Sebastien De Buyl est un cinéaste et artiste visuel qui convoque fiction et documentaire, avec la volonté de donner corps et voix à l'invisible, en explorant la partie immergée de nos identités. Son style cinématographique est hybride, intime et poétique. Ses thèmes de prédilection sont la marginalité, l'espace urbain et la danse, emprunts d'un certain mysticisme. Ses films “Ya me voy” (2016), “Tournures” (2017) et “Spectre” (2020) ont été présentés et récompensés au niveau international, notamment aux Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, au Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur et au festival Short Waves de Poznan.
Sebastien De Buyl is a filmmaker and visual artist who combines fiction and documentary to give body and voice to the invisible, exploring the hidden side of our identities. His cinematic style is hybrid, intimate and poetic. His favorite themes are marginality, urban space and dance, imbued with a certain mysticism. His films "Ya me voy" (2016), "Tournures" (2017) and "Spectre" (2020) have been presented and rewarded internationally, notably at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur and the Short Waves festival in Poznan.
Sebastien De Buyl is a filmmaker and visual artist who combines fiction and documentary to give body and voice to the invisible, exploring the hidden side of our identities. His cinematic style is hybrid, intimate and poetic. His favorite themes are marginality, urban space and dance, imbued with a certain mysticism. His films "Ya me voy" (2016), "Tournures" (2017) and "Spectre" (2020) have been presented and rewarded internationally, notably at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur and the Short Waves festival in Poznan.
Filmography
2023 MOUSTACHE
(fiction feature in developement)
2023 CREATURE
(short film in financing)
2020-2022 USURES
(documentary short)
Fotogenia Film Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)
Short Waves Film Festival, (Poznan, Poland)
Video Art Festival Turku, VAFT (Turku, Finland)
L'art difficile de filmer la danse, IDFF, Cinematek (Bruxelles, Belgique)
Wild Dogs International Film Festival (Calgary, Canada) Audience Prize
Grande Rencontre des Arts Médiatiques (Gaspésie, Canada)
Festival International du Film sur l'Art, FIFA (Montréal, Canada)
Traces de Vies, (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Millenium Film Festival, National Première (Brussels, Belgium)
2020 SPECTRE
(experimental short)
Fotogenia Film Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)
Selection L’art difficile de filmer la danse (Brussels, Belgium)
Selection Sans Soucis Festival of Dance Cinema (Colorado, USA)
Wild Dogs International Dance Film Festival (Calgary, Canada) Best Film
Selection Thessaloniki CineDance Film Festival (Thessalonique, Grece)
Selection Athens Video Dance Project (Athenes, Grece)
KnowBox Film Festival (Seoul, Coree du Sud) Innovation award
Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin (Paris, France)
Festival Quartier Danses (Montreal, Canada)
Pool Internationales Tanz Film Festival (Berlin, Allemagne)
2017 TOURNURES
(experimental short)
Selection L’art difficile de filmer la danse (Brussels, Belgium)
Selection Stockholm Dansfilm festival (Stockholm, Sweden)
Selection Festival International de Videodanza CDMX (Mexico City, Mexico)
Short Waves Film Festival (Poznan, Poland) Best Film
Selection Hollywood Screenings film festival (Los Angeles, USA)
Selection Moving Futures Festival - Cinedans (Groningen, Holland)
Selection Athens Dance film festival (Athens, Greece)
Selection kRoki Modern Dance festival (Krakow, Poland)
Selection Szerpentin Dance film festival (Budapest, Hungary)
Selection Stories We Dance (Genoa, Italy)
Selection East End film festival (London, England)
Selection Festival International Videodanza Amalgro (Amalgro, Spain)
2016 YA ME VOY
(feature documentary)
Wolves Independant International Festival Best Feature Film
Selection Festival du Film Independant de Miami
Selection Roma Cinema doc
Selection Festival International du Film Documentaire Millenium de Bruxelles
Selection FIFF Namur
Selection Festival Pêcheurs du monde de Lorient