2026

Kim Longinotto

1948

Kim Longinotto is a graduate of the National Film and Television School in London and a recipient of numerous awards, including honours from Cannes, Sundance, the Berlinale, and the Kraków Film Festival. She began her career with Pride of Place, a critical portrait of her former boarding school, followed by Theatre Girls, documenting life in a hostel for homeless women. Since then, she has consistently explored women’s experiences across cultures and social systems.
What distinguishes her work is her choice of protagonists and her solidarity with them. Longinotto films women affected by systemic injustice yet avoids casting them as main protagonists. Instead, she puts women who are active and engaged in the foreground – figures working for change within their communities and striving to improve the lives of those exploited or marginalised.