[ Behind ] the scene
Giselle E. Chan
Director of [ GEC ]
(1994, Argentina). Director and audiovisual designer. She graduated from the BA in Image and Sound Design (2019) and the postgraduate Audiovisual Documentary. Narrate and represent the real (2021), both at the University of Buenos Aires. She specializes in post-production, cinema of the real, and immersive formats.
She has over 10 years of experience developing projects for design and communication agencies, companies, start-ups, and TV and film production companies.
‘Lapso, una espera’ (2018) is her first short film, premiered at BAFICI [20] (Argentina, 2018) in the Official Argentine Short Film Competition, and later selected in 12 other national and international festivals, including A l'Est du Nouveau (France, 2019) and FESTIFREAK (15º International Festival of Independent Cinema of La Plata, Argentina, 2019) where it received the Special Jury Mention within the Argentine Short Film Competition.
She designed the interactive VR experience ‘La caligrafía de los 15 escalones’ (2019) selected at the VR31 Immersive Technologies Festival (Argentina, 2020).
Her essay film 'Lo que dure' (2023) premiered at the VI Austral International Film Festival (Argentina, 2024).
‘Desvanecer, allí y acá latente’ (2024) is her first feature film produced with the support of INCAA, and premiered at Cinema Gaumont in 2024. From this film emerged the interactive VR documentary ‘Vivencias Aisladas’ (2024), selected at the 24FRAME Future Film Festival (Italy, 2024).
She directed the documentary short film 'I due orizzonti' (2024) during the Laguna Film Lab artistic residency (Chioggia, Italy, 2024), premiered at Giornate degli Autori at the Venice Lido as part of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, and was later selected for the 'Focus Nordest' section at the Edera Film Festival (Italy, 2025), where it received the ‘Celebrating Life’ Award for Best Film on inclusion, tolerance, and multiculturalism.
During the workshop ’Cinematic Worldbuilding: a spatial montage’ at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Immersive Arts (Italy), she created the interactive VR ‘Ca’ del Sol’ (2024).
