Sophie Dascal

Sophie Dascal obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in philosophy and history of art in 2013. Afterwards she studied aesthetics of cinema and obtained a Master of Arts in History of Film with specialisation in Theories/Practices from the University of Lausanne in 2015. She dedicated her Master thesis on a study about the relation between philosophy and cinema in the work of Jean Epstein, author that prompted her to get involved in filmmaking. She joins the HEAD cinema department in Geneva in 2015 where she continues her reflexion at the intersection between theory and practice and the relation between philosophy and cinema. In the course of her studies at the University of Lausanne, she directed a few short films and took part into various performances which combined music and moving images. Since her joining the HEAD in Geneva she directed a short 16mm film: »The Fanatics of the World Behind« in which she focussed on the concept of transformation, both human and mechanised, chemical and conceptual. At the moment, she is working on a new film: »Succubus: 1st Movement« which questions the current economic system.