Née en 1996 à Montpellier, Alice Brygo est diplômée de l’ENSAD en 2019, et du Fresnoy en 2022. Elle développe une pratique à la frontière entre méthode documentaire, cinéma fantastique et installation.
Son travail témoigne d’un trouble générationnel face à une époque fragile. Il est traversé par des personnages entre-deux, explore l’imaginaire de la fin du monde et le lien intime et politique que les individus entretiennent aux décors urbains qu’ils investissent.
À la frontière entre réalisme brut et fiction surréaliste, l’artiste fait de ce trouble la matière de contes à l’onirisme crépusculaire. Elle reconstitue et déplace des situations vécues où se joue la rencontre entre personnages issus de différentes communautés pour explorer la manière dont se construisent les croyances et les imaginaires. Elle cherche les brèches, les zones troubles où les mondes isolés se rencontrent, là où les certitudes s’effritent et les rapports de force se révèlent.
Born in 1996 in Montpellier, France, Alice Brygo graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in 2019 and Le Fresnoy in 2022. Her artistic practice is situated at the borders between documentary, fantasy cinema and art installation.
Alice Brygo’s work bears witness to a generational trouble in the context of a fragile era. Invested by in-between characters, her movies explore the imaginary of the end of the world and the intimate and political link that individuals have with the urban spaces they invest.
At the intersection between raw realism and surrealist fiction, the artist uses this trouble as material for crepuscular and dream-like tales. She reconstitutes and displaces real-life situations involving the encounter between characters from different communities to explore the way beliefs and imaginations are constructed. She looks for breaches, troubled areas where isolated worlds meet, where certainties crumble and power relations are revealed.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024
Prix Dauphine pour l’Art Contemporain - Finalist
Kaboom animation festival - Best Documentary
FilmFest Bremen - Best Visual Innovation
2023
Prix Occitanie Médicis (FR/IT) - Laureate
Oscars, Student Academy Awards (US) - Finalist
SEMINCI – Valladolid Film Festival (ES) - Best European Film / EFA Candidate
BIEFF Bucharest film festival (RO) - Best Visual Concept Award
Zubroffka Film Festival, On the Edge Competition (PL) - First Prize
Black Snapper International Film Festival (AU) - Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Prix Ars Electronica (AT) - Honorary Mention
Equinoxio film festival (CO) - Honorary Mention
Beldocs International Film Festival (RS) - Special Jury Award
New Chitose Festival, Japan - Special Jury Award
DRAC IDF - Aide individuelle à la création
2022
Grand Prix - Festival international du cinéma de Brive (FR)
Best Student Film - GoShort film festival (NE)
Lichter Art Award - Lichter Filmfest (GE)
2021
CNC - Bourse Jeunes sorties d’écoles
RESIDENCIES
Villa Medicis - Rome (10/2023 -01/2024)
Ateliers Médicis / Création en cours (2024)
Ateliers Médicis / Transat - in collaboration with Louise Hallou (07-08/2023)
Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains (2020 - 2022)
EXHIBITIONS
2024
upcoming - CRAC Occitanie (FR) - Vertiges (solo show)
upcoming - Le Nouveau Printemps - Toulouse (FR) - Les oracles (duo show with Louise Hallou) / Curator : Alain Guiraudie
upcoming - Gallerie du Crous (FR) - Prix Dauphine pour l’art contemporain - Ruptures
Transmediale - Kunstraum Kreuzbgerg (GE) - This is perfect, perfect, perfect
CNEAI= (FR) - La Maison Bleue
2023
67e Salon de Montrouge (FR) / Curators: Work Method
MAC VAL (FR) - Des Histoires Vraies / Curator: Frank Lamy
Casa Conti Ange Leccia (FR) - Entre-là / Curators: Claire Lune, Madeleine Filippi
Halle Nord Genève (CH) - Capsule 2.87 / Curator: Alice Riva
Monitoring Exhibition - Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (GE)
Camp Greaves DMZ Art & Green Ground - Have you ever seen a ghost? (KR)
Ars Electronica Animation Festival (AT)
After Hours (FR) - GRIEF / Invited as part of 24h performance by Gata Global
Brasseries Atlas (BE) - Atlas Export / Curator: Claire Contamine
Festival Ex-Vitro (FR) - Festival de création contemporaine / Scroll Galerie (6 – 9 July, 2023)
2022
Le Fresnoy Studio National (FR) - Panorama 24, de l’atutre côté / Curator: Marie Lavandier
Basis Frankfurt (GE) - Lichter Art Award show / Curator: Saul Judd
Gallerie Chapelle XIV (FR) - I Wanna See All My Friends At Once / Curator: Paulin Barthe
Palais National des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles - BOZAR (BE) - émergences.fr / Curator: Ines Geoffroy
L’Aconservatoire - The floor is lava (Noisy-le-Sec) / Curator: Hugo Laporte
2021
La Grande Halle de la Villette (FR) - 100% L’expo, jeunes sorties d’écoles / Curator: Ines Geoffroy
Le Fresnoy Studio National - Panorama 23 ...par le rêve... / Curator: Olivier Kaeppelin
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
ARDENT OTHER (2023)
Visions du Réel, Switzerland
International Shorts and Medium-Lengh Competition
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada
Official selection
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway
International Competition
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia (10 – 17 May, 2023)
Fireworks – Short Film Competition - Special Jury Award
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland (12 May - 4 June, 2023)
Short Film Competition
Videoex Festival Zurich (25 May - 4 June, 2023)
International Competition
19th Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (7 - 11 June, 2023)
Video on the Beach Section
Syncro Film Festival, Argentina (22 – 25 June, 2023)
International Competition
ANIWOW - Beijing International Student Animation Festival, China (20 - 24 July, 2023)
Competition
Guanajuato international film festival, Mexico (20 - 31 July, 2023)
Short experimental competition
Herceg Novi Montenegro Film Festival, Croatia (22 - 28 August, 2023)
Short Documentary Competition
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (24 August - 3 September, 2023)
LIMITE Competition
Telluride Film Festival, United States (31 August - 4 September, 2023)
Calling Cards
Ars Electronica Festival, Austria (6 – 10 September, 2023)
New Animation Art Honorary mention
Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon (7 - 10 September, 2023)
International Competition
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea (14 – 21 September, 2023)
Korean premiere - Expanded Section
Equinoxio Film Festival, Colombia (14 - 24 September, 2023)
Competition - Honorary Mention
Lille International Short Film Festival, France (21 September - 1 October, 2023)
National Competition
Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival, Georgia (17 – 24 September, 2023)
Short Film Competition
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (26 September - 1 October, 2023)
International Short Film Competition - Best Visual Concept Award
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland (28 September - 8 October, 2023)
Short Film Competition
La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak, Argentina (28 September - 8 October, 2023)
International Panorama
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada (4 - 15 October, 2023)
Les nouveaux alchimistes Competition
Cinemed – Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival, France (20 - 28 October, 2023)
Regards d'Occitanie
SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain (21 - 28 October, 2023)
Official Section Competition / Won: Best European Film / EFA Candidate
DokumentART, Germany (24 - 29 October, 2023)
European Competition
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan (2 - 6 November, 2023)
International Competition / Won: Special Jury Award
Festival dei Popoli, Italy (4 - 12 November, 2023)
Doc at Work - Future Campus
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (7 - 12 November, 2023)
International Competition
Amiens International Film Festival, France (10 - 18 November, 2023)
Short Film Competition
INTERFILM Inter
national Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany (14 - 19 November, 2023)
Reality Bites
Short Waves Festival, Poland (14 - 19 November, 2023)
OFF Program
exground filmfest, Germany (17 - 26 November, 2023)
Documentaries
Black Snapper International Film Festival, Australia (20 November - 1 December, 2023)
Competition / Won: Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
West Lake International Documentary Festival, China (24 - 26 November, 2023)
Glory of Documentary
Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France (28 November - 2 December, 2023)
International Short Film Competition
Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland (6 – 10 December, 2023)
On The Edge Competition / Won: First Prize
IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland (15 - 22 December, 2023)
International Competition
Static Vision, Australia (4 - 11 February, 2024)
Official Selection
La Inesperada, Spain (21 - 25 February, 2024)
Official Selection
True/False Film Fest, United States (29 February – 3 March, 2024)
Official Selection
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities, Austria (6 – 10 March, 2024)
Animated Documentaries
Kortfilm.be screening at Offscreen Festival, Belgium (13 March, 2024)
KINO PAVASARIS - Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (16 - 26 March, 2024)
Short Film Competition
Tout Court Film Festival, Italy (20 - 22 March, 2024)
Official Selection
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (20 - 24 March, 2024)
Festival Favorites
Martovski - Belgrade Documentary And Short Film Festival, Serbia (26 - 30 March, 2024)
International Competition
Onion City Experimental Film Festival, United States (4 - 14 April, 2024)
Competition
Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands (5 - 14 April, 2024)
Competition
Filmfest Bremen, Germany (10 - 14 April, 2024)
Competition
Filmfest Dresden, Germany (16 – 21 April, 2024)
Open Air Program
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Int. Film Festival, Spain (19 - 28 April, 2024)
Band A Part section
Busan International short film festival, South Korea (19 - 28 April, 2024)
International Competition
European Media Art Festival, Germany (24 - 28 April, 2024)
Special: Feelers & Sensors
Iowa City International Documentary Festival, United States (April 26 – 28, 2024)
Competition
Parish Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands (23 – 26 May, 2024)
Competition
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France (9 - 15 June, 2024)
Graduation Films Competition
SOUM (2022)
Berlinale Berlin international film festival (Germany)
Berlinale Shorts Competition
GoShort Film Festival (Netherlands)
Student film Competition -> Best Student Film
Festival international du cinéma de Brive (France)
Official competition -> Grand Prix
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt (Germany)
Freihat Programm -> Lichter Art Award
LPA Festival international de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
Official section
Festival Côté Court Pantin (France)
Prospective Competition
Equinoxio film festival (Colombia)
Official section
TIFF Tirana international film festival (Albania)
Student Competition
BIEFF Bucharest international experimental film festival (Romania)
Competition
Festival du cinéma de Montreuil (France)
FLIMM (Medium-lenght film festival) Doc! (France)
Official section
Cinemed film festival (France)
Regards d’Occitanie
30___70 Dokfest (Italy)
Official section
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (Germany)
Official section
Dharamshala International Film Festival (India)
Official section
Beijing international short film festival (China)
Official competition
Mokum Kraakt - Kino Krrraaakt (Amsterdam)
L’Aconservatoire - The floor is lava (Noisy-le-Sec)
Ko(o)rts - The Overkill Festival (Netherlands) 04/2022
Dokufest (Kosovo) 2023 - Eyes Wide Open
Des courts l’après-midi, Marseille (Mars 2023)
PERIPHERAL ISLANDS (2021)