Italian Director Maura Delpero Wins Cannes 2020 Women in Motion Young Talent Award
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Maura Delpero is the winner of this year’s annual Women in Motion Young Talent Award, being bestowed by the Kering Group and the Cannes Film Festival despite the cancellation of the 2020 festival due to the pandemic.Delpero, who studied playwriting in Buenos Aires, after two documentaries made her feature film debut in 2019 with “Maternal,” a drama inspired by her spending four years in an Argentinian refuge for adolescent single mothers run by nuns.“Maternal” world premiered in the Locarno competition where it won the Special Jury Prize. The film has since segued to screen at a slew of festivals and was released online in France this past October to positive reviews.