Pauline Blanchet

Film director and audio producer interested in the complexities of urban areas in transition and uncovering the impact of external forces such as digital infrastructure, corporate regeneration programs, and international sporting events on local inhabitants.

Film

￫ Big in Gazi Baba

Feature-Length Documentary Film in Development

Logline

Sadije, a 14-year-old wrestling champion in North Macedonia, navigates expectations to fulfill a male role, defying traditional gender norms and ethnic barriers in her Albanian-Muslim community.

Workshops and Pitchings

PriFest Forum – September 2023 (Vanessa Redgrave Award for Best Pitch)
Balkan Film Market Pitching – December 2023
East Doc Forum | East Doc Platform – March 2024 (Docs Ireland Award)
Go East East West Talent Lab and Pitching | goEast – April 2024
Sheffield Doc Fest Meet Market – June 2024
DocIreland – June 2024 Beyond Borders Audiovisual Pitch Lab – August 2024
AJB Industry Days Main Pitch – September 2024 (Cannes Docs – Marché du Film Award), (IDF – East Silver Caravan Award), (Eurodoc Award for the Best Pitch)

Cannes Docs Spotlight Project – Marché du Film - May 2025
EsoDoc 2025 Cohort - May 2025

Team

Director: Pauline Blanchet
Producers: Pauline Blanchet / Aral Sea Productions, Avdi Thachi / Lumiere Films, Aymeric Isnard / Futur Anterieur, Kreshnik Jonuzi / Top Neck Films
Editor: Avdi Thachi Cinematographer: Fisnik Halili

￫ Skopje 2014 According to ChatGPT
Short Documentary Film | 5' | 2023

Logline
Exploring the synergy between artificial intelligence, the internet, and urban metamorphosis, this experimental short unravels the transformation of a capital city. Through the lens of the controversial Skopje 2014 project, it reveals how AI and social media both document and distort nationalist revitalisation and urban design.

Screenings
Jornada Audiovisual e Inteligencia Artificial – October 2024 (Official Selection)
Labocine Live – October 2024
Uncanny Valleys, Immaterial Film Club – July 2024
+RAIN, Skopje 2014 according to ChatGPT – June 2024 (Official Selection)
East Meets West Screening, Studio Hannibal – October 2023 (Group Exhibition)
Student International Film Festival – November 2023 (Official Selection)
Academia Film Olomouc (AFO) – April 2024 (Official Selection)

Team
Director & Producer: Pauline Blanchet

Collaborators
Open City UCL – Multisensory Filmmaking Cohort, 2023

￫ Zuckerberg, You Owe/Own Me
Short Documentary Film | 15'01" | 2022

Logline
A deep exploration into a personal Facebook video archive uncovers the internet’s darker historical roots. By tracing the link between personal data and digital infrastructure, the film asks: can we truly separate the virtual from the material—and from ourselves?

Screenings
Labocine Live – October 2024
KINOKI XVIII International University Film Festival – October 2024 (Official Selection & Best International Short Documentary)
Uncanny Valleys, Immaterial Film Club – July 2024
SHORTS – April 2024 (Official Selection)
Association of American Geographers – April 2024 (Official Selection)
London Short Film Festival – January 2024 (Official Selection)
Geneva Film Festival – November 2023 (Official Selection)
TRANÅS AT THE FRINGE – July 2023 (Official Selection)
Student Cuts – May 2023 (Official Selection)
Sci-On! – May 2023 (Honorable Mention)
Academia Film Olomouc – May 2023 (Official Selection)
Images Festival – April 2023 (Official Selection)
Immix Gallery, Alchimies Numeriques – April 2023 (Group Exhibition)
Galleri KiT, MANIFEST/O – April 2023 (Group Exhibition)
City Film Festival – March 2023 (Finalist)
21 Islands International Short Film Festival – January 2023 (Official Selection)
United Artist International Film Festival – January 2023 (Official Selection)
Kalamata Monthly International Short Documentary Festival – November 2022 (Semi-Finalist)
16th Ethnographic Films Review Eyes and Lenses – November 2022 (Official Selection)
Student World Impact Film Festival – November 2022 (Official Selection & Honorable Mention)
Experimental Film Fest – October 2022 (Official Selection)
Theatre Deli Delivision – October 2022 (10-day Solo Exhibited Screening)
Breaking the Frame – September 2022 (Official Selection)