Heloise Ferlay grew up in Savoy, and then moved to Paris where she graduated at the Parisian art school École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Her short film Geôlier was her first stop motion experiment, and then she directed Yola with animated paint. Produced in stop motion, her graduation film To the Dusty Sea is travelling around the world and was awarded more than 30 times in festivals.