Sandra Kobanovitch
Sandra Kobanovitch in September 2019
Born
Rueil-Malmaison, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Director, Photographer, Screenwriter

Sandra Kobanovitch, also known by the pseudonym Sandra-Jessica Koban (born in 1993 in Rueil-Malmaison, France), is a French director, photographer, and screenwriter.

Biography

Sandra Kobanovitch was born in 1993 in Rueil-Malmaison, France..[1].

Her life was marked by a traumatic childhood[1][2][3]. At the age of three, her mother became quadriplegic following a suicide attempt and died a year later[2]. With her father in prison, Sandra was left alone with her older sister who suffers from a mental disability. They were both raised by their maternal grandparents in Normandy[1][2][3].

In 2015, she produced her first short film: Scratch, the story of an encounter between a lost young woman and an elderly prostitute[4].

This first film was presented at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival[5][6]. She also starred in her own film alongside Grégory Gatignol, known for his role in Les Choristes[4][1].

That same year, she met actor Samy Naceri at Cannes during the festival. She offered him the leading role in her next short film: Heliopsis, which deals with post-incarceration reintegration[7].

In 2016, Heliopsis was selected for the Women in Film festival[n 1] in Vancouver, Canada[8]. It won the "Best Cinematography Award" at the festival[9][10]

As a photographer, she won an award in 2024 in the Fine Art category at the TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) in Japan[11][12].

Filmography

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Full name: "Vancouver International Women in Film Festival" (VIWIFF).

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nanterre: Sandra, 22, to present her short film at Cannes". Le Parisien (in French). 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. ^ a b c "The raw life at Cannes". Paris-Normandie (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ a b "Cinema: Naceri in reintegration", L'Obs, Thursday, September 3, 2015, p. 102.
  4. ^ a b "Evreux: Sandra-Jessica Koban presents her short film at Cannes". France 3 Normandie (in French). 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: a young woman from Nanterre climbs the steps to present her short film - France Bleu". France Bleu (in French). 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ "A director from Évreux presents her first film at the Cannes Festival". actu.fr (in French). 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. ^ "The young director from Nanterre directed Samy Naceri". Le Parisien (in French). 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  8. ^ "Women In Film + Television Vancouver - VIWIFF 2016 Films", womeninfilm.ca.
  9. ^ "Vancouver International Women in Film Festival announces 2016 awards", Wiftv, March 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "Best of the Festival Awards - VIWIFF 2016", womeninfilm.ca.
  11. ^ "Tokyo Foto Awards - Single Winner". tokyofotoawards.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  12. ^ "Sandra Kobanovitch : « Mon côté cassos, je le chéris beaucoup »" (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  13. ^ "Scratch". Allociné.
  14. ^ "Heliopsis". Allociné.

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