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This year, ESRA Côte d'Azur begins a collaboration with the Ecole Régionale d'Acteurs de Cannes (ERAC). The latter delivers a National Superior Professional degree in Acting (DNSPC) and will soon be joining the ranks of the Université Côte d'Azur (UCA). The...

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...

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...

  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...

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 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...

  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...

  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...

  Arthur DEVEYER (ISTS) in 1st year at ESRA Brussels and Antoine JEAGER (ISTS 2016) are taking part in this year's 4L Trophy 2017 and are supported by ESRA. The 4L Trophy is a human, sporting and solidarity-based adventure for students aged 18 to 30...

  It was Vincent GARENQ's second film that students were able to see or review on February 2. "Presumed Guilty" is adapted from the book by Alain MARECAUD, the most emblematic of the defendants in the Outreau affair. As a result, questions were initially...

As part of the DHEC - Département des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques - students in the Screenwriting/Directing and Production/Distribution sections took part in a masterclass by Stéphane CELERIER Chairman and CEO of Mars Films Monday, January 9, 2017....

As part of l'Aventure d'Un Long Métrage, we had the pleasure of welcoming Yannick KERGOAT, editor of the film "Espèces menacées" directed by Gilles BOURDOS (2016), for a fruitful exchange with the students of DHEC - Département des Hautes Etudes...

Two years ago, Louis-Julien Petit unexpectedly burst onto the cinematic scene with a socially resonant feel-good movie, Discount, which made no secret of its empathy for today's damned of the earth, those supermarket cashiers who...

An archaeologist unearthing the DCP of Salt and Fire without any further indication would undeniably recognize the indelible trademark of Werner Herzog, a filmmaker of extremes who demonstrates at least two of his most recurrent obsessions: a fascination with...

Some books are like impregnable citadels. Such is the case of Fred Uhlman's L'Ami retrouvé (The Newfound Friend), once adapted by Jerry Schatzberg as Seul dans Berlin (Alone in Berlin), now brought to the screen by Vincent Perez, which has already inspired three other versions. This novel by Hans...

A banker's wife suddenly disappears. Suspicion falls on an indebted garage owner... But as the investigation progresses, the police become increasingly confused, and so does the viewer. The plot is at once sufficiently convoluted to make it a real pleasure to...

Rachid Djaïdani is an English boxing champion, actor and author of three novels and a first feature film in 2012. Already present at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, Rengaine, Rachid Djaïdani's second film reunites the man he calls the Mohamed Ali...

French comedy is too often accused of evolving in a microcosm that's hermetically sealed from our society not to salute the initiative of Charlot and Magnier, defectors from Les Guignols. Their first production deliberately hits the nail on the head,...

Arthur Joffé took the stage in a very sparse amphitheatre, but with a clear desire to talk about cinema, which he did. It has to be said that the questions were very numerous. Although they covered a wide range of topics, it was the adventure of the film that...

A packed auditorium welcomed Dominique BESNEHARD to open season 13 of ESRA's Jeudis de l'ESRA. Dominique BESNEHARD is no stranger to the world of cinema, having worked as a casting director and star agent before moving into production ten years ago. Without...

In association with the Héliotrope Association, ESRA CÔTE D'AZUR will be partnering the 16th Nice European Short Film Festival "Un festival c'est trop court" from October 14 to 21, 2016 On this occasion, 3rd year students in the Television Production and Editing option...

As part of the TV series and actors festival "Les héros de la TV" to be held in Beausoleil from October 7 to 9, 2016, ESRA Côte d'Azur will be a partner and, with its 3rd year directing students, will be running two workshops on Saturday, October 08; the first...