| Anaïs Volpé | |
| Birth Date: | 1988-11-22 |
| Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Actress, director, screenwriter |
| Notable Works: | Heis (chronicles) |
| Website: | anaisvolpe.com |
Anaïs Volpé, born on 22 November 1988 in Toulouse, is a French actress, screenwriter, and self-taught director.
At the age of, Anaïs Volpé left her hometown to live in Paris.[1] She started her career as an actress and was selected for the Monday Workshops at the Théâtre national de la Colline. She then acted in several independent short and feature films.
In 2012, she taught herself editing and directing. She created three mini-films to practice editing. These films, all under three minutes long, were often shot and edited with minimal resources. The first mini-film, Mars ou Twix, was selected for the Mashup Film Festival at the Forum des images in Paris. The second, Cherry.58, was selected for the Mobile Film Festival, and the third, Lettre à ma sœur, shot entirely on an iPhone, was bought and broadcast by France 3.[2] The following year, she directed her first short film, Blast,[3] with more substantial resources and a technical team. The film won the Jury Prize at the France/China International Youth Talent Festival, leading to an invitation from the French Embassy in China and a grant from the Institut français in Beijing.
At, she wrote, directed, and edited her first feature film, Heis (chroniques),[4] self-produced with a budget of euros. The film had its world premiere and won the Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2016.[5] It became eligible for the Independent Spirit Awards in the United States. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "a poetic and sensitive vision".[6]
The film was released in theaters in 2017 and received a warm reception from both the press and the public. This feature film, part of the self-produced cross-media project "HEIS" (comprising a feature film, a series of 5 episodes of 11 minutes, and an art installation), was selected for numerous festivals.[7] Among them was the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), in the "Bright Future" section, which highlights young emerging directors with their own style and vision. Anaïs Volpé's works have been exhibited in several art galleries in Paris, London, and Rotterdam.
One of her feature film scripts, Märlha, was selected for the Berlinale in 2017[8] and at La Maison des scénaristes of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.
In 2018, Anaïs Volpé was selected for the Short Film Festival among 15 directors representing the next generation of French cinema.[9] At the opening night, she was sponsored by director Julie Bertuccelli.[10]
In 2021, she participated in the Namur International French-Language Film Festival (FIFF) in Belgium with her feature film The Braves (Entre les vagues).[11]