Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

Born in France in 1988, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis lives and works between Paris and Brussels.
After studies at INSAS, Sint-Lukas school of arts and Le Fresnoy - National Studio of Contemporary Art, Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis is developing a "cinématière", a hybrid artistic practice that expands cinema to the field of contemporary art.
His work questions technologies, memory, the virtual and explores the porous worlds of the image. His films have been selected and awarded in many international festivals (Cannes, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand...) and exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Paris ; at the Fondation Cartier, Paris ; at the Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing ; La Villette, Paris ; Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris; Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai; Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Museum of Communication, Frankfurt.
In 2021, his work is presented in several upcoming group exhibitions including "The New Frontiers of Video Games" at La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie and the exhibition "Un monde à votre image", Bourse Révélation EMERIGE 2020 in Toulon in collaboration with the Hôtel des Arts TPM and the Villa Noailles.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2020
Saint Lucia for Best International Documentary Short Film - Bogoshorts - Colombia
European Film Award Nomination - Uppsala Short Film Festival - Sweden
Special Mention - AFI Fest - United States
Best Short Film - Festival Millenium, Belgium
Grand Prix for Best Short Film - FIFIB - Bordeaux - France
Bayard Du Meilleur Court Métrage - FIFF - Namur - Belgium
Young Talent Award 2020 - Netzhaut Ton Film, Wiener Neustadt - Vienna - Austria
Second Prize - Medina Del Campo Film Festival - Spain
Semaine de la Critique 2020 - Cannes Film Festival - France
High Risk Award - GLAS animation festival - Berkeley - United States
Best International Film - Minimalen Short Film Festival - Norway
2019
Prix spécial du jury - Festival international du court métrage Clermont-Ferrand - France
Grand Prize ex-aequo Conseil Départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - Vidéoformes - France
Prix Émergences - Scam - France
Best Documentary award - Indie Lisboa - Portugal
Prix Icart Artistik Rezo - France
Doc Lounge Award - Film Fest Sundsvall - Sweden
Special Mention for Short Doc - Regard Festival - Canada
Prix du Jury - Chalon Tout Court Festival - France
Best Short Doc - Rincon International Film Festival - Puerto Rico
Best Short Documentary - Indielisboa - Portugal
The Phil Solomon Award - Chicago Underground Film Festival - United States
Special Mention Documentary Competition - Norwegian Short Film Festival - Norway
Edward Snowden Award - Festival international Signes de Nuit - Thailand
Best International Short Documentary - Guanajuato International Film Festival - Mexico
Computer Animation Honorary Mention - Ars Electronica Festival - Austria
Best Documentary - The Smalls Film Festival - United Kingdom
Best International Short Film - Eureka University Film Festival - Colombia
Prix Sable d'Argent - Best of International Short Films Festival - France
Special Mention Doc’Anim - Animatou - Switzerland
Special Mention International Short Film Competition - Kaohsiung Film Festival - Taiwan 2019
Best Documentary - International Short Film Festival - Cyprus
Best Documentary - Sapporo International Short Film Festival - Japan
2nd Place New Talents - Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation - Germany
Young Jury Award - Frontdoc International Documentary Film Festival - Italy
Student Jury Award for Best Documentary - Blue Danube Film Festival - Austria
2018
Finaliste Prix de l’oeuvre expérimentale - Scam - France
Prix ADAGP Révélation Art numérique - Art vidéo - France
Prix Festivals Connexion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Clermont-fd Short Film Festival
The Bavarian Television Short Film Prize - Regensburg Short Film Week - Germany
Short Film Prize of the town of Regensburg - Regensburg Short Film Week - Germany
Prix du parrain "Le Blog documentaire” - Fest. Inter. du Doc Émergent
Mention spéciale du jury Écrans - Fest. Inter. des scénaristes de Valence - France
Special Mention for the Night Award - Int. Festival Zeichen der Nacht - Germany
Mention spéciale jury jeune Next Generation - Brussels short film festival - Belgium
Premio Cinemambiente al miglior cortometraggio - Festival Cine Ambiante - Italy
1er Prix Enseignement Supérieur - Festival Ciné-clap - France
2015
1er Prix Enseignement Supérieur - Festival Ciné-clap - France
2012
5ème prix concours des jeunes critiques Cinergie.be - Belgique
2008
1er Prix Concours de la jeune critique Bref magazine - France

SOLO SHOWS

2019
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, “Human Reboot” - Elephant Paname - Paris - France

GROUP SHOWS

2021
“Les nouvelles frontières du jeu vidéo”, Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie - Paris
Exposition itinérante : “Un monde à votre image”, Bourse Révélation EMERIGE 2020, Hôtel des Arts, - Toulon, France - Curator : Gaël Charbau
2020
“Fluidités : l’humain qui vient” - Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains - Tourcoing - France - Curators : Benjamin Weil, with Pascale Pronnier
“paysage>paysages”, programmation culturelle en Isère - France - Curator : Le Laboratoire
“Turning Points - Works from the Collection von Kelterborn”, Kunsthalle Giessen - Giessen - Germany - Curator : Dr. Nadia Ismail
“Un autre monde dans notre monde”, FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque - France - Curator : Jean-François Sanz
“Le monde se détache de mon univers”, galerie Michel Journiac - Paris - France - Curator : Collectif Échelle Réelle
The Biennal of the Moving Image 2020 - Frankfurt am Main - Germany
“Un monde à votre image”, Bourse Révélation EMERIGE 2020, Villa Emerige - Paris - France - Curator : Gaël Charbau
2019
“Die Rückkehr des pre bell man” - Museum für kommunikation Frankfurt - Germany - Curator : Dr. Corinna Engel
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain - Paris - France - Soirée Nomade - Revue Immersion - Curators : Angelo Careri, Mohamed Megdoul
“The wall and Other Stories” - Total Museum - Seoul - South Korea - Curators : Nathalie Boseul Shin, Johann Nowak
(RE)Model the World: 20 Years of Digital Creation/ Le Fresnoy National Studio for Contemporary Art - Exposition collective - Pearl Art Museum exposition - Shanghai - China - Curators : Éric Prigent and Natalia Trebik, Li Dandan
Prix ICART Artistik Rezo - exposition collective - Elephant Paname - Paris - France
2018
Carte blanche au Fresnoy - Maison de la Culture - Amiens - France
Blue \x80 - Villette Makerz - Paris - France - Curator : Kaspar Ravel
Fu:bar/expo - Siva Galerija - Zagreb - Croatie - Curators : Dina Karadžić & Vedran Gligo
2017
Fu:bar/expo - Siva Galerija - Zagreb - Curators : Dina Karadžić & Vedran Gligo
2016
Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement - Centre d’Art Contemporain de Genève - Suisse
Fu:bar/expo - Siva Galerija - Zagreb - Croatia - Curators : Dina Karadžić & Vedran Gligo
2015
Fu:bar/expo - Siva Galerija - Zagreb - Croatie - Curators : Dina Karadžić & Vedran Gligo

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