Élodie Dermange
Directing
Biography
Born in 1992, Élodie Dermange is a Swiss animation director. She obtained an illustration degree in 2012 in Geneva. In 2017 she directed her first animated short movie Intimity. In 2019 she completed her course at La Poudrière, where she directed her graduation film Inès.
Known For
As she is showering, dressing, putting on her make-up, a woman bares her soul.
Intimity
Somewhere on the shores of a lake, a sport fishing enthusiast and his guide are about to reel in something much more than an extraordinary fish: proof that, in the face of death, the pursuit of wealth or appearances is futile.
Deep in the Lake – Vanities
A young Swiss woman searches for her Armenian roots. Various lovingly animated drawers of the simultaneously accumulating family archive open. This very personal examination of collective traumas of post-migrant communities finds images and words for racism and the difficulties of talking about feelings with male family members. Its leitmotif is a wardrobe roaming through night-blue landscapes which – despite the cracks – holds everything and everyone together.
Armat
The personal diary of a young woman who lives between Israel and France.
Between Two, Diary
Inès is facing a difficult choice. Tonight, she thinks about the decision she will make.