Director

"How should we represent animals? Sylvère Petit reverses the perspective. Rather, he returns it to them. It is to the animals that the perspective now belongs. This is the theme that drives him: to create our presence in the world through their lens"

- Vinciane Despret, philosopher

Sylvère Petit adopts the visual image as a lens to explore the living world and challenge anthrocentric perspectives. Born in Nîmes in 1981, trained in cinema and beekeeping, he has been photographing animals since 1996 and making films for cinema and television since 2009.

Filmography
Vivant parmi les vivants - Feature documentary in post production, Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, Iota Production et ARTE
La Baleine - Feature fiction, Les Films d’ici Méditerranée
Ani-maux - 2017, Les Films d’ici, Les Films d’ici Méditerranée – documentary, 52’
Biòu - 2014, Les Films d’ici Méditerranée – documentary 7’
Les Assoiffés - 2014, C-P Productions, Ten to Ten Films – fiction, 23’
Entre miel et terre - 2012, Pages et Images – documentary, 52’
Les Ventileuses - 2010, Les Arts buissonniers – fiction, 30’

Photography Exhibitions
Les Métamorphoses - Bayonne, Narbonne, 2021
Nature(s) - Galerie Chai du Terral, Saint Jean de Védas, 2019
Les LABOS de la baleine - Parc naturel régional de la narbonnaise, 2018/2019