Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) was a Belgian filmmaker of Jewish origin who not only made fiction, experimental, documentary and essay films, and but also created videos and installations. Akerman, known as a pioneer of modern feminist cinema, made her first short film, Saute ma Ville (1968), at the age of 18, and by the age of 25 directed her first feature Je, Tu, Il, Elle (1974). This was followed by many other films, notably Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Nuit et Jour (1991), nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Là-bas (2006), leading to her latest work, No Home Movie (2015), a documentary about her mother in the months leading up to her death.