Stephanie Sant is a filmmaker, writer and performer born in Malta and based in France. From an early age she wrote stories and plays that she would act out with her brother and sisters. In parallel to this, she studied and played the harp and the piano at Johann Strauss School of Music, Valletta for 12 years. She graduated with a Master's in Arts in Photography from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London in 2016. Besides her short films (see filmography/video) her notable projects involve her frequent collaborations with artist filmmaker Célia Hay, in being selected for the creative team for the San Marino Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennale and being a performer in Olivier de Sagazan's two creations, Hybridation and La Messe de l'Âne. She is the co-creator and writer of Lazuli Studio.
Calendar Autumn 2021 02-03/09Hybridation, performance by and with Olivier de Sagazan, at Festival unidram in Potsdam, Berlin 03-11/09 My complete short film, "Perpetual Child" in competition in the section "Solace" at Minikino Film Week in Bali, Indonesia 18/09 My short film in development, "Lac" will be presented during the Strasbourg Fantasy Film Festival as part of SOFilm 20-21/09 performance "La Messe de l'Ane" by Olivier de Sagazan at International Marionnettes Festival in Charleville-Mezieres. 08/10 screening of "Perpetual Child" as part of the "Echoes" section at Fest New Directors Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal 10/10 pitch of feature length project, "A Fleur de Roche" co-written with Olivier de Sagazan at Festival Atmosphères, Courbevoie 06/11 Essay "Us Performing Holobionts" will be published in the new Anthology of Maltese writers by London-based publishing house Praspar Press at the National Book Fair, Malta 11/11 premiere of "Sur les Fleurs la Nuit", short film at Festival Instants Video Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille 14-21/11 participation in Kinemastik Short Film Festival in collaboration with The One Minutes 01-30/11 Perpetual Child programmed in the online European Union Film Festival in India Collaborations Being a multidisciplinary artist, Stephanie is very open to collaborations that notably involve filmmaking, performing and writing. Stephanie has worked as a life model in numerous art schools and art studios in Malta for the last 4 years. She is a script-doctor in training and can offer advice, feedback and criticism on treatments and scripts for early-career filmmakers at fair prices. Her fine art photography can be available as customised prints on archival Hahnemuehle paper.
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Publications Us Performing Holobionts in "Scintillas: New Maltese Writing" published by Praspar Press, UK-MT (2021) Desiring my own Apocalypse Research Paper for MA Photography at Central Saint Martins, UAL, UK (2016) Poetry contribution in Ex-Nihilo published by Samuel Sultana, UK (2012)