Isabelle Tollenaere is an independent filmmaker and artist from Belgium, making short filmd, feature-length films, and installations, playfully moving between the codes and conventions of documentary and fiction, film and contemporary art. In her practice she mainly explores the connections between current shifts in reality and memory of the past. Her filmography includes the short films Viva Paradis (2011), The Remembered Film (2018), and The Fruit Tree (2022), and the feature-length films Battles (2015) and Victoria (2020). She’s currently developing a new feature film called Paris, Paris. Her films have been shown at the Venice International Film Festival, Berlinale Forum (Caligari Film Prize 2020), IFFR (Fipresci Award 2015), Centre Pompidou, Viennale, Visions Du Réel, FID Marseille, IDFA, CPH:DOX, 25FPS (Grand Jury Prize 2018), IndieLisboa (Special Jury Prize 2020), and many others.