Christelle Lheureux

Christelle LHEUREUX (1972) is a French artist and filmmaker. She followed various art studies at French academies including in Picardy, Paris VIII and Le Fresnoy. Her work deals mostly with non-linear stories in between fiction and documentary, with screens, moving images and sounds often split. She has been creating video installations and films since 1997, and has collaborated with renowned artists Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Albert Serra, among others. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, biennials and contemporary art residencies in Europe and Asia and has won prizes at several film festivals.

Filmography

(selection) Un film pour penser à d’autres (2000, short), Kuala (2001, short), Bingo Show (2002, short), A Carp Jumps in His Mind (2005, short), Ghost of Asia (2005, short, co-dir), Water Buffalo (2008, short), Non ricordo il titolo/I Forgot the Title (2008, short), Un sourire malicieux éclaire son visage/A Mischievous Smile Lights Up Her Face (2009), Toutes les montagnes se ressemblent/All Mountains Look Alike (2009, short, co-dir), La maladie blanche/The White Disease (2011, short), Le vent des ombres (2012), Madeleine et les deux Apaches (2014, short), La terre penche/Turning Tides (2015, short), 80 000 ans/80 000 Years Old (2020, short)

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Christelle Lheureux op IFFR

Ghost of Asia

Ode aan de geest van het leven. Gemaakt in het kader van de herdenking van de tsunamiramp. Jonge Thaise filmmeester laat kinderen een film maken met een geest die langs het water zwerft.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Christelle Lheureux