artistry statement

signatures, style and themes

Julia has battled with the idea of binding her artistry and creativity to the bounds of a statement — but one thing she knows has never changed about her work, and will never change, is her filmmaking and storytelling style. Her films all exist within the same universe, threaded together by a gothic atmosphere and a world where time becomes a euphoric texture.

Her lens is inherently feminine — not as a box to be written from, but as an extension of her nature. Rooted in softness, whimsicality, and infatuation, she is drawn to romanticizing small details: glances, gestures, hesitations. The silences between words, and the feelings we keep to ourselves

Thematically, she is most interested in stories that blur the line between romance and melancholy, realism and surrealism, the past and the present. She gravitates toward genres that allow for rich atmosphere and intricate characters — dark fantasy, coming-of-age, gothic romance. At their core, her stories explore the universal experiences of death, true love, and growing up as an outsider.

Visually,  her work is a blend of dark fantasy and gothic cinema. She often contrasts harshly shadowed, haunting settings with bursts of vivid colour, drawing influence from German Expressionist films and chiaroscuro Baroque paintings. Her universes are dreamlike yet grounded in familiar places from the past, built to externalize her characters’ emotions and internal states

Julia has not simply been taught to make films — she has dedicated her way of life to the craft. from the moment she was introduced to a camera every story or frame she has composed, is not a series of flukes and fragments, but a purposeful collection of stories in the same universe, carrying her signature style.