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Portrait artistique d'une personne avec lunettes et cheveux bleus.
À la croisée des formes.

Basée à Paris, Carolina Kzan est une réalisatrice indépendante qui joue avec les frontières de l’image et du son. Cinéma, animation, photographie, motion design : elle croise les médiums, brouille les codes et invente des formes hybrides, entre fiction, documentaire et expérimental.

Filmographie / Filmography

Les Chaussures Rouges

 

Short Film | 2025 | France, Spain | 10 min

Production: Independent
Roles: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Synopsis
Maylis is preparing to say goodbye to Joséphine, her wheelchair and faithful companion. Through movement and emotion, this dance film explores the intimate journey of separation, suspended between grief and rebirth.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • San Francisco Dance Film Festival (2025) — Official Selection, USA
  • 10th F-O-R-M Festival of Recorded Movement (2025) — Official Selection, Vancouver, Canada
  • Power 24 International Film Festival (2025) — Honorable Mention
  • Festival Toi Femmes, Paris (2025) — Official Selection, France
  • Videodanza de Puerto Rico (2025) — Official Selection
  • Seize the Film (Uhvati Film) — Films on Disability (2025) — Official Selection
  • Videodance Patras Art Festival (2025) — Official Selection
  • MIRADA CORTA Short Film Festival (2025) — Official Selection
  • Vessels: A Night of Dance Film Festival (2025) — Official Selection

Des petits rêves

 

Short Film | 2022–2023 | France | 28 min

Production: Independent
Roles: Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Synopsis
Frida, an ordinary woman in her thirties, walks down a quiet street and enters an unremarkable building, where she begins to dream with her eyes wide open. Through the surreal imagery of her inner world, we embark on a journey exploring sisterhood and the passing down of life experiences between women of different generations and backgrounds.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • MAIRI – Mostra Internacional de Cinema Transbordante (2025) — Official Selection, Brazil
  • Palma Film Festival (2024) — Official Selection, Spain
  • Porto Femme International Film Festival (2023) — Official Selection, Portugal
  • Valkyrie International Film Festival (2024) — Official Selection, USA
  • BEE Film Festival (2023) — Honorable Mentions: Best International Short Film and Best Actress, Brazil
  • Campinas Film Festival (2023) — Awards: Best International Short Film and Best Direction, Brazil

Visible

 

Short Film | 2021 | France | 3 min 16 sec

Production: Independent
Roles: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Festival Selections & Awards

  • Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico (2025) — Official Selection
  • Cannes Short Film Festival (2022) — Official Selection
  • Paris Movie Awards (PAMA) (2022) — Best Visual Arts in Motion / Experimental
  • Videoskin III (2023) — Official Selection
  • Delta International Film Festival (2022) — Best Silent Film
  • Indiefare International Film Festival (2022) — Best Silent Film
  • Film Fest by Rogue Dancer (2021) — Official Selection

Hel Questioning Out Loud

 

Short Film | 2021 | France | 8 min 30 sec

Production: Independent
Roles: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Synopsis

Hel, a non-binary independent researcher and performer, and Carolina, a filmmaker and photographer, have known each other for years. When Hel asks Carolina to photograph them as a way of documenting their gender transition, what begins as a photo shoot gradually unfolds into an intimate and tender conversation. Through Hel’s reflections, questions, and personal perspectives, the film explores their lived experience of gender and the complexities of navigating the gender spectrum.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • TRANSFORMA – Santa Catarina’s Diversity Film Festival (2023) — Official Selection
  • Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival (2021) — Audience Choice Award
  • Out & Loud – Pune International Queer Film Festival (2021) — Official Selection

Exitum

La Corde

 

Short Film | 2021 | France | 4 min 17 sec

Production: Independent
Roles: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Festival Selections & Awards

  • Dancentric Film Festival (2021) — Best International Film
  • Online Performance Art (2021) — Official Selection
  • The Holy Art (2021) — Official Selection

La Corde

La Corde

 

Short Film | 2019 | France | 9 min

Production: Independent
Roles: Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Colorist

Festival Selections & Awards

  • Nikon Film Festival (2019) — Official Selection

Le nom du Jour

Le nom du Jour

Le nom du Jour

 

Short Film | 2015 | Brazil | 19 min

Production: Independent
Roles: First Assistant Director, Editor, Sound Mixer, Foley Artist

Synopsis

Losing a child is a pain without a name.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • Festival Guarnicê de Cinema (2015) — Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Actress
  • Festissauro – Festival de Cinema de Sousa / Festival de Cinema do Vale dos Dinossauros (2015) — Best Director, Best Short Film, Best Editing, Best Actress; additional database listing: Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design
  • El Corto del Año – Edición Invierno (2015), Spain — Special Mention
  • FARCUME – Faro International Short Film Festival, Brazil edition (2015) — Festival selection
  • Mostra Cultura de Cinema Brasileiro, Fortaleza, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Curta Amazônia Mundi, Porto Velho, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Curta Porto, Ipojuca, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Alta Langa Film Festival, Italy (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival de Cinema de Visconde de Rio Branco, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Montreal World Film Festival (Festival des Films du Monde), Canada (2015) — Festival selection
  • X Curta Canoa – Festival Latino-Americano de Canoa Quebrada, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival de Cinema Socioambiental da Serra do Cipó, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival de Cinema de Cabo Frio, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival Cinema com Farinha, Patos, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival Audiovisual de Belém, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Encontro Nacional de Cinema e Vídeo dos Sertões, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Fest'Afilm – Festival de Cinéma Lusophone et Francophone de Montpellier, France (2015) — Audience Award for Best Short Film (shared)
  • Curta-SE – Festival Iberoamericano de Cinema de Sergipe, Brazil (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba (2015) — Festival selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cortos Independientes (2018) — Official Selection
  • Festicine Curta Pinhais (2016) — Official Selection
  • Arraial CineFest (2016) — Official Selection
  • Los Angeles CineFest (2016) — Official Selection
  • X Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales – Fincortex (2016) — Official Selection
  • Festcine Poços de Caldas (2016) — Best Director, Best Short Film
  • Festival VerOuvindo (2016) — Best Audio Description

Broadcast

  • Canal Brasil, Brazilian television channel — Broadcast on March 18, 2015

Hooji

Le nom du Jour

Le nom du Jour

 

Short Film | 2012 | Brazil | 18 min

Production: Independent
Roles: First Assistant Director, Editor, Sound Mixer, Foley Artist

Synopsis

A Japanese widow prepares to observe hooji, a Buddhist ritual honoring her late husband’s soul. As she waits for her daughter and son to arrive, a mysterious phone call disrupts her preparations, setting in motion a story of longing, loneliness, and hope.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • II Mostra de Curtas-Metragens Independentes de Pinhais / Festicine Curta Pinhais (2012) — Official Selection; nominations for Best Director and Best Actress
  • II Mostra de Cinema de Ipoema (2012) — Official Selection
  • 3ª Semana Internacional del Corto, La Paz and Cochabamba, Bolivia (2012) — Nominations for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography
  • 3º Curta Amazônia, Porto Velho, Brazil (2012) — Best Brazilian Film, Best Director
  • 7º Festival Cine MuBE Vitrine Independente, São Paulo, Brazil (2012) — Best Director, Best Actress
  • 4º Festival Art Déco de Cinema, São Paulo, Brazil (2012) — Best Film, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction; additional nominations for Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Original Score
  • 4º Festival Bunka-sai de Cultura Japonesa de Petrópolis, Brazil (2012) — Official Selection
  • 5º Festival de Cinema de Triunfo, Brazil (2012) — Best Actress, Miwa Yanagizawa
  • 10º Festival Taguatinga de Cinema, Brazil (2012) — Official Selection
  • 6º Festival Curta Cabo Frio, Brazil (2012) — Official Selection
  • Curta-SE – Festival Iberoamericano de Cinema de Sergipe, Brazil (2012) — Official Selection
  • 8th BUSHO – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary (2012) — Official Selection
  • 11º Festival de Cinema de Varginha, Brazil (2012) — Official Selection
  • 10th flEXiff – The First and the Last Experimental International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia (2012) — Official Selection
  • 39ª Jornada Internacional de Cinema da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (2012) — Best Film, Audience Award
  • XII Festival Internacional de Cine Digital (FENAVID), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (2012) — Best International Fiction Short Film
  • 3º Cine Festival Inconfidentes, Mariana, Brazil (2012) — Best Fiction Film, Audience Award
  • 6º Festival Cinema com Farinha, Patos, Brazil (2012) — Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
  • 1º FECIM – Festival de TV e Cinema Independente de Muqui, Brazil (2012) — Best Film, Technical Jury Award
  • 18º Festival de Vídeo de Teresina, Brazil (2012) — Honorable Mention
  • VIII Curta Canoa – Festival Latino-Americano de Curta-Metragem de Canoa Quebrada, Brazil (2012) — Best Sound
  • 20th Filmfestival Contravision, Berlin, Germany (2012) — Official Selection
  • Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC (2013) — Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema de Luanda (2013) — Official Selection
  • IV Cine Riba (2013) — Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Sound Mixing
  • II Muestra de Cine Centroamericano (2014) — Official Selection
  • Festival Ícaro El Salvador (2014) — Official Selection
  • El Corto del Año – Promofest (2014) — Official Selection
  • Festival de Audiovisual de Belém (FAB) (2014) — Finalist: Best Editing, Best Actress, Best Cinematography
  • Muestra de Cine Centro e Iberoamericano (2014) — Official Selection
  • Festival de Cinema de Três Passos (2014) — Official Selection
  • Festival Luz de Cinema (2014) — Official Selection
  • Festival Nacional Curta Pensar Filmes (2014) — Best Short Film

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