Céline Bava-Helms

Cowboy, Choker, Harness & Heart

A bathroom stall hookup gets complicated when some unexpected guests arrive.

Cross-Legged, As We Sat Through Time

A visual poem exploring female relationships and intimacy. A journey across the different stages of a friendship that emphasizes both the unique fragility of female bonds and the extent in which they impact our identity as women. Cross-legged was shot combining different formats, both digital and film

Soredia

During an improvised trip to the California mountains, a self-conscious French girl studying in the US finds herself lost and, desperate for a sense of belonging, decides to act on her growing obsession towards her charismatic new friend.

Kajillionaire

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

LEAVING LEBANON

As war rages outside the walls of their apartment in Beirut, Lebanon, a family strives to carry on with life as normal while finding a way to say goodbye to their home.