Born in France in 1981, Emmanuel Delabaere is one of the co-founder of CARNAGES -a collective of french directors and artists.
Between 2001 and 2012, he wrote, directed, edited and post-produced nine self-produced -and low-budget- shorts. In these films, he developed an highly visual universe -very influenced by the look and style of silent films- mixed with a taste for non-linear narrative and a very dark humor.
Shot during a period of 18 months, "They came from Mars!" (2007) is an ambitious tribute to B-movies (from flying saucers films of the 50's through Universal's monsters and serial of the 40’s). The film was selected in several festivals and projected during midnight screenings in France.
In the same vein "Hellmouth" (2011) and the awarded "Holocaust! The musical" are two fictitious trailers -respectively for a grindhouse horror-flick of the 70’s and an musical drama set during WW2.
During this period, he was also writer, cinematographer and sound recordist for many shorts produced by Carnages and directed five episodes of a very silly parody of "24" named "Sixty" (as the series takes place within one 60 minutes period) in which he played one of the leading characters.
To finance his films, he worked as a editor/motion designer for DVD and Blu-rays editors.
In 2015, he co-directed -with Adrien Dezalay and Simon Philippe- "The Red Drum Getaway" produced by Gump Studio. This Hitchcock/Kubrick mashup that -according to Time- "every cinephile always wanted but never knew it" is a public and a critical success on the internet.
Within Gump, he also co-directed and post-produced several ads for brand names -such as Lego- in which he developed his state for stop-motion.
In 2016, he directed "Silent Night", his first professional short. Selected in several festivals, this dark story of a man who kidnap Santa Claus won the Best Christmas Film Award at the Alternative Film Festival (Toronto) and has been nominated for The Best Storyteller category at the Wayward Film Festival (LA).
His future projects include a feature film inspired by his short “Silent Night” and "1984" -an eccentric and musical adaptation of Georges Orwell's masterpiece set in the eighties.
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    Silent Night2017
    Short
    The Red Drum Getaway2015
    Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Director (2 Credits)
    Silent Night2017
    Short
    The Red Drum Getaway2015
    Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
Winner of Best Indie Short Film, Best Thriller Short, Best Original Story, Best Producer, Best Visual Effects
Silent Night
Only The Best Film Awards
Miami
2022
Best Thriller / Honorable Mention
Silent Night
Snow Leopard International Film Festival
Madrid
2022
Finalist - Best French Short Film
Silent Night
Cannes Shorts
Cannes
2022
Honorable Mention
Silent Night
Tokyo Film Awards
Tokyo
2022
Official Selection
Silent Night
FLICKFAIR Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
Best Christmas Short Film
Silent Night
Kosice International Film Festival
Košice
2020
Official Selection
Silent Night
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Moscow
2020
Official Selection
Silent Night
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood
2020
Official Selection
Silent Night
Crown Wood International Film Festival
Kolkota
2019
Semi-Finalist
Silent Night
JellyFest
Los Angeles
2019
Semi-Finalist
Silent Night
Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
Genre Celebration Festival
Tokyo
2018
Weird short slam Selection
Silent Night
Weird Wednesday 0711 - Monthly
Stuttgart
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
Chicago International Genre Film Festival
Chicago
2018
Finalist
Silent Night
Shiver International Film Festival
Ontario
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest
Bucharest
2018
Nominated for best director, best editing, best actor
Silent Night
Feel The Reel International Film Festival
Glascow
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
Barcelona Planet Film Festival
Barcelona
2018
Nominated for Best Thriller
Silent Night
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival
Novi
2018
Nominated for best actor
Silent Night
The Monthly Film Festival
Glascow
2018
Official Selection
Silent Night
Nevermore Film Festival
Durham
2018
Official Selection
The Red Drum Getaway
Metz Mashup Film Festival
Metz
2017
Official Selection
The Red Drum Getaway
Mashup Film Festival
Paris
2017
Best Christmas Film
Silent Night
AltFF Alternative Film Festival
Toronto
2017
Official Selection
Silent Night
Festive Film Festival
Portland
2017
Official Selection
Silent Night
Bariloche Fantastic Short Film Festival
Bariloche
2017
Nominated for Best Storyteller Prize
Silent Night
Wayward Film Festival
Los Angeles
2017
Official Selection
The Red Drum Getaway
Kurzfilmfestival Köln
Köln
2016
Birth Date
August 15, 1981
Birth City
Briançon (France)
Current City
Paris
Height
1m75
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
white
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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