Ganaël Dumreicher (AUT/LUX) is a filmmaker, composer, and sound artist exploring the intersections of environmentalism, science, and the relationship between architecture and the human body. Collaboration is central to his practice, with films, installations, and sound works engaging speculative narratives and material realities, often based on scientific research and political structures.

His work has received international recognition, including awards such as Best Directing at the Subtropical Film Festival in Taipei, Best Experimental Short at Animafantasia in Romania, the Jury Award at Cinemanext Salzburg, and an Honorable Mention for Artistic Achievement at VIS. His films and installations have been showcased at over 60 international festivals and exhibited at institutions such as Belvedere 21 (Vienna), Triennale di Milano, and Deichtorhallen/Sammlung Falckenberg (Hamburg/Harburg).

Ganaël studied electroacoustic and experimental composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, political science at the University of Vienna, and transmedia art with Jakob Lena Knebl at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Awards & Residencies:

2024 Subtropical Film Festival Taipei (TWN) – Best Film Director

2024 Animafantasia Award (RO) – Best Experimental Short

2023 Cinemanext Tour Salzburg (AT) – Jury Price

2023 Vienna Shorts (AT) – Honorary mention for Artistic Achievement

2021 Impact Academy – Residency Villa Schapira

2o18 Créajeune Metz (FR) – Award for  Humor et derision

2016 Creme Fraiche (LU) – 1st Price for Mini Short

Filmography:

2025 The woman whose head was an asteroid

2025 Brute Force (Co-Direction)

2024 Memory of a Mycelium

2024 Psyche16

2023 Kiesler’s Body

2023 Yin Yang Revisited

2023 Alabaster

2023 Neon Gold

2022 Aeon

2021 Otoportrait

2021 Brood & Parasite (Co-Direction & Sound)

2020 Voy

2019 ALICE (Co-Direction)