Coralie Lavergne

After a career in international relations, Coralie began writing screenplays and directing in 2018.

She has directed three short films, which have been selected at over a hundred international festivals and broadcast on Arte. Multiple identities and reconnecting with one’s origins are central themes in her work, which she began exploring with her short film Aïcha (2024) and continues with À bord, la vie.

She won the Grand Prize at the Valence Screenwriters’ Festival and is currently developing her first feature film as well as a series project with Atlantiques Productions (Mediawan)

Brother and Sister

Pre-Writing Workshop 2018 / Groupe Ouest Développement

After ten years away, Edmée returns to her childhood home. She discovers that her brother, Alex, has stayed and is raising his four-year-old son alone. Alex doesn’t welcome her return. But Edmée sees the child as the perfect ally to reconnect with her brother.

À bord, la vie
(On board, life)

Sélection Annuelle 2024

Off the coast of countries where abortion is prohibited, Amal’s humanitarian team carries out abortions legally at sea. As they prepare their next mission in Morocco, Amal receives a call from Malika (15 years old). If Amal thinks that she perfectly masters her mission, everything changes when she understands how the personal story of the teenager resonates with hers. Her determination to get her on board is now limitless.