We are Dream Vessel Films – a French feature film production company
creating cinema at the intersection of compelling storytelling, artistic ambition, and real-world impact.
We are Dream Vessel Films – a French feature film production company creating cinema at the intersection of compelling storytelling, artistic ambition, and real-world impact.
Some stories don’t just move you.
They move the world.
Some stories don’t just move you. They move the world.
Some stories don’t just move you. They move the world.
We craft films that matter. Stories that challenge the way we see each other, the way we see ourselves, and the world we’re building together. Every frame, every character, every narrative choice is made with purpose – because we believe the right story, told the right way, can shift perspectives, spark conversations, and inspire action long after the credits roll.
We craft films that matter. Stories that challenge the way we see each other, the way we see ourselves, and the world we’re building together. Every frame, every character, every narrative choice is made with purpose – because we believe the right story, told the right way, can shift perspectives, spark conversations, and inspire action long after the credits roll.
Featured Films
Explore the films we develop and produce, following each project from concept and development through production to completion.
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A science-fiction animated feature film that examines the world we live in and seeks to reveal the possibility of more harmonious alternatives.
Pitch: 2032. When a New Year's Eve show organized by a tech company in Seattle accidentally causes a rift in space-time, four strangers must navigate a rapidly changing world and open up to another reality that only certain people can access…
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A science-fiction animated feature film that examines the world we live in and seeks to reveal the possibility of more harmonious alternatives.
Pitch: 2032. When a New Year's Eve show organized by a tech company in Seattle accidentally causes a rift in space-time, four strangers must navigate a rapidly changing world and open up to another reality that only certain people can access…
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Theo doesn't speak. At just 9 years old, his dreams draw him inexorably back to Africa, far from Germany where he lives. When his mother pulls him out of school to leave for Namibia, where she is from, the child discovers that the world he has always carried within him is real. Where adults have learned to separate the living from the dead, the colonizers from the colonized, humans from animals, Theo perceives only a single, continuous world. (...)
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Theo doesn't speak. At just 9 years old, his dreams draw him inexorably back to Africa, far from Germany where he lives. When his mother pulls him out of school to leave for Namibia, where she is from, the child discovers that the world he has always carried within him is real. Where adults have learned to separate the living from the dead, the colonizers from the colonized, humans from animals, Theo perceives only a single, continuous world. (...)
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Starseed is centered on Loveness, a preteen girl with albinism living in the Zimbabwean township of Los Angeles, along with her spirited friends, Dumi and Gloria. Their world is parched by drought; the local river has dried up, and with it, Magagasi, the half-fish, half-snake river Goddess, has vanished. When King Black, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the future appears, Loveness and her friends embark on an adventure involving time travel, mythology, and the search for Magagasi, whose disappearance is linked to the community's crisis.
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Starseed is centered on Loveness, a preteen girl with albinism living in the Zimbabwean township of Los Angeles, along with her spirited friends, Dumi and Gloria. Their world is parched by drought; the local river has dried up, and with it, Magagasi, the half-fish, half-snake river Goddess, has vanished. When King Black, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the future appears, Loveness and her friends embark on an adventure involving time travel, mythology, and the search for Magagasi, whose disappearance is linked to the community's crisis.
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From the first rules imposed since birth to the turbulent tides of maternity, Motherhood traces one woman's intimate journey through memory, dream and surreal imagery. Deconstructing reality to reconstruct her inner world, the filmmaker questions what it truly costs to live — and to become a mother. Raw, ambivalent, and entirely personal.
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From the first rules imposed since birth to the turbulent tides of maternity, Motherhood traces one woman's intimate journey through memory, dream and surreal imagery. Deconstructing reality to reconstruct her inner world, the filmmaker questions what it truly costs to live — and to become a mother. Raw, ambivalent, and entirely personal.
Immersive Experiences
Discover the immersive projects we develop, where storytelling, technology, and audience participation come together to create new cinematic experiences.
We believe that emerging technologies can deepen the emotional connection between stories and audiences by placing participants at the centre of the story, inviting them to explore, interact, and reflect in ways that traditional cinema cannot.
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The Knot of Time is an immersive and interactive 6DoF virtual reality experience that blends African mythology, reflections on ecology, and cutting-edge technology. Set in Africa, considered the cradle of humanity, it invites the user to reconsider the relationship between humankind and the Earth and its resources, from the dawn of our history through our present era to a technological future that seems inevitable.
We believe that emerging technologies can deepen the emotional connection between stories and audiences by placing participants at the centre of the story, inviting them to explore, interact, and reflect in ways that traditional cinema cannot.
We believe that emerging technologies can deepen the emotional connection between stories and audiences by placing participants at the centre of the story, inviting them to explore, interact, and reflect in ways that traditional cinema cannot.
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The Knot of Time is an immersive and interactive 6DoF virtual reality experience that blends African mythology, reflections on ecology, and cutting-edge technology. Set in Africa, considered the cradle of humanity, it invites the user to reconsider the relationship between humankind and the Earth and its resources, from the dawn of our history through our present era to a technological future that seems inevitable.
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The Knot of Time is an immersive and interactive 6DoF virtual reality experience that blends African mythology, reflections on ecology, and cutting-edge technology. Set in Africa, considered the cradle of humanity, it invites the user to reconsider the relationship between humankind and the Earth and its resources, from the dawn of our history through our present era to a technological future that seems inevitable.
Cinema with Purpose
At Dream Vessel Films, we don’t just make movies. We build vessels for the dreams and hopes of a generation/world ready for something different.
Each project carries the DNA that has defined Anca Damian’s career – visual innovation combined with strong, urgent topics – now amplified for a global conversation.
The company also brings in producer Ruxandra Şerban and her Paris-based company Vent d’Est, strengthening the company’s international private equity expertise.
Each project carries the DNA that has defined Anca Damian’s career – visual innovation combined with strong, urgent topics – now amplified for a global conversation.
The company also brings in producer Ruxandra Şerban and her Paris-based company Vent d’Est, strengthening the company’s international private equity expertise.
News & Insights
Motherhood Selected for Sarajevo Film Festival
Motherhood, directed by Anca Damian, has been selected for the Narrative Short Film Competition of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. The film will screen as a regional premiere.
See full article: deadline.com
Annecy 2026 Shorts Selection – Motherhood in Official Competition (announced late March 2026)
Anca Damian returns in official competition at Annecy with “Motherhood”, a 17-minute short crafted around her own experience. The film is described as an 18-minute 2D/3D work, and it is a Belgium-France-Romania co-production. She was listed alongside Don Hertzfeldt, Koji Yamamura, and other major animation directors.
See full article: variety.com
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
Short Stories about Love and Space in Cartoon Movie 2025: International Projects to Watch
Anca Damian used the Cartoon Movie stage to show off her creativity and genius with Short Stories about Love and Space. The Romanian filmmaker takes inspiration from Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, as well as Elon Musk’s development of space rockets, and not forgetting his numerous accidents in this new space race, to create a complex immersion in science fiction.
The story, which will take place in just 24 hours – specifically during the New Year’s Eve that separates 2031 from 2032 – takes us to the American city for a spectacular celebration overshadowed by an incident that results in a strange temporal collision, which will fully impact the past, present and future of four strangers whose paths will be intertwined forever. One of the most celebrated projects of the forum, and one that has everything to extend the legacy of the multi-laureate filmmaker.
See full article: radixanimacion.com
The Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood
For the visionary perspective and intimate approach, the Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood. The project is a poetic journey into female body and desire which pairs and entrusts its representation to the surreal visual world of the Italian artist Virginia Mori, created by the award-winning director, writer and producer Anca Damian (Aparte Film, Romania/France), co-produced by Emmanuel-Alain Raynal (Miyu Productions, France).
Motherhood Selected for Sarajevo Film Festival
Motherhood, directed by Anca Damian, has been selected for the Narrative Short Film Competition of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. The film will screen as a regional premiere.
See full article: deadline.com
Annecy 2026 Shorts Selection – Motherhood in Official Competition (announced late March 2026)
Anca Damian returns in official competition at Annecy with “Motherhood”, a 17-minute short crafted around her own experience. The film is described as an 18-minute 2D/3D work, and it is a Belgium-France-Romania co-production. She was listed alongside Don Hertzfeldt, Koji Yamamura, and other major animation directors.
See full article: variety.com
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
Short Stories about Love and Space in Cartoon Movie 2025: International Projects to Watch
Anca Damian used the Cartoon Movie stage to show off her creativity and genius with Short Stories about Love and Space. The Romanian filmmaker takes inspiration from Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, as well as Elon Musk’s development of space rockets, and not forgetting his numerous accidents in this new space race, to create a complex immersion in science fiction.
The story, which will take place in just 24 hours – specifically during the New Year’s Eve that separates 2031 from 2032 – takes us to the American city for a spectacular celebration overshadowed by an incident that results in a strange temporal collision, which will fully impact the past, present and future of four strangers whose paths will be intertwined forever. One of the most celebrated projects of the forum, and one that has everything to extend the legacy of the multi-laureate filmmaker.
See full article: radixanimacion.com
The Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood
For the visionary perspective and intimate approach, the Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood. The project is a poetic journey into female body and desire which pairs and entrusts its representation to the surreal visual world of the Italian artist Virginia Mori, created by the award-winning director, writer and producer Anca Damian (Aparte Film, Romania/France), co-produced by Emmanuel-Alain Raynal (Miyu Productions, France).
Motherhood Selected for Sarajevo Film Festival
Motherhood, directed by Anca Damian, has been selected for the Narrative Short Film Competition of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. The film will screen as a regional premiere.
See full article: deadline.com
Annecy 2026 Shorts Selection – Motherhood in Official Competition (announced late March 2026)
Anca Damian returns in official competition at Annecy with “Motherhood”, a 17-minute short crafted around her own experience. The film is described as an 18-minute 2D/3D work, and it is a Belgium-France-Romania co-production. She was listed alongside Don Hertzfeldt, Koji Yamamura, and other major animation directors.
See full article: variety.com
Cartoon Movie 2026 – Starseed in Production (March 3–6, Bordeaux, France)
Starseed, a long-gestating project, has finally entered production. The 3D feature is co-produced with Dream Vessel Films (France), Special Touch Studios (France), Yzanakio (Canada), Wrong Men (Belgium). The project was pitched at Europe’s leading animated feature co-production forum.
Short Stories about Love and Space in Cartoon Movie 2025: International Projects to Watch
Anca Damian used the Cartoon Movie stage to show off her creativity and genius with Short Stories about Love and Space. The Romanian filmmaker takes inspiration from Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, as well as Elon Musk’s development of space rockets, and not forgetting his numerous accidents in this new space race, to create a complex immersion in science fiction.
The story, which will take place in just 24 hours – specifically during the New Year’s Eve that separates 2031 from 2032 – takes us to the American city for a spectacular celebration overshadowed by an incident that results in a strange temporal collision, which will fully impact the past, present and future of four strangers whose paths will be intertwined forever. One of the most celebrated projects of the forum, and one that has everything to extend the legacy of the multi-laureate filmmaker.
See full article: radixanimacion.com
The Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood
For the visionary perspective and intimate approach, the Harmony Premium annual license for a tv special goes to Motherhood. The project is a poetic journey into female body and desire which pairs and entrusts its representation to the surreal visual world of the Italian artist Virginia Mori, created by the award-winning director, writer and producer Anca Damian (Aparte Film, Romania/France), co-produced by Emmanuel-Alain Raynal (Miyu Productions, France).
