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While I'm Still Breathing

While I'm still breathing is the blurred portrayal of a young woman through three steps of her sexuality.
In a three movement narrative, the movie depicts the roughness and softness of the journey through a woman's sexuality. From that little girl inspired by the painted models of Paul Delvaux and Klimt, to her first sensual gestures as a teenager and her experience as a stripper, we gradually see a woman unfold. With great intimacy and sensitivity, she reveals herself through the sensual relationship to her own feminity and to those who once shared her intimacy.

  • Laure Giappiconi
    Director
  • Elisa Monteil
    Director
  • La Fille Renne
    Director
  • Laure Giappiconi
    Writer
  • Laure Giappiconi
    Producer
  • Elisa Monteil
    Producer
  • La Fille Renne
    Producer
  • La Fille Renne
    Photography
  • Elisa Monteil
    Sound creation
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Tandis que je respire encore
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    300 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:38
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
    Rotterdam
    Netherlands
    January 20, 2020
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Sundance Film Festival 2020
    Sundance
    United States
    January 19, 2020
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival International du film de Nancy 2020
    Nancy
    France
    March 1, 2020
    France Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Leiden International Short Film Experience 2020
    Leiden
    Netherlands
    March 3, 2020
    Netherlands Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Women Make Waves Film Festival Taiwan 2020
    Taipei City
    Taiwan
    March 1, 2020
    Asia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Oslo/Fusion Int’l Film Festival 2020
    Oslo
    Norway
    March 1, 2020
    Norway Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Go Short 2020
    Nijmegen
    Netherlands
    March 1, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal 2020
    Montréal
    Canada
    March 1, 2020
    Canada Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Lago Film Fest 2021
    Lago
    Italy
    March 1, 2021
    Italy Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Conofest – International (Short) Film Festival 2021
    Madrid
    Spain
    March 1, 2021
    Spain Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Côté Court 2021
    Pantin
    France
    March 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Festival International Signes de Nuit 2021
    Urbino
    Italy
    March 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Festival Filministes 2021
    Montréal
    Canada
    March 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Portland International Film Festival 2021
    Portland
    United States
    March 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival 2021
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    March 1, 2021
    Turkey Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Post PxRN Film Festival Warsaw 2022
    Warsaw
    Poland
    March 1, 2022
    Poland Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Cabaret Vert 2022
    Charleville-Mézières
    France
    March 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Vierte Welle Film Festival 2022
    Berlin
    Germany
    March 1, 2022
    Germany Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Blows Up Portugal International Erotic Film Festival 2022

    Portugal
    March 1, 2022
    Portugal Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 7th Aks: International Minorities Festival

    Pakistan
    March 1, 2023
    Pakistan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Muestra Internacional de Pornografías Críticas Excéntrico 2023
    Valparaiso
    Chile
    March 1, 2023
    South American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Ecrans Mixtes 2023
    Lyon
    France
    March 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Muestra de Cine Erótico y PosPorno de Bogotá 2023
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    March 1, 2023
    Colombia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Porn Film Festival Vienna 2023
    Vienna
    Austria
    March 1, 2023
    Austria Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Athens Porn Film Fest 2023
    Athens
    Greece
    March 1, 2023
    Greece Premiere
    Official Selection
  • BiCONIC Film Festival 2023
    San Francisco
    United States
    March 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival Homografia 2023
    Brussels
    Belgium
    March 1, 2023
    Belgium Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Pornfilmfestival Berlin 2023
    Berlin
    Germany
    March 1, 2023
    Official Selection
  • 8th Diametrale International Experimental Film Festival 2024
    Innsbruck
    Austria
    March 1, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Bangalore Queer Film Festival
    Bangalore
    India
    March 1, 2024
    India Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Les Instants Vidéos
    Marseille
    France
    March 1, 2024
    Official Selection
  • 30ème Chéries-Chéris Festival
    Paris
    France
    November 1, 2024
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • La distributrice de films
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
Director Biography - Laure Giappiconi, Elisa Monteil, La Fille Renne

La Fille Renne – photographer and tattoo artist -, Laure Giappiconi – actress and author – and Elisa Monteil – sound designer and performer -, form a film-making collective. Their research revolves around explicit representations of desire and takes various forms, at the crossroads of dissident poetry and visual performance. They are committed to highlighting bodies, identities and sexualities that are outside the usual normative representations. They develop a singular aesthetic, shooting exclusively on film, LomoKino or Super 8, fixing timeless, feminist and queer images in these layers of chemistry. In each film, the sound creation allows us to plunge a little further into intimacy and disorder.
They have made six short films: Vivante, Sirène, Amour, Tandis que je respire encore, Les corps dansants, and Fluidité. They have been shown in numerous festivals around the world, from Berlin to Montreal, including the Sundance Festival, the IFF in Rotterdam, Athens, Bogota, Chennai, Lahore, Istanbul, Warsaw…

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