ABOUT

 

Having completed an Undergraduate program in film, at La Sorbonne Panthéon in Paris Hannah Papacek Harper finalized her degree in Audiovisual Communication at the University Of Lima, Peru. She has explored the world of cinema and theatre in different ways. From assistant directing to set photography, passing by costume design and creation, she has progressively turned herself toward a more specific interest in camera work (steadicam) and then direction. She has been directing commercials, music videos and documentaries since 2019 and is currently developing two feature documentaries :  Lost for Words (UK) and An Instant of Non-Existence (Serbia). She is accompanied by Rétroviseur productions who is also developing her first feature fiction : The Silence of Fire, along side Lillith Films. 

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Her interest in borders, identity and research around belong, has directed her toward sensitive cartography. Her projects have been showcased in collective and solo shows such as in the Anglo-American university in Prague and at Tourouvre in France. 

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Film and cartography combine as she uses immersive AR (Augmented reality) to invite people into the Irish landscape with her project in development Geopoetics. This brings two of her main interests together: Our relationship to the landscape and the way it shapes us. 

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FESTIVALS

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2021 - New York Flash Film Festival  –  Winner of Best Micro Short Documentary with ‘Vegetative’​

2021 - AltFF Alternative Film Festival  –  Winner of Best Ultra short experimental film with ‘Vegetative’ 

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EXHIBITIONS

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2022 - Anglo-American University Prague for collective Psychogeography exhibit organised by Goldsmiths University​

2020  - Les Muséales de Tourouvre, Solo Exhibition of Photographic work and Videos created in collaboration with Dance Company Association Mouvement Artrope and Jean-François Cavro, Sound creator, Tourouvre, France 

2019  -  'Y'a Plus de Saisons' Festival, Collective exhibit and cultural manifestation, Ségrie, France 

2017  -  Grahame Galleries for ABBE (Artists Books Brisbane Event), Brisbane, Australia​

2017  -  La Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Collective Exhibit of Photographic Artist Books, Paris, France ​

2015  -  La Sorbonne, Paris 4, Collective Exhibit of Photographic Artist Books, Paris, France

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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

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2017 - Artist book Elles Respirent Toujours Purchased by Queensland State Library for permanent exhibit.

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ARTIST COMPETITIONS

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2017 - Artist book competition to exhibit in the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

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RESIDENCIES/LABS/FORUMS​

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2022 - Artist Residency in Cadaqués, Costa Brava

2022 - Dox Invitro, Slovakia (For An Instant of Non-Existence)

2022 - MIA Doc Pitching Forum (Lost for Words)

2022 - Ji.hlava Market Forum (An Instant of Non-Existence)

2023 - KFF Market Forum (Lost for Words)

2023 - Docfest Sheffield AR Talent Forum (Geopoetics)

2023 - IDFA Doclab Pitching Forum (Geopoetics)

2024 - Eso Doc (For An Instant of Non-Existence)​

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