremely important” symbol ::

“The most precious messages I receive come from young directors. It gives confidence, hope, strength, models,” she added. “We say that it is possible, I believe so much about The strength of the representations that we give to the world. “

And for good reason, it is only The ninth woman named in this category, which has existed since 1929. We had to wait 1977 so that Lina Wertmüller be designated for his film PasqualinoAnd 2010 For a director to finally win the Oscar for the best achievement: Kathryn Bigelow For Deminers. Since then, only two other women have received this award: Chloé Zhao with Nomadland And Jane Campion For The Power of the Dog.

We can still rejoice that, for several years, at least one woman One of the 5 named, despite an absence of appointment in 2023 which had strongly questioned the press. All you have to do is hope that it is a French director who wins the prize this year. The message would be all the stronger, given the purpose of The substance on the place of women in society.

Here is the list of women named to the Oscar for the best achievement:

1977: Lina Wertmüler, Pasqualino
1994: Jane Campion, The piano lesson
2004 Sophia Coppola, Lost in Translation
2010: Kathryn Bigelow, Deminers (winner)
2018: Greta Gerwing, Lady Bird
2021: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (winner) and Emerald Fennel, Promosing Young Woman
2022: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (winner)
2024: Justine Triet, Anatomy of a fall
2025: Coralie Fargeat, The substance