Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray is an artist, writer and anthropologist based in Singapore and New York. She worked in the humanitarian and development fields before turning to the arts when she moved to Brazil. She studied filmmaking and visual arts in Rio de Janeiro and has received several international awards for her experimental and video-dance films. Her work has been featured in festivals including Les États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), Experiments in Cinema (USA), the Anthology Film Archives (NYC), Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Brazil), and Women in Film and TV Showcase Awards (USA). Her immersive video-installations have been exhibited in contemporary art shows and galleries in Brazil and New York.
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Education
Práticas Artísticas Contemporâneas (scholarship) at Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (EAV Parque Lage), Rio de Janeiro, 2014-2015
Direção & Edição, Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2011-2013
MSc Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics, 2008
BA Cultural Anthropology, Tufts University, 2005
Anthropological fieldwork/study abroad, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba, 2004
Direção & Edição, Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2011-2013
MSc Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics, 2008
BA Cultural Anthropology, Tufts University, 2005
Anthropological fieldwork/study abroad, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba, 2004
Filmography
Ex Situ (2020, 4min, Color, Full HD)
Jungle (2020, Color, stop motion animation)
Plague (2020, Color, stop motion animation)
Windfall (2015, 8min, Color, Full HD)
Syv (2015, 14min, Color, Full HD)
The Prayer (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Carps (2015, 4min, Color, Full HD)
être chat (2014, 20min, Color, Full HD)
Brincante Com Fogo (2014, 14min, Color/BW)
Rito de Passagem (2014, 11min, Color, Full HD)
Casa Sem Janela (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Entranhar (2012, 4min, Color, Full HD)
Os Bamba (2014, 15min, Color, Full HD)
Casas Marcadas (2012, 10min, Color, Full HD)
Jungle (2020, Color, stop motion animation)
Plague (2020, Color, stop motion animation)
Windfall (2015, 8min, Color, Full HD)
Syv (2015, 14min, Color, Full HD)
The Prayer (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Carps (2015, 4min, Color, Full HD)
être chat (2014, 20min, Color, Full HD)
Brincante Com Fogo (2014, 14min, Color/BW)
Rito de Passagem (2014, 11min, Color, Full HD)
Casa Sem Janela (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Entranhar (2012, 4min, Color, Full HD)
Os Bamba (2014, 15min, Color, Full HD)
Casas Marcadas (2012, 10min, Color, Full HD)
Awards
WINNER at the 2014 Videomovimiento International Videodance Competition (Colombia) for "Rito de Passagem".
BEST DIRECTION for “Rito de Passagem” at the 2014 Caeté International Film Festival (Brazil)
BEST SHORT FILM for "Os Bamba” at the 2014 Macaé International Film Festival (Brazil).
BEST DOCUMENTARY for "Casas Marcadas” at the 2013 Festival Visões Periféricas (Brazil)
Sound Mixing Award for “Rito de Passagem,” CtAv (Centro Técnico AudioVisual), Rio de Janeiro, 2014
BEST DIRECTION for “Rito de Passagem” at the 2014 Caeté International Film Festival (Brazil)
BEST SHORT FILM for "Os Bamba” at the 2014 Macaé International Film Festival (Brazil).
BEST DOCUMENTARY for "Casas Marcadas” at the 2013 Festival Visões Periféricas (Brazil)
Sound Mixing Award for “Rito de Passagem,” CtAv (Centro Técnico AudioVisual), Rio de Janeiro, 2014
Nominations/Mentions
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST PERFORMANCE & BEST SOUND for "Rito de Passagem" at the 6th Singapore Short Film Awards
WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION SHOWCASE AWARD for "Rito de Passagem"
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for "Rito de Passagem" at the 2015 Film Miami Fest.
HONORARY MENTION for "Casas Marcadas" at the 12° International Recine Festival (Brazil).
WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION SHOWCASE AWARD for "Rito de Passagem"
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for "Rito de Passagem" at the 2015 Film Miami Fest.
HONORARY MENTION for "Casas Marcadas" at the 12° International Recine Festival (Brazil).
Screenings (over 50 film festivals -un-updated since 2016, so here goes some:)
Anthology Film Archives - New York City, 2016
Experimental Film Society - Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Cine MAMM Ciudad del Río - Colombia, 2016
28e Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques - France, 2015
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | CineAutopsia - Colombia, 2015
CineJoia. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
Cine Cabeça #4. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
9 São Carlos Videodance Festival - Brazil, 2015
Festival Ibrida pluri | Espace Notre-Dame - Canada, 2015
Mex-Parismental Film Festival - France, 2015
Pirámide Selva (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Nov 2015
Curta o Curta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2015
Festival Imagem Movimento (Amapá, Brazil), Oct 2015
Miami Film Fest (USA), July 2015
Mediawave Festival (Hungary), May 2015
IVAHM (Spain), April 2015
Stockholm ScreenDance Festival (Sweden), April 2015
Experiments in Cinema (Albuquerque, USA), Apr 2015
Women in Film and Television Showcase Award (worldwide), Mar 2015
Multiverse Film Festival (NYC, USA), Mar 2015
Singapore Short Films Awards (Singapore), Mar 2015
Mostra do Filme Livre (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Mar 2015
Women’s Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mar 2015
II Bienal da UNE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Feb 2015
II Bienal de Pequenos Formatos (São Paulo, Brazil), Jan 2015
États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), 2014
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil), 2014
IX International Butoh Festival Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) Dec 2014
Short Cutz Express Viseu (Lisbon, Portugal), Dec 2014
Jump The Cut (Singapore), Dec 2014
Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Nov 2014
Breaking 8 International Videodance Festival (Cagliari, Italy), Nov 2014
5th Siligari Short Film and Documentary Contest (Siligari, India), Nov 2014
X Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2014
Cinemaissi (Helsinki, Finland), Oct 2014
Festival Brésil en Mouvement (Paris, France), Oct 2014
International Film Festival of Macaé (Macaé, Brazil), Oct 2014
Danxica Int'l Contemporary Dance Festival (Cancún, Mexico), Oct 2014
I Mostra Internacional de Dança Imagens em Movimento a Céu Aberto (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil), Oct 2014
Festival Internacional Imagen en Movimiento (Bogotá, Colombia), Oct 2014
Cuerpo Digital V Festival Internacional de Videodanza (Cochabamba, Bolívia), Oct 2014
XIX Festival Encuentro con la Muerte, (Mexico City), Oct 2014
Meta House Short Film Screening, (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Sept 2014
Festival Oeste en Movimiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Proyecto Corporalidad Expandido (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Jamboree International Festival at Icat Gallery (Ventiane, Laos), Sept 2014
Rio International Film Festival, RioScreenings, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Sept 2014
Cherry's Film Festival (Merosina, Serbia), Sept 2014
FotoAtiva 30 Year Exhibition, 2014 (Bélem, Brazil), Aug 2014
Mostra Video Poema de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil), Aug 2014
VIII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), July 2014
VIII São Carlos International Video Dance Festival (São Carlos, Brazil), July 2014
VII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), June 2013
NuHub São Paulo International Exhibition 2013 (São Paulo, Brazil) Oct 2013
VIII Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2012
Goldsmith International Ethnographic Film Festival (London, UK), Mar 2010
Experimental Film Society - Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Cine MAMM Ciudad del Río - Colombia, 2016
28e Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques - France, 2015
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | CineAutopsia - Colombia, 2015
CineJoia. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
Cine Cabeça #4. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
9 São Carlos Videodance Festival - Brazil, 2015
Festival Ibrida pluri | Espace Notre-Dame - Canada, 2015
Mex-Parismental Film Festival - France, 2015
Pirámide Selva (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Nov 2015
Curta o Curta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2015
Festival Imagem Movimento (Amapá, Brazil), Oct 2015
Miami Film Fest (USA), July 2015
Mediawave Festival (Hungary), May 2015
IVAHM (Spain), April 2015
Stockholm ScreenDance Festival (Sweden), April 2015
Experiments in Cinema (Albuquerque, USA), Apr 2015
Women in Film and Television Showcase Award (worldwide), Mar 2015
Multiverse Film Festival (NYC, USA), Mar 2015
Singapore Short Films Awards (Singapore), Mar 2015
Mostra do Filme Livre (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Mar 2015
Women’s Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mar 2015
II Bienal da UNE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Feb 2015
II Bienal de Pequenos Formatos (São Paulo, Brazil), Jan 2015
États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), 2014
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil), 2014
IX International Butoh Festival Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) Dec 2014
Short Cutz Express Viseu (Lisbon, Portugal), Dec 2014
Jump The Cut (Singapore), Dec 2014
Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Nov 2014
Breaking 8 International Videodance Festival (Cagliari, Italy), Nov 2014
5th Siligari Short Film and Documentary Contest (Siligari, India), Nov 2014
X Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2014
Cinemaissi (Helsinki, Finland), Oct 2014
Festival Brésil en Mouvement (Paris, France), Oct 2014
International Film Festival of Macaé (Macaé, Brazil), Oct 2014
Danxica Int'l Contemporary Dance Festival (Cancún, Mexico), Oct 2014
I Mostra Internacional de Dança Imagens em Movimento a Céu Aberto (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil), Oct 2014
Festival Internacional Imagen en Movimiento (Bogotá, Colombia), Oct 2014
Cuerpo Digital V Festival Internacional de Videodanza (Cochabamba, Bolívia), Oct 2014
XIX Festival Encuentro con la Muerte, (Mexico City), Oct 2014
Meta House Short Film Screening, (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Sept 2014
Festival Oeste en Movimiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Proyecto Corporalidad Expandido (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Jamboree International Festival at Icat Gallery (Ventiane, Laos), Sept 2014
Rio International Film Festival, RioScreenings, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Sept 2014
Cherry's Film Festival (Merosina, Serbia), Sept 2014
FotoAtiva 30 Year Exhibition, 2014 (Bélem, Brazil), Aug 2014
Mostra Video Poema de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil), Aug 2014
VIII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), July 2014
VIII São Carlos International Video Dance Festival (São Carlos, Brazil), July 2014
VII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), June 2013
NuHub São Paulo International Exhibition 2013 (São Paulo, Brazil) Oct 2013
VIII Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2012
Goldsmith International Ethnographic Film Festival (London, UK), Mar 2010
Exhibitions
03/2019 Selection of drawings, The Art Students League, New York City, USA.
15/01/2016 Sem título [pássaro morto e musgo], "ADIV Volume 7", Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12/12/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Ipanema] video-installation, "SOBRECIDADE", Casa Kolor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
09-11/2015 Os Lotófagos video-installation, "Quarta feira de Cinzas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
07/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Geylang, Lorong 8] video-installation, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, RJ, Brazil.
07/2015 Em Singapura não tem corrupção, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11/2014 Rito de Passagem video-installation at Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil (curated by Cine Esquema Novo).
08/2014 Rito de Passagem, DeCurators gallery (Brasília, Brazil), Aug 2014.
05/2013 Group exhibition, Artistry, Singapore.
03/2013 Exhibition (solo), Cups ‘n Canvas, Singapore.
02/2013 Group exhibition (paintings), "Out of Sight", Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, Singapore.
15/01/2016 Sem título [pássaro morto e musgo], "ADIV Volume 7", Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12/12/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Ipanema] video-installation, "SOBRECIDADE", Casa Kolor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
09-11/2015 Os Lotófagos video-installation, "Quarta feira de Cinzas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
07/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Geylang, Lorong 8] video-installation, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, RJ, Brazil.
07/2015 Em Singapura não tem corrupção, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11/2014 Rito de Passagem video-installation at Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil (curated by Cine Esquema Novo).
08/2014 Rito de Passagem, DeCurators gallery (Brasília, Brazil), Aug 2014.
05/2013 Group exhibition, Artistry, Singapore.
03/2013 Exhibition (solo), Cups ‘n Canvas, Singapore.
02/2013 Group exhibition (paintings), "Out of Sight", Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, Singapore.
Private Collections (paintings)
Buenos Aires
Brussels
New York, Illinois, California
Paris
Sydney
Singapore
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Niterói, Natal
Brussels
New York, Illinois, California
Paris
Sydney
Singapore
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Niterói, Natal
Performance
Butoh-inspired performance in the film Gramatyka directed by Paloma Rocha, October 2014
A Linha Tênue - Butoh performance, part of Performar a Loucura at the Nise da Silveira Municipal Psychiatric Hospital, October 2013
Butoh performance at anti-FIFA protest, Praça Saens Peña, Rio de Janeiro, June 2014
Butoh-inspired performance featured in the film Entrelinhas by Saullo Farias Vasconcellos, September 2012
A Linha Tênue - Butoh performance, part of Performar a Loucura at the Nise da Silveira Municipal Psychiatric Hospital, October 2013
Butoh performance at anti-FIFA protest, Praça Saens Peña, Rio de Janeiro, June 2014
Butoh-inspired performance featured in the film Entrelinhas by Saullo Farias Vasconcellos, September 2012