Juliette Binoche brought her star power and French flair to a packed talk on Thursday, reflecting on her career, her craft and her next moves at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival‘s 60th edition.
The occasion carries some weight: on Saturday, the French star — winner of an Oscar, a César and four European Film Awards — will receive KVIFF‘s Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contributions to world cinema, the festival’s highest honor. To mark the occasion, the fest is also screening Certified Copy (2010), Three Colors: Blue (1993) and In-I in Motion (2025), the documentary she directed and stars in.
Her Thursday talk, moderated by Variety‘s Marta Balaga, addressed that doc, which chronicles her 2007 artistic collaboration with British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, blending dance and theater to explore the emotional highs and lows of a romantic relationship.
The audience wondered if, just like dance, she would like to try anything else that’s new for her. “Trying [to direct] fiction would be something for me, so I’m working on it, but it’s going to take some time,” Binoche replied, without sharing further details.
Asked if she could possibly direct a theater production, Binoche again mentioned a potential return to film directing: “I think I want to try one film as a fiction, and then from there, we’ll see.”
