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  • Let the forest in – and Bloom! Collaborative experience for 6 viewers on line

    Let the forest in – and Bloom! Collaborative experience for 6 viewers on line

    Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) Experience – 30′ – 2025

    Creation : Fabienne Giezendanner
    Co-production: Nadasdy films (Switzerland)
    Support: Pictanovo
    Distribution: Diversion XR

    Synopsis

    Inspired by the research of Ernst Zürcher on the intelligence of trees, this experience offers a sensory and poetic immersion, without dialogue, blending animation and binaural sound. The experience explores our intimate bond with nature and trees.

    Let the forest in — and bloom! is a collaborative extension of Bloom, in which participants are invited to co-create the experience through shared gestures, combining music and light design. As in the original version, participants are immersed in a narrative that addresses ecological issues — particularly the importance of recognizing trees as vital elements of our ecosystem.

    Participants embark on a sensory journey where they interact with an oak tree, discover the phenomenon of evapotranspiration in trees, and take part in invoking rain through the power of the forest. The experience concludes with their transformation into blossoming trees — a metaphor for their commitment and collaboration.

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  • Conjuring War, Painting Peace – In the Footsteps of Fleury Joseph Crépin – Documentary – 52′

    Conjuring War, Painting Peace – In the Footsteps of Fleury Joseph Crépin – Documentary – 52′

    Documentary – 52 min – in development

    Director and Screenwriter: Franck Renaud
    Support: Pictanovo (writing phase)

    Synopsis

    This documentary follows in the footsteps of Fleury Joseph Crépin (1875–1948), a native of Montigny-en-Gohelle — plumber-roofer, dowser, healer, but above all, self-taught painter. From 1939 onward, he claimed to have received, through divine inspiration, the mission to create 300 paintings to bring an end to the war. His works, with their symmetrical and symbolic compositions, blend floral motifs, imaginary architectures, and spiritual influences.
    The film alternates between archival footage, interviews with art historians, and sequences shot in places connected to F. J. Crépin. It is also a reflection on the power of art in the face of violence and on the role of the artist as a messenger of peace.

  • Funny soldiers – Mini-serie 10×3 min

    Funny soldiers – Mini-serie 10×3 min

    Mini-series – 10×3 min – in writing

    Director and Screenwriter: Loïc Van Russel

    Synopsis


    In a trench in Northern France’s Pas-de-Calais region, three soldiers — Marcel, Fernand, and Jules — hold their ground thanks to the most unexpected weapon: laughter. Each episode depicts an absurd yet well-documented situation, where trench humor becomes a true survival strategy. A warm, popular, and universal look at World War I… from a human perspective.

  • Hauts-de-France-Wild Earth – Documentary – 52′

    Hauts-de-France-Wild Earth – Documentary – 52′

    Documentary – 52 min – in development

    Director and Screenwriter: Loïc Van Russel

    Synopsis

    Through a poetic and committed odyssey, the film explores the natural regeneration of sites marked by the industrial and military history of the Hauts-de-France region — bunkers, slag heaps, wastelands — now reclaimed by wildlife and vegetation. Local figures (naturalists, biologists, artists, passionate observers) guide the viewer through a variety of ecosystems: ancient forests, hedgerows, white cliffs, bays, and urban areas. This sensitive journey highlights the connection between memory and biodiversity, while questioning the ecological future of the region.

  • Breathe Again! • Immersive and Interactive 3D Animation Experience

    Breathe Again! • Immersive and Interactive 3D Animation Experience

    Immersive experience – 30 min – in pre-production – scheduled for release in autumn 2026

    Director and Screenwriter: Fabienne Giezendanner – Graphic Design: Mélanie Coutirnat – Music: Katia Makdissi-Warren
    Co-productions: Elefant Films (Switzerland) and Oktoeko (Canada)
    Support: With the support of the CNC writing grant, Pictanovo development support, the CNC, the OFC, the City of Geneva, selection at the New Images Digital Market (Paris), selection at the GIFF Digital Market (Geneva), the VR-Arles-Fisheye writing residency supported by the Institut Français and Région Sud, selection by Swiss Films, GIFF and Cinéforom to be presented at the Venice Biennale 2024. The project is accompanied by Inuksuk, the Inuit association of Paris, and Lydia Etok and Nina Segalowitz (Inuit) in Canada.
    Distribution: Diversion XR

    Synopsis

    You embody the soul of a stillborn child who is reborn through different animal forms in order to survive in ecosystems weakened by human activity. The journey begins in the Canadian Far North as a whale, crosses the South China Sea as a heron, continues in Europe as a deer, and finally is reborn as a human. A sensory and contemplative odyssey, without words, dreaming of a nature that, too, can be reborn.  

    Festivals & awards 

    WIP NewImages festival 2022 and GIFF 2024.

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