Valérie Zoydo
Author-Director and Initiator of the Citizen Assembly of Imaginaries, Storyteller of Individual and Collective Change
Author-director and expert in new narratives, storyteller of individual and collective change for 20 years, Valérie Zoydo is the initiator of the Citizen Assembly of Imaginaries, which she co-founded with ADEME, the Atmospheres Festival, and Bluenove.
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Spoken language : French
Spoken languages : French, English, Spanish
Her intention: to bring forth possibilities through the power of dreams and imagination, by connecting citizens, businesses, screenwriters, communities, and artists, and writing together the stories of the world to come, so they can be brought to the screen.
In parallel, she supports leaders on integral and enlightened leadership and has created the series “From Heart to Action,” where she tells the story of accompanying leaders who are learning heart intelligence, for a leadership “led by the heart and inspired by life.” Among the episodes are “Love for the Living,” “Acting at the Heart of Power,” “The Courage to Be Yourself,” and “Innovating with the Heart.”
She co-founded the NEW NARRATIVES program with the Atmospheres Festival, a program that supports screenwriters in cinema and TV series toward new imaginaries.
Author of the report “What Storytelling for Current Issues in the Cinema and Television Industry?” for ADEME, she explores how stories can intersect real-world issues and the codes of fiction to subtly educate the general public and cultural leaders on the post-carbon society; a new post-growth imaginary based on regenerative thinking, and mobilize all societal actors through emotions. Her goal: to empower viewers to understand contemporary issues and make citizens experts by informing them and allowing them to participate in writing our present and future story, enabling movement through heart and emotional intelligence.
Author and co-director of the 6 x 52 min series “Objective 2050” broadcast on Canal +, she co-directed “My Words Have Power” alongside Xavier Ournac for CNDP. An actress and public speaking coach, she is co-author and co-performer of the play “Nobody Listens to Me” at the Lepic Theatre, a play that democratizes Nonviolent Communication and citizen interiority as a new narrative.
She also addresses this subject in “Stop Being Nice, Be Real,” a documentary she wrote and directed in 2020 on the 20th anniversary of the bestseller by Thomas d’Ansembourg, her trainer in nonviolent communication.
