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Yesterday, October 16, ESRA launched the 12th season of Jeudis de l'ESRA by welcoming director Thierry KLIFA to its Jean RENOIR amphitheater after the screening of his film "Les yeux de sa mère". Thierry KLIFA spoke at length about his love of...

  New festival selections: - Akan, Sup'Infograph Paris 2014 film, has been selected to be screened out of competition at the Festival du Premier Court-Métrage de Pontault, which runs from October 10 to 12 at the Apollo cinema. - The film is also...

ESRA launches collaboration with Youtube. ESRA is teaming up with Youtube to develop a course in content creation for the web, and to distribute it both to its students and to France's leading YouTubers, the creators of...

  As part of a European exchange organized by the Office Franco-Allemand pour la Jeunesse (OFAJ), ESRA Bretagne welcomed, between September 8 and 12, 2014, 4 German students from the "Folkwang Universität der Künste" and 4 Macedonian students from the "ESRA...

Three prizes were won by ESRA films at the International Short Film Festival for Young Talents, held in Paris from July 15 to 19: - Special Jury Prize: Schisme by Yanis HAMNANE (ESRA 2013)- Best Performance Prize:...

To encourage exchanges between alumni of the ESRA Group (ESRA, ISTS, Sup'Infograph, Mastères, Formation Continue in Paris, Nice and Rennes), the agesra.com alumni website has become the ESRA Group's private social network: ESRA PRO. Students, alumni and...

  At his ESRA Thursday event, Jean-François STEVENIN talked about his long career in the service of his passion for cinema. As a student at the HEC business school, he was lucky enough to meet François TRUFFAUT. What followed was a long and fruitful...

  Jean-Pierre DARROUSSIN is the second comedian to attend the Jeudis de l'ESRA, after François BERLEAND a few years ago. This gave him the opportunity to talk about the actor's work and his relationship with directors from a different angle...

On February 13, Guillaume LAURANT accepted the invitation of Les Jeudis de l'ESRA. He is the fourth screenwriter to visit us, after Michel ALEXANDRE, Olivier DAZAT and Gilles TAURAND. Guillaume LAURANT has followed a self-taught path, saying he learned the...

Etienne CHATILIEZ added his name to the list of speakers at the Jeudis de l'ESRA event on February 6. He didn't talk much about technique, admitting that it wasn't his main preoccupation. He did, however, defend the status of the author, who is the master...

  On January 30, ESRA welcomed Production Director Sylvie BARTHET to its Jean RENOIR amphitheater, following the screening of Olivier ASSAYAS' film "Boarding Gate". Sylvie BARTHET talked about her various experiences with directors...

Grammy and Music Producers Guild Award-winning sound engineer Andrew SCHEPS gave a masterclass to ISTS 3rd year students. He began his career as Michael JACKSON's live sound engineer, but is now best known...

On January 16, ESRA welcomed director Olivier DAHAN to its Jean RENOIR amphitheater, following the screening of his 2010 film "My Own Love Song". Olivier DAHAN looked back on a career that is more coherent than it seems. Since his...

On December 5, ESRA welcomed director Karin ALBOU (ESRA 1991) to its Jean RENOIR amphitheater after the screening of her 2005 film "La petite Jérusalem". Karin ALBOU clearly presented herself as a craftsman who has never benefited from...

On November 7, 2013, ESRA welcomed director Carine TARDIEU (ESRA 1997) to its Jean RENOIR amphitheater after the screening of her film "Du vent dans mes mollets", released in 2012. As an ESRA alumna, Carine TARDIEU looked back on her early career and...

A jury of film and audiovisual professionals chaired by director Yves BOISSET (R.A.S., Dupont Lajoie, Le Juge Fayard dit le Sheriff, Le Prix du danger ...) met on September 10 at the Pathé Masséna cinema to award several prizes to films...

Yesterday evening, November 29, ESRA welcomed director Philippe LE GUAY to its amphitheater, following the screening of his film "Trois huit", released in 2001, which he had chosen to talk about his work as a filmmaker. Not the most popular film of the...

On November 22, ESRA welcomed director Benoît JACQUOT to its amphitheater, following the screening of his 2011 film "Les Adieux à la reine", a historical film that is undoubtedly one of the finest by its author, if not the finest. The...

On November 15, ESRA welcomed director Coline SERREAU to its amphitheater for a screening of her 2001 film "Chaos", the seventh of her eleven feature-length films. A film that is sometimes full of fantasy, but which describes a reality...

On October 25, 2012, ESRA welcomed director Stéphane BRIZE to its amphitheater, following the screening of his 2009 film "Mademoiselle Chambon". The filmmaker is no stranger to the school, having agreed a year earlier that his latest film "...

The professional jury for the ESRA 3D - Sup'infograph 2012 animated films was held yesterday morning in the Salle Jean Renoir, in the presence of 3rd-year students and their guests.The prize for best film went to "Une place au soleil" Synopsis: In a world...

Etienne COLIN, sound engineer and mixer of the soundtrack to the film The Artist, composed by Ludovic BOURCE, was the guest of the ESRA Group's ISTS section. A fascinating evening on the relationship between art and technique in sound creation for cinema....

Stéphane ROBELIN, an alumnus of ESRA Côte d'Azur (1991-1993), has directed his second feature film, "Et si on vivait tous ensemble" (And if we all lived together), which hits theaters today, January 18.