Marc Picavez

Director

Biography

Brazil

Marc Picavez wrote his first screenplay in high school and won the competition Scénarios sur la drogue with the short film C’est presque terrible (2000). While studying anthropology, he began in cinema with the creation of the production company Makiz’Art in 2000 and the realization of a first film, Bul déconné!, completed in 2005. The film premiered in Dakar, Montreal and Ouidah, and is the fruit of a collaboration with Massaër Dieng. Marc developed several solo projects such as France-Brazil, winner of several Festivals, Agosto, which won the CNC Quality Award in 2010 and Le Monde est Apres Nous, which received several festival awards. In 2013, Marc explored installation for the first time with his personal exhibition Seamen's Club produced by the LIFE (Lieu International des Forms Emergentes) in Saint-Nazaire, five monumental and multi-screen video installations dedicated to commercial sailors and the port world. In 2015, Marc finished two new films: the documentary Sea is My Country, which is co-produced with Arte France, and the short film Yaadikoone which has been presented at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival.

Filmography

Bul Déconné (2005)
Una sola linea (2007)
France-Brésil et autres histoires (2007)
Agosto (2010)
Le Monde est derrière nous (2013)
The Sea Is My Country (2016)
Yaadikoone (2016)

Films Curated by AFF