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 op IFFR
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Viril
Damien Manivel | 9' | France | None
A danced role-play for men about shame, modesty and lust for power. -
Un dimanche matin
Damien Manivel | 18' | France | None
Like every Sunday morning, a man walks his dog in the Paris suburbs. -
Les enfants d’Isadora
Damien Manivel | 84' | France | None
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children. -
Un jeune poète
Damien Manivel | 71' | France | None
Rémi is young and handsome and has already found his vocation: he will be a poet. Seeing Paul Valéry as his role-model, he finds inspiration… -
La dame au chien
Damien Manivel | 16' | France | None
A mysterious relationship between a young swimmer, a dog and a chubby lady. Where words fail, there are always large glasses of rum.