Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
Caroline Poggi, born in Ajaccio in 1990, and Jonathan Vinel, born in Toulouse in 1988, are a duo of French artists. Their works are showcased in both contemporary art and cinema. Known for blending themes of resistance and revolution with hybrid multimedia forms, their films give voice to the anger, stress, and disillusionment of the contemporary generation. They strive to create a “cinema of refuge.”
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel are participating in the fourth edition of the Reiffers Art Prize, 1000 milliards d’images.
Exhibition view of "1000 milliards d'images"
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, 2025
Exhibition view of "1000 milliards d'images"
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, 2025
La fille qui explose
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, 2024Biography
Both began their careers by directing independently—Poggi with "Chiens" (2012) and Vinel with "Prince Puissance Souvenirs" (2012)—before joining forces to co-direct "Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe" (2014), which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale. Known for blending themes of resistance and revolution with hybrid multimedia forms, their work often explores utopian intimacy within dystopian settings.
Since "Martin Pleure" (2017), which was created within a video game, their films have moved fluidly between cinema and contemporary art, drawing from both realms. Their first feature film, "Jessica Forever" (2018), premiered at TIFF and later at the Berlinale. It follows a group of orphaned boys led by a mysterious figure named Jessica. The film showcases their signature style—delicate emotional undercurrents interwoven with experimental storytelling, forming a unique cinematic grammar. Their latest feature, "Eat the Night" (2024), premiered at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. In "Eat the Night", Poggi and Vinel merge the aesthetics of cinema and video games, crafting a cinema of refuge through artisanal and experimental techniques, building utopian sanctuaries within a dark and fractured world.
Their two most recent films, "La Fille qui explose" (2024) and "Comment ça va?" (2025), delve even deeper into the fusion of digital art and video game engines, giving voice to the anger, stress, and disillusionment of the contemporary generation—reflecting a world on the verge of eruption. Their work has been presented at numerous venues, including the Cannes Film Festival, the Critics’ Week in Cannes, the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films in New York, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris, FRAC Corse in Corte, Fondazione Prada in Milan, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Triennale Milano, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, New Galerie in Paris, Consortium in Dijon, and the Maison des arts Georges & Claude Pompidou in Cajarc.