DANIA REYMOND
Born in 1982 in Algiers where she grew up, Dania Reymond graduated from the Beaux-Arts School of Marseille and Lyon, and from the Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts. Her films go from experimental videos to art-house fiction.
In 2012, she directed Jeanne, her graduation film in the Fresnoy and received the Studiocollector Award. In 2014, her work received the Art Collector Award at the Young Creation Forum. In 2016, she directed Le Jardin d'essai, (The Trial Garden),Young Jury Award at the Brive Medium-Length Film Festival. Her films have been selected in festivals such as the FID of Marseille, Côté Court in Pantin or News directors News films, but also in places dedicated to contemporary art. In 2015, the CNAP (National Center for Contemporary Arts) integrates her works to its collection.
THE TRIAL GARDEN
Medium-lenght film, 42 minutes, color, 2016
With Samir El Hakim, Sonia Amori, Louiza Nehar, Abdelkader Hamadaine, Yassine Hadj-Henni, Zohir Chabounia, Akram Djeghim, Redouane Boukachabia, Chahrazad Kracheni, Amel Hanifi, Djamel Aouane, Yanis Saadi, Aya Hamdi, Hamza Sid Ahmed, Brahim Deriss, Abdenour Bradai
Produced by Blue Monday Productions
Coproduced by La Petite Prod
Festivals
Young Jury Price - Festival du Cinéma de Brive
Best Short Film Price - Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck
Special Mention Mention Spéciale du Jury - Festival International de Cinéma de Valdivia (Chili)
3rd price of Best Short Film - MedFilm Festival (Roma)
Festival du Cinéma de Brive (France)
Festival des Premiers plans d’Angers (France)
Festival International du Film d’Amiens (France)
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (France)
Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux (France)
Festival Tous Courts d’Aix et du pays d’Aix (France)
Cinematographic meetings of Bejaia (Algeria)
MedFilm Festival de Rome (Italia)
Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’Apt (France)
JEANNE
Short film, 17 minutes, color, 2012
Produced by Le Fresnoy studio national des arts contemporains
Festivals
Studiocollector 2012
Prix du jury des cinéphiles aux 41e rencontres cinématographiques de Digne-les-bains
Festival côté court, fiction competition, Pantin 2013
Festival Tous courts, international competition, Aix-en-Provence 2012
Festival du film court, international competition, Villeurbanne 2012
FID Marseille, Portrait(s), 2012.
Festival de San Sebastian, Competition International student meeting, Espagne 2012
Ca’Foscari short film festival, Venice, Italia 2013
Festival Signes de nuit, cinéma Action Christine, Paris 2012
Festival Jean Carmet, compétition jeune espoir, Moulins 2012
Rencontres franco-allemande du film court, vidéo les beaux jours, Arte, Strasbourg 2013
20min/max film festival, compétition internationale, Ingolstadt, Allemagne 2013