Born in Paris, Aïda Maigre-Touchet studied Film at University of Paris and Concordia University in Montreal, on her way to a Master’s in Film Production, graduating with high honours. Working both in France and in Canada, her first film Kiyukta was awarded an honourable mention for best emerging documentary filmmaker. Her first productions allowed her to take part in the 2009 Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin, Germany. Her second documentary film Elegy for Port-au-Prince was screened internationally in some prestigious documentary film festivals such as Cinema du Reel (Paris) and Visions du Reel (Switzerland). In 2013, Aïda Maigre-Touchet became Laureate of the Louis Lumière Residencies Program. In 2018, she achieves her fist feature film Les flâneries du voyant.
Filmography
Les flâneries du voyant (72 min / 2018)
Elegy for Port-au-Prince (12 min / 2011)
Forests (5 min / 2008)
Kiyoukta (40 min / 2008)