In 2017 , at the age of 80 , Redgrave made her directorial debut with the feature documentary '' Sea Sorrow '' , which covers the plight of child migrants in the Calais refugee camps and the broader European migrant crisis . It premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival . Critics praised the documentary 's message but criticized the structure for a " scattershot lack of focus " and the " ungainliness of its production values . " Redgrave won four Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress in four decades . She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival in 1984 for '' The Aspern Papers ''
2017 Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
Vanessa Redgrave