Virginie Kahn

Virginie Kahn was an artistic director in press and communication agency for 15 years while pursuing a career as a live show photographer. In 2009, she directed Danse danse danse, a first documentary self-produced. Three years later, she directed Le Grand saut, a documentary about childhood, commitment, and passion for dance for the French-German TV channel Arte. In 2014, she wrote and directed Ligne de protection, a first short fiction movie, tackling gender-based violence soon followed by a second one, Protection sur Ordonnance. She is currently writing two feature films scripts and has just adapted a novel for the screen. Since 2020, she has directed five historical documentaries for the French TV channel Histoire TV : 1940, La debacle; 1933-1939 Attaquer Hitler ?; 1940-1944 De Gaulle seul contre tous, Jean Moulin, cet illustre méconnu; Les batailles cachées de la libération de Paris. She is currently working on another one. At the same time, she works on the short movies collection Jardins d’Illusion, in cooperation with choreographers. Four shorts have been produced until now, all selected and awarded in many festivals abroad and in France, Dunes being the fifth.