events.

Holly Rotors

2016, 8min colour, 16mm

And yet they turn !

Beira Douro

2024, B&W, 20min, 16mm

In the air that shines and in the wind that passes, a river thicker than a lush meadow,

A river trembling like a flame.

The Douro, full of shadow and fire, silence and groans, loses its waves in the vast bosom of the seas.

where are they, the waves kissed by light, sunk in black waters?

And what soul should one wear without stars?

This film was made during a residency with the Laia collective, in Porto, Portugal.

Saturnal

2024, 16mm, 10min, colour

Bold horsemen, come, you whose eye sparkles,

To hear one more story

We see stars there which replace

Their beautiful deer by wild boars.

But love has many mysteries,

There are some who sometimes kiss

Beautiful deer in the shadows by the thousands.

Gaëlle ROUARD (1971, France) is a filmmaker, alchemist and performance artist. Since the early 1990s, Rouard has been making handmade films, specialising in film processing. She is a longtime member of Le 102, rue d’Alembert, a venue dedicated to diffusion and creation of experimental music and film. Rouard also facilitates workshops in different contexts, from art schools to individual teaching. She develops and explores various methods of chemical processing of film. With performances around the world, she experiments with the possibilities of live multi-projection, both in collaboration with various people and in solo acts. Rouard led the do-it-yourself film lab Atelier MTK in Grenoble for 12 years, until 2006. Her work as been shown in various screens all over the world.