38th edition
17-25 january 2026

My Life is a Dream

Toute ma vie j'ai rêvé

Claire Burger

Image My Life is a Dream
France
2008 Fiction 35 min
Mike is a steward. Far from Patricio, his Argentine lover, he kills time in standardised hotels the world over.
With : Mike Nietomertz, Patricio Paz
Screenplay : Claire Burger, Mike Nietomertz
Image : Mike Nietomertz, Timothée Talard, Claire Burger
Sound : Claire Burger, Mike Nietomertz
Music : Lozninger, Helluvah, Chuky Nylon
Editing : Claire Burger
Production : La Fémis
Claire Burger worked for two years as a journalist/reporter in the Lorraine region of France where she comes from. She then went on to la fémis to study editing. In parallel to her studies she has made magazines for the channel Pink TV. At la fémis, she made her first shorts, Forbach, presented in the School Films section, then Toute ma vie j'ai rêvé, presented in the Figures Libres section this year (cf. p. ...). Forbach came second in the Prix de la Cinéfondation, at the Cannes Festival in 2008.