
Directing
Ugo Bienvenu
Born 1987-05-10
Ugo Bienvenu is a French illustrator, director, publisher and producer based in Paris. Because his father was a diplomat, Ugo grew up in Guatemala, in Tchad, in Paris and in Mexico. His comic credits include: Fog, Sphere of existence, Paiement accepté, L’entretien, Premium+ and System Preference. He has also written Appel en Absence and B.O, Comme un Dieu. As well as comics, Ugo has produced short movies, music videos and advertisements out of his studio Remembers, publishes content from his own publishing house Réalistes, and has directed the Oscar-nominated animated feature movie Arco starring Natalie Portman.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.5Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.
Arco
2025
7.5Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.
Arco
2025
7.5Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.
Arco
2025
6.0Dad irons. Child tidies up. Mum breathes out.
Mom
2013
6.0Dad irons. Child tidies up. Mum breathes out.
Mom
2013
NRDuring a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.
God Is Shy
2026
5.3Gretchen unmoulds a jar of jelly in her room while her parents picnic in the garden. The jelly comes to life, the girl begins a frenzied dance with her new friend "Jelly".
Jelly Sunday
2009
4.0While waiting for the end of the world, Max and Norbert chat.
The End of the World
2012
7.0A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
A Kind of Testament
2023
7.0"Y" hears a sound next door.
Je t'aime
2010
NRFourteen-year-old Otto writes a suicide letter to his family and classmates, but his attempt fails. Too ashamed to go back home, he hides. As night falls, he roams the city streets like a ghost—until a girl from his high school, Léna, recognizes him.
Goodbye Cruel World
2026
NRA discreet hole in the wall provides the middle-aged protagonist of this moodily inked, ennui-infused short with stolen views of the young woman next door.
An Island
2012
NRA discreet hole in the wall provides the middle-aged protagonist of this moodily inked, ennui-infused short with stolen views of the young woman next door.
An Island
2012
7.0Tim lost his father a few months ago. Today, he is about to break up with his boyfriend Émile. Confined to his home, Tim delves into the memories of their relationship, mingled with his father's. Refusing to accept the separation, he embarks on a desperate digital hunt to find Émile.
Farewell Emile
2024
6.5No men left on earth, only maintenance programed robots. Mikki, the robot from the Opera Garnier is not an exception. Every night, at nightfall, he projects on the stage mysterious pictures of a dancer, as a last memory of mankind.
L'entretien
2019
6.5No men left on earth, only maintenance programed robots. Mikki, the robot from the Opera Garnier is not an exception. Every night, at nightfall, he projects on the stage mysterious pictures of a dancer, as a last memory of mankind.
L'entretien
2019
