French Film Festival 2017~ Short Film Selection
FRANCE
VEIL OF SILENCE
Julie Gourdain/29:49/France, Belgium/Drama/2016
It is 1968 and Marianne is nineteen years old. She has been sent to a home for young girls, far from her family and friends. Here she meets other girls whose secrets have turned their lives upside down.
Director : Julie Gourdain
Julie Gourdain was born in Paris in 1986. She studied film theory at L’Université Paris VII, spent a year abroad as an exchange student at Wesleyan University (CT), USA, followed by a Master’s degree in film direction at ECAL/HEAD in Lausanne, Switzerland. On completion of her studies she helped found the company StudioFly.