René

René

Katia Roessel

Katia Roessel

France

- October 2013 : Cyprus International Film Festival (Nicosia, Greece)______INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE_____
- November 2013 : Hrizantema Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (Subotica, Serbia)
- December 2013 : Peloponnesian-Corinthian International Film Festival (Corinth, Greece)
- April 2014 : FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DE LOME (Lomé, Togo)
- May 2014 : Qabila Short Film Festival (Cairo, Egypt)
- May 2014 : AVIFF-Art Film Festival (Cannes, France)____________NATIONAL PREMIERE______
- June 2014 : International Film Festival of Cinema & Sea (Mirleft, Morocco)
- June 2014 : THE POINT IN THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE (Moscow, Russia)
- July 2014 : Athens International Short Film Festival – Psarokokalo (Athens, Greece)
- July 2014 : FERFILM Festival (Ferizaj, Republic of Kosovo)
- January 2015 : Festival Regards sur le Cinéma du Monde (Rouen, France)

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Spanish

English

actrice
Mélanie PEYRE
actor
Gildas DODEUX

writer/ film‐maker/ editor            
         Katia ROESSEL 
film‐maker assistant           
         Karine MEREL                
camera             
  Niccolò VITAGLIANO                  
 sound             
        Philippe HENRY    
 sound mix                              
         Frédéric PEROL                                       
 composer             
          Julian JULIEN 
 make‐up             
         Noëlle VLAEMINCK         
stylisme                        
          Naïs BOUATOUCH                                                     
color calibration                    
Luca CASAVOLA 

A child passes by while playing with a brides veil. Leaves crackle; everything lights up. Having drunk the Nature Virgin’s magic potion, he becomes her. He came looking for her; and leads her towards sensuality.

Katia Roessel completed her studies in Paris in 2009 at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, (French National Fine Arts), under the tutors Jean-Marc Bustamante and Christian Boltanski. She has worked on the television program Paris Cinq as an assistant director and has also collaborated with RE:Voir Video editions, where she discovered the work of Kenneth Anger. She provided production assistance for the French film production company Les Films de l’Après­Midi, best known for its feature films by Manoel de Oliveira. Her first short film 'Le Giron' ('The Core') competed at the Cyprus International Film Festival (Nicosia) and the Peloponnesian-Corinthian International Film Festival in Greece, in 2011. Second part : 'Purgatoire' ('Purgatory') with producer Catherine Belkhodja (Maïwenn's mother, 2012 Césars nominee for 'Polisse'). 'René', her second short film, was shown at the same festivals, and at the Hrizanthema Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (Subotica) in Serbia, in 2013. The film has also been selected for Eidôlon Festival 2014 (postponed screening because of exclusivity in Cannes in May), for its National Premiere at AVIFF Cannes, at POINT IN THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, open air cinematography festival, in Russia, for the FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DE LOME, in Togo, for the Qabila Short Film Festival, in Egypt, for the International Film Festival of Cinema & Sea in Mirleft, Morocco, for the 8th Athens International Short Film Festival - Psarokokalo, Greece, and for the FERFILM Festival in Ferizaj, Republic of Kosovo, in 2014. Her first selection of poems 'Les Yeux Bandés' has been published by the French publishing house Mémoire Vivante. Extracts of her writings published in French and German reviews, with a program on Radio Libertaire. Her second selection of poems, 'fugace', has been published by Le Hasard d'Être, with chronicle in CCP­ Cahier Critique de Poésie. ‘Fugace’ is accomplished for being published, now, by Mémoire Vivante. She had the following Exhibitions : 'blue-movies' video series at Gallery Ivana de Gavardie in Paris, parts of the 'GLEE' series in 2012 in Seoul (South Korea), and in London and Brighton (G.B.), then in 2013 in Paris: exhibition 'toute pure' at Galerie Everest Standard and in February 2014 for Artplateforme Projet, Le Marais. A part of her ‘GLEE’ series will be included in TIME is Love.8, screenings curated by Kisito Assangni.

Katia Roessel completed her studies in Paris in 2009 at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, (French National Fine Arts), under the tutors Jean-Marc Bustamante and Christian Boltanski. She has worked on the television program Paris Cinq as an assistant director and has also collaborated with RE:Voir Video editions, where she discovered the work of Kenneth Anger. She provided production assistance for the French film production company Les Films de l’Après­Midi, best known for its feature films by Manoel de Oliveira. Her first short film 'Le Giron' ('The Core') competed at the Cyprus International Film Festival (Nicosia) and the Peloponnesian-Corinthian International Film Festival in Greece, in 2011. Second part : 'Purgatoire' ('Purgatory') with producer Catherine Belkhodja (Maïwenn's mother, 2012 Césars nominee for 'Polisse'). 'René', her second short film, was shown at the same festivals, and at the Hrizanthema Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (Subotica) in Serbia, in 2013. The film has also been selected for Eidôlon Festival 2014 (postponed screening because of exclusivity in Cannes in May), for its National Premiere at AVIFF Cannes, at POINT IN THE ENDLESS UNIVERSE, open air cinematography festival, in Russia, for the FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DE LOME, in Togo, for the Qabila Short Film Festival, in Egypt, for the International Film Festival of Cinema & Sea in Mirleft, Morocco, for the 8th Athens International Short Film Festival - Psarokokalo, Greece, and for the FERFILM Festival in Ferizaj, Republic of Kosovo, in 2014. Her first selection of poems 'Les Yeux Bandés' has been published by the French publishing house Mémoire Vivante. Extracts of her writings published in French and German reviews, with a program on Radio Libertaire. Her second selection of poems, 'fugace', has been published by Le Hasard d'Être, with chronicle in CCP­ Cahier Critique de Poésie. ‘Fugace’ is accomplished for being published, now, by Mémoire Vivante. She had the following Exhibitions : 'blue-movies' video series at Gallery Ivana de Gavardie in Paris, parts of the 'GLEE' series in 2012 in Seoul (South Korea), and in London and Brighton (G.B.), then in 2013 in Paris: exhibition 'toute pure' at Galerie Everest Standard and in February 2014 for Artplateforme Projet, Le Marais. A part of her ‘GLEE’ series will be included in TIME is Love.8, screenings curated by Kisito Assangni.