Michelle Serieux

Biography

Michelle Serieux is a Caribbean filmmaker originally from Saint Lucia, working in fiction, non-fiction and interactive media. Her creative development has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, The Alter-Cine Foundation, amongst others. She holds a MA in Film + Cinema Studies from Columbia University (Honours in Narrative Strategies for New Media) and a BA (First Class Honours) in Media and Communication, Drama and Cultural Studies from the University of the West Indies. Her work has screened at film festivals and art spaces in the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Company profile

Imagine Caribbean is a boutique production company based in Saint Lucia, focused on presenting unique screen-stories about the Caribbean. Our primary focus is on narratives that tackle social justice issues specific to the socio-cultural tapestry of the Caribbean and the global south. We work in fiction, non-fiction and interactive media. Our most recent non-fiction project Don’t Come Searching, an international collaboration with Canadian filmmaker Andrew Moir, recently had its world premiere at HotDocs 2022. Current projects in development include the supernatural thriller Black Madonna, and a hybrid new media project the Virgin and the Whore.

Line Up

Black Madonna by Michelle Serieux (Fiction, 80’, 2023)

The Virgin and the Whore by Michelle Serieux (Interactive, Hybrid, 78’, 2024)