Photo by Nelta Kasparian
Mélodie Roulaud is a Franco-British visual artist working with photography and moving image. She explores lived bodily experience, identity, and modes of representation. Her research is rooted in a critical reflection on the power and influence of imagery on self-perception and our presence in the world. Her collaborative approach blurs the boundaries between author and subject, places the body and sensory experience at the centre, and aims to create dialogue between individual and collective lived experiences.
This approach is embodied in "Fragments" (2023-2024), a multi-award-winning documentary video series that reveals the bodily experiences of trans and non-binary people, receiving Best Super Short Film awards at New York Super Short Film Festival (2024) and Doc. Berlin Documentary Film Festival (2023), and Best Underground Film at Lisbon International Film Festival (2025). In "Devenir Chair" (2025), she explores her own relationship with her body through multimedia installation. In her photographic series "Intertidal" (2025), she extends her collaborative approach to include the natural world: algae, sand, and seawater become co-creators through chemigrams and photograms.
Her work has been recognised through the Photoforum Prix 2025 (Photoforum Pasquart, Switzerland, December 2025 – February 2026), shortlisting for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery, 2024), and selection for Festival Impulse (Arles, 2026). Her work has been featured in publications including Fisheye Magazine, Nowness, THIIIRD Magazine, Half the Sky, and Art Doc Magazine.
Trained in literature at the Université du Maine and then in photography at the University of the Arts London, she began her career as a producer at Wanda Productions before moving into directing and photography. Alongside her artistic practice, she has directed commercial campaigns for brands including Dove and Durex. Based in London, she teaches at the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, while pursuing her artistic research.
PRIZES AND ACCOLADES
2025 LISBON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POR
Winner, Best Underground Film, “Fragments” Ep. 2
2024 TAYLOR WESSING, UK - Shortlist
Image from the series “Where is the Softness”
2024 NEW YORK SUPER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, US
Winner, Best Super Short Film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2024 SICILY PHOTO MASTERCLASS, IT
Grant winner to participate to the Masterclass with
Mimi Mollica, Mariama Attah and David Campany
2023 DOC. BERLIN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, GE
Winner, Best Super Short Film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2023 NOWNESS, UK, Online
Pick of the Day, Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
EXPOSITIONS / SCREENINGS / PUBLICATIONS
2026 FESTIVAL IMPULSE, Arles, FR
"Intertidal" series
2025 PRIX PHOTOFORUM 2025, Photoforum Pasquart, CH
"Intertidal" series
2025 THIIIRD MAGAZINE, UK
Fashion story, "Where is the Softness"
2025 FISHEYE MAGAZINE, Les Coups de Coeur, FR
Selected images from "Intertidal"
2025 DOC. LONDON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, UK
PARIS IN LOVE, FR
BRUSSELS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, BEL
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL, CA
GHENT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, BEL
CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEK, FR
WUNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, BEL
UAL FUTURE FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, UK
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 2
2025 CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEK, FR
UAL FUTURE FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, UK
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2024 LOS ANGELES SUPER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, USA
DOC. LONDON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, UK
THE LEE STRASBERG FILM FESTIVAL, USA
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 2
2024 A SHADED VIEW OF FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, FR - Dover Street Market Paris
Short films, “Fragments” Ep. 1 & 2
2024 RAW CANVAS SUMMER EXHIBITION, UK
Image from the series “Nowstalgia”, group exhbition
2024 LEYTONSTONE ART TRAIL, N1 CHURCH LANE, UK
Selected images from the series “Gravità”
2024 NEW YORK SUPER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, USA
DOC. LONDON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, UK
VENICE FILM WEEK, IT
DOC. SYDNEY FILM DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, AUS
FEMINIST BORDER ARTS FILM FESTIVAL, USA
NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, USA
DOC. BOSTON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, USA
AMSTERDAM INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, NL
BRUGES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BE
GRAND RAPIDS FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL, USA
TORONTO FILM WEEK, CAN
GHENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BE
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2023 DOC. BERLIN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, GE
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2023 NOWNESS, UK, Online
Short film, “Fragments” Ep. 1
2023 HALF THE SKY, ÉPHÉMÈRE, WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, JAP
Selected images from the series “Le Luci di Palermo”, publication