In 1996 Lynne Ramsay won the Jury Prize at Cannes for her thesis film, the short Small Deaths. Her second short, Kill the Day, would win the Jury Prize at Clermont-Ferrand, while her third, Gasman, also earned kudos at Cannes as well as at the Scottish BAFTAs. She directed her first feature film, Ratcatcher, in 1999; it was selected for Cannes' Un Certain Regard and won numerous prizes. In 2002 she directed Morvern Callar, featuring star turns by Samantha Morton and Kathleen McDermott that earned the actresses the award for Best Actress, respectively at the British Independent Film Awards and at the Scottish BAFTAs. The film also won the 2002 C.I.C.A.E. Award and the Award of the Youth at Cannes. Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin also competed at Cannes, was nominated for three BAFTA awards, was crowned Best Film at the London Film Festival, and earned Ramsay the Best Director award at the British Independent Film Awards. Her short Swimmer, commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad of Great Britain, received another BAFTA in 2013. Her next feature five years later, You Were Never Really Here, premiered at Cannes and took home its awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix).
