In 2006 , she directed her first feature film , the semi-autobiographical '' Pardonnez-moi '' . According to Maïwenn , after Besson learned she planned to use her own money to produce the film , he told her " You need to immediately stop what you 're doing . You 're crazy . Nobody puts their own money into a movie . " After seeing the film he apologized , saying she was right on this occasion . Her second film was '' Le bal des actrices '' ( 2009 , '' All About Actresses '' ) , in which she appears as herself making a documentary . She achieved international recognition when her third film , the social drama '' Polisse '' ( 2011 ) , won the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . All three films feature Maïwenn with a camera , stemming from a childhood fascination and her interest in the '' mise en abyme '' , the story within a story . Her 2015 film '' Mon roi '' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
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