Amélie Bonnin
Amélie Bonnin’s work straddles the border between different disciplines. After studying graphic design in Paris and then Montreal, she trained in screenwriting at the Fémis. Depending on the project, she uses writing, video and drawing to shape stories.
She has directed two documentaries, La mélodie du boucher (Arte) and La bande des Français (France 3, co-directed with Aurélie Charon).
In 2021 she wrote and directed Partir un jour, her first fictional short film, a musical comedy starring Bastien Bouillon and Juliette Armanet, which won numerous festival awards (Audience Award and Best Music Award at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival; Critics’ Award, Audience Award and Best Actor Award at the Trouville Off-courts Festival; Opening Film at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (…)).
Alongside her projects as writer-director, she continues to work as Artistic Director, designing the layout for the magazine La Déferlante.
