Gaëlle Denis is a BAFTA and Cannes-winning British-French filmmaker and multimedia artist based in the UK since 2000. Her practice spans short films, operas, dance works, hybrid animation, CGI, and large-scale immersive projects.

Her films have screened worldwide and earned major recognition: Fish Never Sleep (Cannes 2002, BAFTA 2003), City Paradise (BAFTA nominee 2005), After the Rain (2007), Crocodile (Cannes Critics’ Week 2014, Canal+ Best Short Film Prize), and Rhapsody in Blueberry (Clermont-Ferrand National Competition 2017).

Gaëlle’s development track record includes selections at TorinoFilmLab, Le Groupe Ouest, and Cannes Critics’ Week – Next Step. Her feature script The Girl from the Estuary won two TorinoFilmLab prizes (EP2C Post-Production Prize and Production Minds Prize), received Best VFX at PIDVIZ 2017, and was supported by the British Film Institute (Production Fund & Development), Région Bretagne, and the Breizh Film Fund.

Her feature screenplay Shadowland (co-written with Didier Lacoste) has secured CNC Development Support, a Région Sud/PACA writing grant, and Procirep-Angoa backing; it was selected for Next Step – Cannes Critics’ Week and advanced to the second round of the Sundance Writers Lab (2023). Additional feature development includes Little Seed (BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund, 2023).

Most recently, Gaëlle was commissioned by the CNC (Aide au scénario) to develop her feature screenplay Tomates-Cerises.