I don’t need your sympathy…
Pas besoin de votre sympathie…

A video of a beetle (insect) placed up side down and struggling to turn back over.

Pierre Yves Clouin has been working exclusively in film since 1995. He was born and is based in Paris. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and later exhibited his paintings and photos.

His work has been honoured with prizes and distinctions such as the Silver Spire Award San Francisco International Film Festival and Institut français Hors les murs residency Film, video/ Cinema.

His films have been screened at prestigious venues and selected in festivals worldwide, such as: the International Film Festivals of San Francisco, Chicago, Thessaloniki, Cork, Split, Moscow, Los Angeles; the Biennial of Moving Images Geneva; VideoBrasil; One Shot Film Festival, Yerevan; Videonale; Eurovideo Liege; International Video Art Forum Dammam; emaf; Ars Electronica; Sundance; FID, RISC, Marseille; FIFCA Angoulême and Les Inattendus Lyon; Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg; Stuttgarter Filmwinter; Kyiv International Short Film Festival ; Beijing International Short Film Festival; Festival Ecra, MAM Rio de Janeiro; BFI and Lux London; Modern Art Oxford; Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh; Dublin Art House; Saw Galery Ottawa; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; San Francisco Cinematheque ; Crossroads San Francisco; Anthology Film Archives (MIX NYC); Paula Cooper Gallery (New Art Program); Apexart New York City; Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn; Philadelphia Museum of American Art; Ben Maltz Gallery/Otis College of Art and Design and MOCA (LA Freewaves) Los Angeles; Esto Es Para Esto Monterrey; Cineteca Nacional México; México City’s Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo; Hong Kong Space Museum (Microwave International Media Art Festival); Museum of Africa Johannesburg; Guggenheim Bilbao (Zinebi); Pro Arte Institute St. Petersburg; M KHA Antwerp; Top Lab Berlin; Centre Pompidou (Rencontres Paris Berlin); Le Parvis; Musée Les Abattoirs – Frac Occitanie ; Villa Arson (Un festival c’est trop court!), and others.