Marin Troude

I When I was a child, I felt a bit of an outsider, more sensitive than average and with a different perception of the world around me, always trying to figure out who and what I wanted to be.

Very soon, after graduating, I started to produce and direct my own short films. I admired the great film directors of the new wave who had brought a breath of fresh air to French filmmaking, and I dreamed of equaling them. But my first attempts truly lacked maturity and the rejections from the festivals were plentiful. At the time, I was so focused on the technical aspects and the codes set by the film industry, that I was forgetting the most important: the soul of the film and what story I really wanted to tell. After many setbacks and by questioning myself, I decided to spend more time on the script of my third short film Night and The Soul, now trying to share a strong message through a very personal vision of Paris by night. With Tristan Helias, the producer, we made 80,000 views in one week. And at last I could begin my career as a film director.