Julie Chaffort

Since graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux in 2006, Julie Chaffort has devoted herself to her film practice. She has written, directed, produced, edited and distributed two feature-length films, Some Sunny Days and Wild is the Wind, before completing her diploma at the Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School in New York in 2010. Since then, she has worked with director Roy Anderson in Stockholm, and was a selected filmmaker at the Centre International d’art et du Paysage, on the island of Vassivière, where she directed her new film, Hot-Dog. While her practice is primarily based in cinema, it also incorporates the visual arts, including installation and performance. Her most recent work, BANG !, is a monumental installation composed of approximately thirty pianos piled on top of each other in a spectacular, almost burlesque scene.

I would like to thank the Parc de la forêt Ouareau – especially Mr Lapointe and André Paquette, the film team : Myriam Allard, Christophe Ballangé, Hugolin Chevrette, Claudette Lheureux and Agathe Herrmann, MFX Productions, Yann Pocreau, Olivier Villanove, Jean-Philippe Thibault, Sébastien Cliche and the Centre CLARK team. This exchange was made possible with the support of the Commission permanente de coopération Franco-Québécoise (CPCFQ).