DIRECTOR
Amélie Ravalec is a London-based Parisian film director and producer. She directed documentaries and films on avant-garde, underground and experimental art and music, including Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers (2025), Sumarsólstöður (2025), Labyrinth of the Unseen World (2025), Japan Visions (in post-production), BUTŌ (2022), Art & Mind (2019), Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay (2015) and Paris/Berlin: 20 Years Of Underground Techno (2012).
Amélie Ravalec’s films have been released theatrically worldwide with over 1000 screenings in cinemas, festivals and cultural institutions in 50 countries, and acquired by TV networks including ARTE France, Sky Arts UK and ORF Austria.
Screenings include The Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, UK), BFI British Film Institute (London, UK), Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland), Japan Cuts Festival (New York, USA), L’Étrange Festival (Paris, France), Fantasia Festival (Montreal, Canada), M+ Museum (Hong Kong), Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, USA), Fine Arts Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA), La Halle Saint Pierre (Paris, France), Symphony Space (New York, USA), Elephant Space (Seoul, Korea), Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art (USA), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Israel), Saint André des Arts (Paris, France), Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii), Philadelphia Museum of Contemporary Art (USA)…
Her films have also been featured in international press including The Guardian, Dazed, Vice, Film Comment, Raw Vision, Pitchfork,
Sight & Sound, Wire, Uncut, FACT, Hollywood Reporter, Hero, Nikkei Asia, Trax Magazine, Noisey…
She also directed many short films, specialising in sports and athletic performances including boxing, fencing, dance (ballet, contemporary dance and butoh) and music videos for many electronic music and techno artists.
FILMS
JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE PIONEERS
2025
SUMARSÓLSTÖÐUR
2025
JAPAN VISIONS
In post-production
Amidst the profound social change and political turmoil of post-war Japan, a bold generation of avant-garde artists and photographers emerged in the 1960s, transforming the global art landscape.
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland
Japan Cuts Festival, New York
L’Étrange Festival, Paris
Fantasia Festival, Montreal
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy
Everyman Screen on the Green, London
PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, USA
Hollywood Theatre, Portland, USA
Wadsworth Museum, Connecticut, USA
WHS Teatteri Union, Helsinki, Finland
De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rich Mix, London, UK
Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Luna Palace, Perth, WA
ART & MIND
2019
In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
Best Sci-Fi - London Global Film Awards
Best Sci-Fi - Crown Point IFF
Best Sci-Fi - Swedish IFF
Best Fiction - American Golden Picture IFF
Best Experimental Film -All that Moves IFF
Best Art Film - Heart Of Europe IFF
Best Experimental Film - The French IFF
Best Experimental Film - Momòhill Film
Best Medium-length- Madrid Film Awards
Official Selection - Santa Monica FF
Official Selection - Tokyo IFF
Official Selection-East Village New York FF
Official Selection - Seoul International FF
Official Selection - MetaCannes FF
Official Selection - Tokyo Lift-Off FF
Official Selection, Factory Fest, Hollywood
Art & Mind is a journey into art, madness and the unconscious, an exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse over 500 years of art history.
Released theatrically 2019 with over 800 screenings in 40+ countries, acquired by Sky Arts UK and ORF Austria.
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Fine Arts Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Symphony Space, New York, USA
Saint André des Arts, Paris, France
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii
Elephant Space, Seoul, Korea
Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Cineplex Cinemas, Germany
Studio Skoop, Ghent, Belgium
Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sedona International Film Festival, USA
Center for Contemporary Arts, USA
Tartu Elektriteater, Estonia
Industrial Soundtrack traces the origins of Industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America's avant-garde.
Released theatrically in 2015 in 30+ countries and acquired by ARTE TV.
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
ARTE TV - France / Germany
British Film Institute - London, UK
ICA, London, UK
EYE Film Institute - Amsterdam
L'Étrange Festival - Paris, France
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts -USA
Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art
Philadelphia Museum ofContemporary Art
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art
Tel Aviv Museum of Art - Tel Aviv, Israel
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - USA
Danish Film Institute - Copenhagen
Perth International Film Festival, Australia
A journey through contemporary Japanese artists whose work evokes existence, life and death, Eros and Thanatos, shadow and light, offering a poetic and philosophical reflection on the human condition today.
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
TBA - 2026
