Director biography – Stéphane Martinet

Film in competition in 2026 – A BRUSHSTROKE

Pierre, an internationally renowned painter suffering from writer’s block, hasn’t painted in his preferred genre since his wife’s funeral. On the advice of his best friend and agent, he paints a nude. It’s a masterpiece. A violent snowstorm the following night shatters the painting and destroys the artist’s studio. At dawn, Pierre discovers the devastation. A woman is lying on his sofa. She tells him she is the woman in his painting…