Damien Manivel
Damien MANIVEL (1981, France) has worked as a dancer and acrobat. He was educated in film at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing, France. His short The Lady with the Dog (2010) was nominated for a Tiger Award for Short Films in Rotterdam. A Sunday Morning (2012) was selected for The International Critics' Week at Cannes, and won the Nikon Discovery Award. A Young Poet, his first feature film, was awarded a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival. Les enfants d'Isadora was selected for Locarno 2019.
Filmography
(selection) Viril (2007, short), Sois sage, ô ma douleur/Be Still, O My Sorrow... (2008, short), La dame au chien/The Lady with the Dog (2010, short), Un dimanche matin/A Sunday Morning (2012, short), Un jeune poète/A Young Poet (2014), Les enfants d'Isadora/Isadora's Children (2018)
Damien Manivel at IFFR
Viril
9'
France
IFFR 2008
La dame au chien
16'
France
IFFR 2011
Un dimanche matin
18'
France
IFFR 2013
Un jeune poète
71'
France
IFFR 2015
Les enfants d'Isadora
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children.
84'
France
IFFR 2020