Anaïs Ibert
Directing
Biography
“I was born in Basse Normandie in France in 1986. In 2005 I had my High school diploma – Film Study to the Experimental College and High school of Hérouville-Saint-Claire. I currently live and work in Paris. In 2008 I co-directed ibü, with Victor De la Heras, a traditional object animation short film. In 2015 I directed Malagueña, shot on 16mm and super 8. This movie is an exploration into fiction; through it, I try to create a new cinematic language freed from traditional narrative rules, like a collage. In 2024, I directed Ostatenham, my first film produced by a production company. I experimented with a more traditional form of storytelling. Likewise I make collages from few years cutting and gluing newspaper on wood support. I am also member of artist-run film laboratory l’Abominable / Navire Argo from 2014.” Malagueña competed in the In Silico programme of the 26th Message to Man IFF, while Ostatenham was featured in the Multiverse section of the Festival’s 34th edition.
Known For
One summer in Ostatenham, a synchronized swimming competition is broadcasted on television. On a street, a child, a teenager and an adult meet through their dreams and nightmares.
Ostatenham
Couldn't the impossibility to communicate be compensated by the ability to feel?
Film-collage 2 - introduction
"She opened the door, crossed the threshold. She approached, timidly, surrendered to this strange language, still unaware she had an appointment with eternity." – Claire Panaget
Portrait-collage (Claire Panaget)
Folia is a double bass solo piece written in 1995 by Finnish composer Kaija Saarihao. The film tries to render an account of a personnal vision of the piece through the interpretation of a double bass player and the view of the two filmmakers. 16mm print with optical sound.
Folia
A woman and a man make love. This movie is a possible representation of love and contains explicit sex scenes.