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Discover a collection of major interviews with audiovisual professionals, life at the school and ESRA news.

Universal Audio's Wesley BENDALL at ISTS Tuesdays

ESRA had the pleasure of welcoming Wesley BENDALL, product and marketing specialist Europe at Universal Audio, on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, as part of the Mardis de l'ISTS. Universal Audio is one of the leading brands for hardware and plug-ins in the...

Masterclass by Gilles CAMOUS (ISTS 2005) at ESRA Bretagne

ESRA Bretagne will have the pleasure of welcoming Mr Gilles CAMOUS (ISTS 2005), a former student on the Rennes campus and currently Technical Director at Ubisoft Paris, on Friday, May 18, 2018, from 2pm to 5pm, as part of a Masterclass offered in conjunction...

ESRA Thursdays: retrospective of the 2017-2018 season

Les Jeudis de l'ESRA ended on March 29, 2018 with the visit of COSTA-GAVRAS, who came to discuss the film Amen with students, at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. It was a 2017-2018 season rich in wonderful encounters: Thomas LANGMANN, Jean DUJARDIN, Nicolas...

Khalil CHANINE, SACEM member at ISTS Tuesdays

On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, we had the pleasure of welcoming Khalil CHANINE, who came with a double artist label as part of ISTS Tuesdays. Khalil CHANINE began his guitar career alongside Jacques DUTRONC, then Michel LEGRAND, Diane...

Guillaume CANET at ESRA Thursdays

The amphitheatre was packed for Guillaume CANET's appearance on Thursday February 8, 2018, which came as no surprise to anyone. The actor having directed five films, we had chosen to show one of them, Blood Ties, the only one that wasn't successful, and which has...

Daniel PREVOST at ESRA Thursdays

ESRA students had the pleasure of meeting Daniel PREVOST this Thursday, February 1, 2018. Comedians present at ESRA Thursdays are rare. And Daniel PREVOST is a rare actor. In the sense that his career is atypical. Extremely popular (not...

Nicolas BARY at ESRA Thursdays

Nicolas BARY at ESRA Thursdays

ESRA alumnus Nicolas BARY introduced himself to the students on Thursday, November 30, 2017. He had already visited us just over ten years ago. At the time, he was preparing his first feature film, Les Enfants de Timpelbach, the film that was...

Jean DUJARDIN at ESRA Thursdays

This Thursday, October 19, 2017, students turned out in large numbers to watch the screening and take part in the debate with Jean DUJARDIN. Jean DUJARDIN didn't seek to defend an original approach to the acting profession, but rather sought to define in a way...

Thomas LANGMANN at ESRA Thursdays

In front of a packed auditorium, Thomas LANGMANN kicked off the new season of Jeudis de l'ESRA. He didn't go back over his interesting acting career. Nor did he talk much about his father Claude BERRI, except to confirm that he had adopted a...

Jean-Marie DREUJOU at ESRA Thursdays

  A cinematographer rounded off the 13th season of ESRA Thursdays. A great director of photography, to whom Jean BECKER, Patrice LECONTE and Jean-Jacques ANNAUD are loyal. The students were able to see a film by the latter: Le Dernier...

Feature film adventure with Alice ISAAZ

On April 6, as part of the Aventure d'un Long Métrage (ALM) program, we had the pleasure of welcoming actress Alice ISAAZ for a masterclass, to talk about her role in the film "Espèces menacées". She spoke of her delight...

Safy NEBBOU at ESRA Thursdays

  Safy NEBBOU is the author of half a dozen feature films, all projects in which he has never failed to take risks. After a diptych playing with strong emotions, he surprised us with Alexandre...

Feature film adventure with Gilles BOURDOS

Feature film adventure with Gilles BOURDOS

As part of the DHEC - Département des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques - students in the Script/Directing and Production/Distribution sections took part on March 27 in a masterclass with Gilles BOURDOS, director of the film "Espèces menacées". He was able to...

Eric TOLEDANO and Olivier NAKACHE at ESRA Thursdays

  The amphitheatre was packed for the appearance of the two co-writers of Intouchables. Is there a link between the attendance at the masterclass and the guests' box-office performances? After all, Intouchables is the second biggest box-office success of the...

Robert ALAZRAKI at ESRA Thursdays

  Students in ESRA 3, image option, turned out in force to meet Robert ALAZRAKI, one of our greatest cinematographers, with over a hundred feature films to his credit in his forty-year career. The film screened as the first part of...

Elie CHOURAQUI at ESRA Thursdays

Elie CHOURAQUI at ESRA Thursdays

  Elie CHOURAQUI first responded to our invitation in January 2008. That's a century in the history of ESRA. So it was a new and highly motivated audience, given the questions asked, that welcomed him. And it has to be said...