Noël Mitrani — Atopia

- Writer - Director

A graduate of History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne, and for some time a press illustrator, Noël Mitrani launched into cinema via writing. He directed his first short film After Shave in 1999, a moving comedy set in a suburban supermarket.

Three other short films followed, the last of which Les Siens addresses the confusion possible between dream and reality.

In 2005, Mitrani established his own production company, StanKaz Films, and produced his first feature length film with actor Laurent Lucas. Despite the limited budget, Mitrani made it a matter of principal to shoot on 35 mm film.

His life is marked by his split cultural identity, French and Quebecois, and this, along with his fascination for the 1970’s and his compulsion to depict solitary figures fighting to overcome their torments, has found its way into his work.