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Delphine Cole’s Debut Feature Just Rewrote the Festival Circuit
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Delphine Cole’s Debut Feature Just Rewrote the Festival Circuit

By Elias WrenJuly 20, 20268 min read

At 26, she’s the name every casting director is texting. She’d rather be editing.

Delphine Cole made her first feature for less than the catering budget of a studio film. It just won the top prize at Meridian.

“Constraints are a gift,” she says. “When you can’t afford the obvious version, you’re forced to find the interesting one.”

She is already turning down offers. “I don’t want a career. I want a body of work. Those are very different things.”

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