Sleepless nights

About Director

⁣Born in Paris in 1991, Janis Aussel is an author and director. She studied art and animation in various French schools (Estienne, Les Gobelins, la Poudrière) and then turned her plastic work towards direct animation techniques, in particular paper cut-outs.
In 2015 she worked in Ireland at the Cartoon Saloon studio, on the graphic development of the feature film The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, and the direction of the paper cut-out film An Spailpín Fánach.
Several of her short student films have been selected and awarded in festivals such as Basav! (2018), Emilien (2018), and Duo (2014).
She directs commissioned films such as Arte's Shortcuts, or videos for the internet "What is consciousness?" for the Ted-Ed channel, trailers for festivals or institutional films.
Involved in image education, her pedagogical work takes the form of workshops or residencies in schools, but also in associations in France or abroad, and is adapted to different audiences.