A YEAR MINUS A DAY

(Pierre Blaizeau & Murielle Fréoa, Canada, 2007, 12 min, v.o.a. subtitled) avec Danika Gintowt, Dany Papineau, Alexander Allen DelaCruz, Thomas Malone.

PITY THAT YOU ARE DEAD!

(Murielle Fréoa, France-Germany, music video, 2004, 4 min, v.o.a).

Shot in the famous Rota Saloon and many other art studios of Les Beaux Arts of Berlin. The advantage was to benefit from the space and a blue screen in order to reproduce all the shots of my storyboard. I went to Berlin alone and discovered this city full of creative people: If they like your project, they are ready to help you. The post production was done in Paris at SPARX on a Discreet Flame.

THREE'S A CROWD

(Murielle Fréoa, Canada, 2005, 10 min, v.o.a.) avec Hélène Brousseau, Christian Grenier, Mario Morin.

I met Tora (my collaborator on this piece) at the festival. She’s from Manchester and had never directed a film: I asked her “May I help you? What your story is all about?” She replied “It’s a sad story – a woman is in love with two men at the same time and they discover it.” I looked at her, smiling. “Your story is not sad at all, it’s actually very funny, I’m going to show you...”

MASUMI

(Murielle Fréoa, Canada, 2006, 4 min, v.o.f.subtitled) avec Masumi Kobari et Alex de la Cruz.

I had just met Alex de la Cruz and Masumi was a friend I wanted to make a film with. My vision was about two characters unable to meet, like In the Mood for Love. It was essential to follow the literature constraint, that’s why I decided to have the main protagonist be an author, which could refer to 2046. We worked very closely with the director of photography Eric Gauvin – each shot was discussed, analyzed and improved. I still admire my actors for their patience – particularily Alex who had to take a cold bath at 4 o’clock in the morning!

LE PIRE DES ANGES

(Murielle Fréoa, Canada, 2006, 7 min, v.o.f. subtitled) avec Aleece Germano, Jean-Sébastien Chartray, Paul Boyer, Eve Leclerc, Gabriel Brown.

It’s a real mess on earth! Who is responsible? God reprimands two of his angels who were supposed to help the earth. I wanted to make a surrealistic film in which the characters have powers, where props and the protagonists would appear and disappear, Earth being represented as an empty room with a piano. More than a criticism of our world, I wanted to show the unconditional survival instinct of the human race, as the end shows a new Adam and Eve ready to do it again.

L'AMOUR OU QUOI

(Murielle Fréoa, France, documentary, 2002, 4 min, v.o.f. subtitled).

I was doing some research on what people think about love and passion. I interviewed my friends during a party. Their answers were so touching and interesting that I decided to make a film with those.

A UN PASSANT

(Murielle Fréoa, France, music video, 2001, 4 min).

Edir, a.k.a. DJ Mac LOAD, asked me to make a music video for one of his track. Brilliant idea: I had an old Super-8 camera to test! Let’s see a woman at work...

TIBUTE 2THE FUNK

(Murielle Fréoa, France, 2003, 10 min).

Backstage documentary with funk artists in Paris made as a DVD Bonus for SONY/TF1 video.

Murielle Fréoa

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Biographie

Réalisatrice de 34 ans, Murielle a mis sa première caméra au point à l'âge de 18 ans. Ce n'était pas un hasard, puisqu'elle avait joué au théatre et dans quelques court métrages amateurs pendant toute son adolescence.
A 20 ans, elle quitte le foyer familial et ses études de mathématiques et de psychologie à la Faculté de Paris pour apprendre «le métier ».

Très proche des communautés artistiques, elle assiste « illégalement » à des cours fondamentaux aux Beaux Arts de Paris et à la Villa Arson de Nice, cotoie peintres et musiciens qui ne cesseront de l'inspirer.
Passionnée de musique, DJ et VJ à ses heures, elle organise de grandes raves rassemblant plus de 1000 personnes.
Assistante monteuse du réalisateur Pitof pendant 3 ans au sein de la prestigieuse compagnie DUBOI, elle apprend ici les bases de la post production et travaillera essentiellement en tant que monteuse pendant presque 10 ans, à Paris, à Montréal et maintenant à Vancouver.

Elle a réalisé des films en France, Allemagne, et au Canada, en anglais et en français.

Des ouvrages toujours entre rires et larmes, mais plus que toucher, Murielle veut étonner !
Personnalité dynamique et fonceuse, elle ne veut pas laisser indifférent !
Sa devise : que ceux qui m'aiment me suivent !

Plusieurs projets (court métrage et documentaires ) sont actuellement en développement , des demandes d'aide au financement ont été faites ...A suivre donc…

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