Axel Chemin
Directing
Biography
A graduate of La Fémis specialized in editing, Axel Chemin edits and and directs poetic and political films using a variety of systems in images. An active member of the cinema department of Le Wonder artistic collective, he experiments, works and exhibits his films there.
Known For

It’s the end of the day on a Swiss train. Yalini, a Tamil-Swiss woman, receives a call from her parents. As the conversation becomes sensitive and tense, one of the passengers approaches her and expresses annoyance that she’s speaking too loudly. On that train journey, Yalini faces two worlds that do not understand her.
The Gap

In the near future, a micro-worker performs tasks that are suggested to her. Between data center maintenance and data processing, she hesitantly searches for ways to feel emotions. Devoid of social links, this world is saturated with data.
Datæterna

Out of sight, a factory produces a chromic-sulfuric mix which is used in the industry to dissolve organic matter. Zaïna and her apprentice Romuald keep a watchful eye on the aera.
Sans issue

In the Forest of Spirits, three ghosts monologue all that they were unable to say while alive. Each ghost moves to the places of his memory and listens to the world of the living. The ghosts do not manage to separate themselves from life.
Eidolon

Exhausted from decades of living, an elderly man sets foot aboard a streetcar for a journey that will prove to be very unusual. He does not understand where he is. He does not understand how he has come to this place. But music surrounds him and melodies lead the way.
The Dead Man

Armenia, Spring 2021. Léon, a Frenchman of Armenian descent, returns to his family to bury his cousin Hrant, who died six months earlier during the 44-day war.
Pour Ceux

Jean, a consumer, is looking for his wife in La Défense, France's largest business and commercial district. He meets Matthieu, a business man, who offers to help him on his lunch break. While wandering in this open-air labyrinth, Matthieu shares some thoughts on his work with Jean, who gradually forgets the reason why he came here.
Deus Ex Capital

An Open World with so many possibilities and ways to be explored. Through multiple universes, a man got lost for a long time. His movements and his thoughts adrift into a labyrinth.
Open World
SENSIBLE invites us to experience, through dance and the works of Yves Klein, a sensory and hypnotic journey .
SENSIBLE

A YouTuber navigates between isolation and connectivity in a crumbling Cuba. Whispers of technology and birdsong intertwine, reflecting the frozen and closed-off state of his world.