Nora Mandray

Nora is a multilingual director and documentary filmmaker based in Berlin. Her eclectic filmography includes short and feature-length documentaries addressing a variety of social and political topics. Among his notable works are “Fluid Lagos” (2024), “Murderabilia” (2023), which won several festivals, and “Eli: A Dog in my Cell” (2021) co-directed with MAKO Films. His work has been selected and rewarded at numerous prestigious international festivals such as the Berlinale, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Hot Docs.

Nora has also participated in several artistic residencies, including at Villa Lena in Italy and at the Goethe Institute in Berlin. She received various grants and grants to support her projects, such as the Scam*Brouillon d'un Rêve writing grant in 2020.

A qualified diver, Nora masters several languages and has technical skills in assembly and production. Her creative approach and her commitment to social issues make her a unique voice in the contemporary documentary landscape.

Nora would bring a unique and poetic approach to the project, rooted in her vision of hydrofeminism and her conception of films as “empathy machines.” Her experience as a writer-director, combined with her recent exploration of the theme of water during a residency in Lagos, allows her to approach the subject of whales with particular sensitivity to environmental and scientific issues.

Nora's desire to place nature at the heart of the story and his interest in representing contemporary scientific questions would be valuable for the project. Her collaborative approach and her experience in collective creation would enrich the creative process of the residency. Moreover, her ability to see the whale as a subject that is both ancestral and mysterious could lead to a documentary that skilfully blends science, poetry and environmental thinking, thus offering a new perspective on these marine creatures and their surprising presence in the Mediterranean.