Valentin Noujaïm

Born in 1991, Valentin Noujaïm is a French artist and filmmaker. He graduated from the screenplay department of La Fémis in 2020. He directed his first documentary film, “Avant d’oublier Heliopolis”, and an experimental film, “L’étoile bleue”, supported by the Doha Film Institute and AFAC, which was presented in 2020 at the International Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon (Switzerland), in the international competition. His first fictional short film, “Les Filles destinées”, was supported by the CNC and is currently in distribution. In 2021-2022, he was in residency at Artagon Marseille and created a new video and installation titled “Pacific Club”. Supported by the Doha Film Institute and the Île-de-France region, it was nominated for the 2024 César award for best documentary short. In 2022-2023, his work was selected for the Salon de Montrouge (Paris) and the Getting Real Biennial (Los Angeles), among others. In 2023, he was in residence at the Ateliers Médicis (Paris), the Villa Médicis (Rome), and Lafayette Anticipations (Paris). As a filmmaker of the disappearance, Valentin Noujaïm stages political and fantastical tales. His research revolves around three main themes: improvised lives, compressed lives and vanished lives. His strange and marvelous universes are nourished by the experimental aspect of the format of his films, mixing archives, Digital Video, 8 mm, digital and special effects.