In 2017 , Varda co-directed '' Faces Places '' with the artist JR . The film was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where it won the L'Œil d'or award . The film follows Varda and JR traveling around rural France , creating portraits of the people they come across . Varda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for this film , making her the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive Oscar . Although the nomination was her first , Varda did not regard it as important , stating : " There is nothing to be proud of , but happy . Happy because we make films to love . We make films so that you love the film . " Many of Varda 's films use protagonists that are marginalized or rejected members of society , and are documentary in nature . She made two short films on the Black Panthers ( '' Huey '' and '' Black Panthers '' ) after seeing that their leader , Huey Newton was arrested for killing a policeman . The films focus was upon the demonstrations which people led in support of Newton and the " Free Huey " campaign
2017 Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
Agnès Varda