The special César 2022 Aftershort evenings organized by ESRA, in partnership with Format Court, took place on December 7 and 15, 2021 and January 11 and 18, 2022 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater.
Margaux LORIER, producer of the César for Best Short Film 2021 Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent by Sofia ALAOUI, Margaux PIERREFICHE, head of the César's short film and education departments, and Rémi BIGOT, head of short film at La Semaine de la Critique. The directors/producers of the short films pre-selected for the 2022 César Awards met with ESRA students and alumni.
Part 1 / December 7, 2021 Short Fiction Films
▪︎ Dustin: Naïla GUICHET director, Jean-Etienne BRAT (ESRA 2011) co-producer, Lou CHICOTEAU (ESRA 2008) co-producer
▪︎ Black Soldier: Jimmy LAPORAL TRESOR director
▪︎ L'Âge Tendre: Julien GASPAR-OLIVERI director
▪︎ Love Hurts: Elsa RYSTO director, Pierre-Yves JOURDAIN producer (Yggdrasil Pictures)
▪︎ Inspection: Caroline BRAMI director, Frédéric BAS director
▪︎ Les Criminels: Serhat KARAASLAN director
▪︎ Good people: Maxime ROY director
▪︎ 80,000 years: Christelle LHEUREUX director
▪︎ Le Départ: Saïd HAMICH director
Part 2 / December 15, 2021 Short Fiction Films
▪︎ Romance, abscissa & ordinateLouise CONDEMI, director, Jeanne EZVAN, producer
▪︎ I am afraid to forget your face by Sameh ALAA : Martin JÉRÔME producer
▪︎ God is no longer a doctorMarion LE CORROLLER, director
▪︎ The Bad BoysElie GIRARD director, Lionel MASSOL producer
▪︎ The NightwalkAdriano VALERIO director, Lionel MASSOL producer
▪︎ The commercial effort by Sarah ARNOLD : Helen OLIVE producer
▪︎ The silent manNyima CARTIER director, Joséphine MOURLAQUE producer
▪︎ MalabarMaximilian BADIER-ROSENTHAL director, Yannick BEAUQUIS producer
▪︎ Little ChickNadia ANEBRI director, Nérimen HADRAMI producer
▪︎ For ElsaCarmen LEROI director, Jordane OUDIN producer
▪︎ The house (not far from Donegal) Claude LE PAPE director
Part 3 / January 11, 2022 Animated Shorts
Agnès PATRON, director of L'Heure de l'Ours, César for Best Animated Short Film 2021, was on hand to open the evening, alongside Nathalie LEBEL, member of the Animation Committee at the Agence du Court-Métrage.
▪︎ Rivages Sophie RACINE director, Yves BOUVERET producer (Am Sram Gram)
▪︎ The Awakening of the Insects François LEROY and Stéphanie LANSAQUE directors
▪︎ Trona Pinnacles Mathilde PARQUET director, Christophe CAMOIRANO producer (Girelle production)
▪︎ Precious Paul MAS director
▪︎ Soft madness, hard madness Marine LACLOTTE director, Christian PFOHL producer (Lardux Films)
▪︎ Souvenir, souvenir Bastien DUBOIS director, Amiel TENENBAUM producer (Blast Production)
▪︎ The world within Sandrine STOÏANOV, Jean-Charles FINCK directors, Jérôme BARTHELEMY producer (Caïman Productions)
▪︎ Empty Places Geoffroy DE CRÉCY director
▪︎ Like a river Sandra DESMAZIÈRES director, Fariza DAGUELOU producer
▪︎ What resonates in silence Marine BLIN director
▪︎ The Hangman at Home Uri KRANOT co-director, Avi AMAR co-producer (Floréal Films)
Part 4 / January 18, 2022 Documentary Shorts
Marion BONNEAU, programmer, cinema department, Bibliothèque publique d'information du Centre Pompidou, opened the evening, alongside Margaux PIERREFICHE, head of the César's short film and education departments.
▪︎ The End of Kings Rémi BRACHET director, Antoine SALOMÉ producer (Mabel Films)
▪︎ Moth by Roxanne GAUCHERAND : Ethan SELCER producer (Quarttet Production)
▪︎ Silent Voice by Reka VALERIK : David HURST producer (Dublin Films)
▪︎ Jungle Louise MOOTZ (ESRA 2016) director, JUDITH Nora producer (Silex Films)
▪︎ Come il bianco Alessandra CELESIA director, Kévin ROUSSEAU producer (Local Films)
▪︎ The Antelopes by Maxime MARTINOT : Quentin BRAYER producer (Don Quichotte Films)
▪︎ Maalbeek Ismaël JOFFROY CHANDOUTIS director, Jules REINARTZ producer (Films Grand Huit)
▪︎ My Quarantine Bear by Weijia MA : Clara MARQUARDT in charge of development (Les Valseurs)
▪︎ Tendre Isabel PAGLIAI director, Martin BERTIER producer (5A7 Films)
▪︎ America by Giacomo ABBRUZZESE : Sébastien HUSSENOT producer (La Luna Productions)
