Véréna Paravel is a French filmmaker, artist, and anthropologist, known for her work with Lucien Castaing-Taylor and their association with the Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL) at Harvard University. Her cinematographic work is distinguished by an innovative approach to documentary, defined as "sensory ethnography," which aims to move beyond traditional narrative to create immersive and visceral experiences. Her career gained international recognition with *Leviathan* (2012), a radical exploration of industrial fishing that earned her a special mention at the Locarno Film Festival. She continued with provocative works such as *Caniba* (2017), a portrait of Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa, which won the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and *De Humani Corporis Fabrica* (2022), a journey inside the human body through surgery, presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at Cannes. Her work has been acclaimed at major international film festivals, consolidating her reputation as one of the most original and influential voices in contemporary documentary cinema, capable of challenging the boundaries between art, science, and anthropology.