Gaëlle Cintré

Gaëlle Cintré is an award-winning French filmmaker and producer with unique experience and insight into developing creative packages for both North American and European productions. After her Master's dissertation exploring the effects of digital technologies on cinema narratives, she became the first graduate of the European School of Visual Arts' doctoral program, earning her PhD in Documentary Arts and Visual Media. Her work has been presented across Europe, including at the Lyon Biennale, David Lynch's Silencio in Paris, Middlemarch Gallery in Brussels, and the Center of Photography in Geneva. Her documentary ZONE BLANCHE has screened at many international festivals, including at the International Environmental Film Festival in Paris, Mojito Kino in Berlin, DOC NYC in Manhattan, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Trento Film Festival in Italy. ZONE BLANCHE won the Pézieux Prize in France and the Jury's Artistic Vision Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana. Her research has led her to lecture on filmmaking, digital media, and cinematic storytelling at prestigious institutions across Europe, such as the National Institute of Art History in Paris, the New Sorbonne University and the University of Paris 8, and the European School of Visual Arts. On several occasions, she was also invited to speak at ministerial and academic symposiums about the stakes of academic and artistic research for post-graduate and doctoral programs. As an independent producer, she has overseen the creative development, budget and packaging of several feature film and streaming series projects, which have been optioned to several production companies. DELTA-V, which she creatively developed together with the project's creators, won the Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation episodic storytelling grant. Gaëlle currently splits her time between France, the US, and Singapore.