Alice Douard

ActivitiesDirector, Screenwriter, Assistant director, Executive Producer, Co-producer, Continuity supervisor

SecteurCinéma

Biography

Alice Douard studied film directing at La Fémis. Her graduation film, Extrasystole, was selected for numerous festivals and won awards at Clermont-Ferrand and MyFrenchFilmFestival. She then directed several short films, including Girls in 2015 and Due West in 2019, while also working as a script supervisor. In 2022, she founded Les Films de June with Marie Boitard and directed Expecting, which won the César Award for Best Fiction Short Film in 2024 after a successful international run. That same year, she shot and coproduced her debut feature, Love Letters, which was selected for the Special Screenings at Critics’ Week, competed for the Caméra d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and was screened at numerous international festivals (Zurich, Hamburg, São Paulo, CINEMANIA, etc.). The film also won the Tomorrow in Sight label created by Unifrance and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Filmography(25)

Love Letters

(2025)

Changing Rooms

(2024)

Joana is Leaving

(2024)

Two People Exchanging Saliva

(2024)

I Swear

(2024)

The Marchionesses

(2023)

Totems

(2023)

Expecting

(2022)

Life

(2021)

Second Souffle

(2021)

Trip to Santarem

(2021)

Softie

(2021)

Due West

(2019)

Flexible

(2018)

Magnetic Harvest

(2018)

Herculaneum

(2016)

Girls

(2015)

Les Mâles ne vivent pas

(2015)

Manutention légère

(2014)

The Wanderer

(2014)

Extrasystole

(2013)

I Can’t Feel Speed Anymore

(2013)

The Believer

(2013)

Children of Marianne

(2012)

Peyotl

(2012)

17 NOVEMBER 2025

Alice Douard on 'Love Letters' (Des preuves d'amour)

Céline is about to become a mother, but it’s her wife Nadia who is pregnant. In Love Letters, Alice Douard follows this non-gestational mother as she searches for her place under the gaze of friends, family, and the law, questioning what makes someone a “real” parent.

After premiering earlier this year at Cannes in Critics’ Week, the film is now reaching new audiences, with releases in Belgium on November 19 and Switzerland on November 27.

In our interview, Alice Douard talks about queer parenthood, the fragile feeling of legitimacy, and how love can be both a protection and a battleground.

17 DECEMBER 2024

Alice Douard on her short film 'Expecting'

In the quiet corridors of a maternity ward, Céline’s journey of anticipation unfolds. As she awaits the birth of her first child, it’s Jeanne, her partner, who stands as her pillar. But the wait isn’t solitary. In the dim glow of the hospital’s entrance hall, she encounters others, bound by a shared, silent vigil.

‘Expecting’ is a tapestry of emotions, weaving together the threads of anticipation, companionship, and the profound journey of same-sex parenthood.🤰🏻

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