Miu Miu has announced that French filmmaker Alice Diop will direct the 30th instalment of its Women’s Tales series. According to the house, the short film, titled “Fragments for Venus”, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this month.
Alice Diop
Diop is recognised for her work exploring marginalised communities. Her documentaries, including La Permanence and Vers la tendresse, have been noted for their incisive approach to social issues. She made her fiction debut in 2022 with Saint Omer, a film inspired by a real-life infanticide trial. The feature won major prizes at Venice and was described by filmmaker Céline Sciamma as a “cinema poem”. Saint Omer drew comparisons to Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman for its formal precision and thematic exploration of motherhood, migration and justice.
Speaking about her upcoming project, Diop said: “I’ve been making films from the margins, with a political intention of filming those margins, because those are the people I come from. That’s my territory, my history.” She described Fragments for Venus as “an essential film to make at this time” and called it her “most simple and radical work to date.”
Launched over 15 years ago, Miu Miu Women’s Tales is the longest-running commissioning platform dedicated to female-led short films. Each instalment is directed by a distinctive female filmmaker and presents a self-contained story that reflects women’s unique perspectives. According to Miu Miu, the series spans two decades and every continent, with each episode exploring the “idiosyncratic imaginations” of women and evolving in both scope and meaning over time.
The project has become an established fixture on the festival circuit and a platform for diverse voices in contemporary cinema. For its 30th chapter, Miu Miu has selected Diop’s work to continue its tradition of collaborating with internationally recognised female directors.
