Elsa Amiel

A visionary of contemporary cinema, Elsa Amiel was born in 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland and has been actively directing films since the early 2000s. Her primary genres are drama and thriller, with her most well-known film being "Pearl" which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2018 and bagged the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film. Although she hasn't been recognized with major festival awards yet, her authorial style is marked by complex character exploration and poignant narrative arcs.

Amiel's films are imbued with a depth of humanity that reflects her own personal commitment to shedding light on the intricacies of the human condition.