Bio: 

Pauline Blanchet is an award-winning film director and producer whose work explores sports, nationalism, and identity. Her short documentary Zuckerberg You Owe/Own Me has been screened internationally, and she has participated in talent programs at CPHDOX, Sheffield Doc Fest, Sundance Co//ab Documentary Course, Ateliers Médicis, and has pitched in Dok Leipzig’s Short ‘n’ Sweet. Her current project Big in Gazi Baba has earned multiple awards, including the Vanessa Redgrave Award at PriFest, the Al Jazeera Balkans Co-production Award, Cannes Docs Marché du Film Award, the IDF East Silver Caravan Award, and the EURODOC Award for Best Pitch. 

Her archive film What You Remember, currently in development, received a Special Mention Award from Sandbox Films at AFO in 2024. In addition to her filmmaking, Pauline has produced over five podcasts and served as Senior Producer at World Radio Paris. Her storytelling also extends to XR media, focusing on environmental issues in the Arctic through collaborations with New Images Festival and Garage Stories.

Pauline is currently pursuing a PhD at the School of Advanced Study, studying urban identity in North Macedonia. Her MA in Urban History and Culture, completed with distinction, emphasized the use of collaborative filmmaking as a research method. She also runs Aral Sea Productions, is a producer at HERProductions, and heads communications for European Short Pitch.

Notable Awards:

Best International Short Documentary, Zuckerberg You Owe/Own Me, KINOKI XVIII International University Film Festival, October 2024

Cannes Docs Marché du Film Award, Big in Gazi Baba, September 2024

IDF East Silver Caravan Award, Big in Gazi Baba, September 2024

EURODOC Award for Best Pitch, Big in Gazi Baba, September 2024

Al Jazeera Balkans Main Pitch Co-production Award, Big in Gazi Baba, September 2024

Olomouc, Czech Republic: Special Mention Award from Sandbox Films, What You Remember, April 2024

Prague, Czech Republic: East Doc Forum Docs Ireland Award, Big in Gazi Baba, March 2024 

Pristina, Kosovo: PriFest Vanessa Redgrave Award, Big in Gazi Baba, September 2023 

Best Pitch for Garage Stories #arcticstoriesResidency with Tvibit in Tromsø, March 2023

Best Experimental Film Award Winner: United Artist International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, January 2023, for 'Zuckerberg You Owe/Own Me'

Best Student Podcast Nomination: The Publishers Podcast Awards, UK, April 2022

Transat Grant Winner and Film Residency with Ateliers Médicis , France, July 2021 

Sundance Co//ab Course in Documentary Filmmaking Scholarship Grantee, September 2021

Nathan, Quinn and Esmond Scholarship Recipient: MA in Urban History and Culture, September 2020

Platforma 5 Art for Social Change Residency Invitation, October 2019

Student Development Fund Winner, SOAS, University of London, June 2019

Nominated for Social Activist of the Year, SOAS, University of London, March 2019

SLiice Grant Winner, SOAS, University of London, February 2018

Two 02 Think Big Grants Winner, 02 Think Big, February 2018

Lens in Development Photography Award Shortlisted, February 2018

London Photo Show Competition Shortlisted, February 2017