About
Muriel d'Ansembourg studied Screenwriting in Amsterdam and ran a production company in The Netherlands before settling in London. She has written, directed and shot award-winning short films and documentaries. Her short film Play which she wrote and directed in her second year at LFS won 9 awards and was selected at over 30 film festivals world-wide. During her studies at the LFS she developed a strong theme in her work: powerful dramas about teens and pre-teens exploring the rawness and excitement of teenage life and all its hidden secrets. She found herself drawn to slightly edgy coming-of-age stories in which the characters have a youthful hunger to push boundaries whilst maintaining a vulnerability that brings genuine moments of intimacy. Good Night is her graduation film for which she received a distinction and has since gone on to win awards and a BAFTA Nomination (2013).
Muriel d'Ansembourg
LFS Filmography
Good Night, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 28m, LFS/BLINDEYE FILMS/FRAME/THE FARM, 2011
Nominated at the British Academy Film Awards 2013 (BAFTA) / Jury Award at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2012 / Winner at the California Independent Film Festival 2012 / Best Director at the ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival 2013 / Jury Award at the International Short Film Festival of Cergy-Pontoise 2013 / Aust-Agder Youth Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival 2013 / Special Mention at the NexT International Short and Medium Length Film Festival 2013
Sharp Edges, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 12m, LFS, 2009
Play, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, B&W, 11m, LFS, 2008
Best Directing Fastnet Film Festival 2009, Ireland / Grand Prix Jan Machulski International Independent Feature FilmFestival 2009, Poland / Best Short Film Award Cabbagetown Film Festival 2009, Canada / Best Drama and Best of Festival Inspire Film Festival 2009, United Kingdom / Audience Award Short Film Review 2009, Poland / Directors Choice Award Next Frame: UFVA's Touring Festival 2009, US / Special Mention for Directing International Festival of Student Films Pisek 2009, Czech Republic / Grand Prix ESAP international film school festival 2009/Portugal. Official selections & screenings: Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2009, Brasil /Glimmer Hull International Short Film Festival 2009, United Kingdom (competition Best UK short) / KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin 2009, Germany / International Short Film Festival Leuven 2009, Belgium / Corto In Stabia International Short Film Festival 2009, Italy / Sardinia Film Festival 2009, Italy / Con-Can Movie Festival 2009, Japan / Open Air Film Fest Weiterstadt 2009, Germany / Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival 2009, Canada / Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival 2009, Russia / FIDEC 2009/Belgium / Skena-Up 2009, Kososvo...and many more...
Just Another Day, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2007
Diploma at the Festival of Nations (Festival der Nationen) 2007 Ebensee, Austria / Exposures Student Film Festival, 2009, UK
Capturing Space, CAMERA OPERATOR, 16mm, 12m, LFS, 2007
Edinburgh Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, London International Documentary Festival, Exposures Student Film Festival, Moscow International Student Festival, Channel M’s Urban Life Award.