Vanessa Bittar

Personal projects

Short animated film documenting the things young Syrian adults, living abroad do to feel closer to home.

2023

Short film documenting social class contrasts and the lack of essential resources like bread for a big part of the Syrian population in Damascus.

2020

Short animated film documenting a shared story between people who fled their country after the war. Elements inspired from my personal story, around our traveling back and forth between Syria and Lebanon. Stop motion animation, made with paper and a plastic toy car, following the rhythms of Khaled Mouzanar’s music “Rahil”.

2022

As part of the partnership between the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the library of l’Heure Joyeuse, here is the book-trailer of Pollyanna, produced by Vanessa Bittar, Diane Waitan Chan and Alexandra Krioutchenko.

Pollyanna is a classic children’s novel written by Eleanor H. Porter and first published in the United States in 1913.

2020

As part of the partnership between the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the library of l’Heure Joyeuse, here is the book-trailer of Daddy Long Legs, directed by Vanessa Bittar, Diane Waitan Chan and Alexandra Krioutchenko.

Daddy Long Legs is a classic of the youth novel written by Jean Webster, published in 1912 in the United States.

2020

Animation of a cork made in stop motion.

2020

Animated textures made on Procreate, inspired from moss texture found on walls.

2022