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Casting Director
Country of origin
Belgium

Kadija Leclere graduated in 1997 from the Royal Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in Brussels. First she worked as an actress before becoming casting director in 2000. She directed the short film «Sarah» (Muhr d’Or, Dubai International Film Festival 2007) and the feature film «Le sac de farine» (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Mannheim-Heidelberg, 2012). Kadija Leclere is also a lecturer at schools such as the Cours Florent Acting School. She remains passionate about what she calls «the politics of the senses».

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

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16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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