Every frame is like a painting for Salomé Villeneuve.
“I love to plan images,” she says. “I love to dream them [and] I love to draw them before shooting.”
Villeneuve’s short film “III” debuted at the 79th Venice Film Festival, where she competed as the only Canadian entry in Venice’s Horizons competition this year.
The 26-year-old filmmaker was hesitant to explore her attraction to cinema that she’s possessed since childhood. “It took me a very long time to assume that desire,” she explains.
As the daughter of Academy Award-nominated director Denis Villeneuve, it was crucial for her “to develop [her] own relationship to cinema.” She would watch every movie she possibly could growing up, finding inspiration from auteurs like Lynne Ramsay and Hayao Miyazaki.
“I love to pay attention to small details,” Villeneuve says about her filmmaking style. “For me, there are small treasures everywhere if you take the time to look,...
“I love to plan images,” she says. “I love to dream them [and] I love to draw them before shooting.”
Villeneuve’s short film “III” debuted at the 79th Venice Film Festival, where she competed as the only Canadian entry in Venice’s Horizons competition this year.
The 26-year-old filmmaker was hesitant to explore her attraction to cinema that she’s possessed since childhood. “It took me a very long time to assume that desire,” she explains.
As the daughter of Academy Award-nominated director Denis Villeneuve, it was crucial for her “to develop [her] own relationship to cinema.” She would watch every movie she possibly could growing up, finding inspiration from auteurs like Lynne Ramsay and Hayao Miyazaki.
“I love to pay attention to small details,” Villeneuve says about her filmmaking style. “For me, there are small treasures everywhere if you take the time to look,...
- 9/10/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
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