Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt
Directing
Biography
Filmmaker with a powerful striking force, Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt explores the ancient ruins at the borders of known worlds. All of his work is marked by an intense energy and hypnotic charge. His films and videos have been presented at the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Kiev Foundation for Contemporary Art, Fylkingen, Bunkier Sztuki, Wro Art Center, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival and in many international festivals, museums and cinematheques. He was also invited to present his work at the St-Petersburg State University, Slovenska Kinoteka, Belarusian State University, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto and at Moscow Studio of Individual Directing MIR.
Known For
Ana is confronted with body and desire at three key moments of her life. As a young girl, she brings her dead grandpa back to life. In her puberty, she discovers the power of decay and sexuality. Finally, she wrestles with loss and loneliness when she returns to her parental home, now derelict.
Amer
The prey becomes the predator on a quest for murder-fuelled orgasm.
Broken Flesh Ecstasy
A work of spiritual pornophany whose viewing provokes a retinal trance.
Dirty
Featuring elite fighters Anastazija Petrovic and Biljana Mitrovic, FORCE VITALE is a kinetic experience of martial arts. Dynamism, energy and intensity.
Force Vitale
Total force, total speed, to caress infinity, to transcend flesh.
Raw Power
Whipped by the death of her lover, a woman journey through a night of excess.
La Nuit Obscure
Marked by an intense hypnotic dimension, HYPNAGOGIA amplifies geophysical forces and propels telluric powers. The experience is an ontological fire, a cerebral blast of volcanic sensuality.
Hypnagogia
Shot in the Balkan wilderness, an exploration of mysterious ruins that over the centuries have been known to trigger trances. A visceral experience composed of hypnagogic visions and raw energy.
Ruins Rider
Extreme and violent fantasies intertwine around a washing machine.