Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet was nominated as the sole female filmmaker in the best director category during the nominations on Tuesday morning, which, the director says it is something she could have never imagined.

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“I cried… the first one [nomination] was for script and I was so happy. But it was after when I watched the name of my editor, I cried, because it was so surprising. I didn’t imagine that Laurent Sénéchal could be involved in this game,” says Triet. “And of course for best director. I was surprised because there are no more women beside me. So I’m so, so lucky and very proud of all these things.”

To be nominated by her peers in the directing category was “really moving” for the French filmmaker. “Most of these people since I was a child I’ve admired so much, and of course to be involved in this history, it means a lot for me. It was not a dream because I could not imagine,” she says.

Triet’s nomination came following a year where zero female filmmakers were nominated in the best director category. This year, Barbie director Greta Gerwig was snubbed in the category.

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) and Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) were nominated in the coveted category alongside Triet.

In 96 Years, Only 8 Women Nominated for the Best Director Oscar

The Academy has nominated only seven women total (8 with this year’s nominations) in the best director category, and only 3 have won. Gerwig (for Lady Bird) along with Lina Wertmüller, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, Emerald Fennell, Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion are the only women nominated in the century-long history of the Oscars.

The filmmaker will celebrate with some champagne following her multiple nominations for best picture, best directing, best actress in a leading role (Sandra Hüller), best original screenplay (which she shares with Arthur Harari) and best film editing.