Céline Rouzet

A graduate of the screenwriting program at La Fémis and a former contributor to the radio documentary series (FranceCulture/Inter), Céline Rouzet directed “140 km à l’ouest du Paradis,” a feature-length documentary set in Papua New Guinea released in 2022 (nominated for the Albert Londres Prize and Grand Prix at FIFIG) and “En attendant la nuit,” a fantasy family drama released in 2024 (selected for the Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti and winner of the Jury Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival).

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Annual Selection 2025

Julie (35, white, wearing jeans and ballet flats) and Théo (39, black, with a boyish look) are a couple in crisis. To cope with the tragic loss of their baby, they move to Port Moresby, the dangerous capital of Papua New Guinea, where Théo, an architect, has agreed to oversee the construction of a tourist lodge in the jungle. Very quickly, Julie struggles with the expats’ insularity and the fact that she has to live with a local housekeeper who makes her very uncomfortable, the taciturn Silla (55). One day, Julie makes a serious mistake and asks Silla to help her fix it. She has no idea that she is about to upset the existing balance: soon the power dynamics are reversed, and fear takes hold of the group of expatriates.