Michaël Dacheux

Michaël Dacheux grew up in the 80s in Mont-de-Marsan in the south of France, which he left at the age of 18.

After studying cinema and working as an assistant on several shoots, in 2008 he shot his first medium-length film, a cross between documentary and fiction: Commune présence, which was selected for the FID Marseille.

His next film, Sur le départ (Here and There), returns to his hometown to take stock of the passage of time; the film won awards at Brive and at the Chéries-Chéris festival.

Then came L’Amour debout, his first feature film, shot over the course of a year on the basis of one weekend a month. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival at ACID, released in cinemas in January 2019, and travelled to various international festivals (Brussels, Chicago, Ghent, Hamburg, Pnohm Penh, Porto, New York, Palermo, São Paulo, Turin…).

Michaël Dacheux is also involved in a number of film education initiatives, and teaches at University.

 

Filmography (selection) :

L’AMOUR DEBOUT Fiction – 83′ – 2018 – Perspective Films – Prix Films en cours – Entrevues Belfort 2017
Festivals 2018 : ACID Cannes, In&Out Nice, Queer Lisboa, Ciné32 Indépendance(s) et Création Auch, Film Fest Gent (Flandre), Mostra São Paulo, Pink Screens (Brussels Queer Film Festival), Entrevues Belfort, Torino Film Festival

HERE AND THERE (SUR LE DÉPART), Fiction – 54′ – 2011 – bathysphere productions – co-written with Christophe Pellet – Cast : Adrien Dantou, César Domboy, Élise Lhomeau – Best Scenario at the Rencontres de Brive festival in 2009. Jury’s Prize at Paris LGBT festival 2011.
CNC, Aquitaine Region, Landes, Procirep&Angoa, SpedidaM, Distribution Allemagne Pro Fun Media / VIDEO : L’Harmattan Video / FESTIVALS 2011-2012 : In&Out Nice, Chéries-Chéris LGBT Festival in Paris, Tels Quels Bruxelles, Torino Gay&Lesbian Film Festival, Compétition européenne Rencontres du Moyen Métrage de Brive

COMMUNE PRÉSENCE, Documentary essay – 43′ – 2008 – bathysphere productions – With the voice of René Vautier
Aquitaine, Landes / VIDEO : L’Harmattan Video / FESTIVALS 2008 : In competition at FID Marseille