Icíar Bollaín made her acting debut as a teenager under Víctor Erice 's direction in '' El sur '' ( 1983 ) . She made the jump to directing and writing in 1995 with '' Hola , ¿ estás sola ? '' which earned her a nomination for a Goya Award for Best New Director . Her subsequent filmography includes '' Flores de otro mundo '' ( 1999 ) winner of the Grand Prix award at the International Critics ' Week at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival , '' Te doy mis ojos '' ( 2003 ) which won her a Goya Award for Best Director and a nomination for a European Film Award for Best Director or '' Even the Rain '' ( 2010 ) which made the January shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
Women's cinema