Valerie Massadian is a Franco-Armenian self-taught photographer and filmmaker. Her work focuses mainly on the primal physicality of female characters and how they relate to the world. Developed over time with each protagonist, her films mix fairy tale and realism, poetics and politics, to play with the boundaries of fiction and define their own dimensions. Her first feature, Nana, received the Opera Prima Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 2011. Her second feature, Milla, as well as her short films, have been shown and awarded at international film festivals including Locarno, Valdivia, Jeonju, FICUNAM and Doclisboa. GAÏJIN, the production company she created with Sophie Erbs, initially for her own work, has now expanded to collaborate with different filmmakers.
Last update of this profile: 2023
