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As part of the Music for Film course, Professor Michael HEARST invited filmmakers Fanny LIATARD and Jérémy TROUILH to present their film Gagarine and share anecdotes from the shoot with ESRA New York students. Released on June 23...

French director and actor Emmanuel MOURET was the guest at ESRA's Jeudis de l'ESRA on December 2, in the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. Emmanuel MOURET's latest film, Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'ont fait, released in 2020, was screened for the students before the...

Film director, screenwriter and director Mohamed HAMIDI was the guest of ESRA's Jeudis de l'ESRA on November 25, at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. After attending the screening of Né Quelque Part, the students exchanged views with Mohamed HAMIDI, notably on...

Jonathan BRECHER, artistic advisor at TF1, met with DHEC students (Département des Hautes Études Cinématographiques) on Wednesday November 24, 2021 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. As a member of TF1's art department, Jonathan BRECHER is in charge of...

Michael GABRION, series/tv literary director at Gaumont, spoke to DHEC students on Tuesday November 9. A former journalist specializing in cinema, he talked to the students about his career path. Michael GABRION is now...

Director Arnold DE PARSCAU (ESRA 2011) spoke at a masterclass at ESRA Bretagne on October 29, 2021. Arnold DE PARSCAU (ESRA 2011), noticed in 2011 for the video clip of the song Good Day Today, composed by David LYNCH. He directed his first...

Director and screenwriter Charlotte SILVERA was the first guest of season 18 of ESRA Thursdays, on October 28, 2021 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. Following a screening of C'est la tangente que je préfère, the students met the director, who...

The special Cannes 2021 Aftershort evening organized by ESRA, in partnership with Format Court, took place on October 20, 2021 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. ESRA students and alumni were able to meet 11 professionals representing 2...

To mark the release of Maxime ROY's (ESRA 2010) first feature film "Les Héroïques", presented as a special screening at the Cannes 2021 Film Festival, ESRA students attended a screening of the film in the presence of the director on October 25 at the...

From September to March, ESRA Bretagne organizes Masterclasses in partnership with the TNB cinema and the Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles of the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rennes. September retrospective. ▪︎ Screening of the film Outrage by Ida LUPINO,...

ISTS students provided the sound for ESRA Sound Night at the New Morning on Monday September 27, 2021. This 3rd edition took place over 4 sets. The rock band LEMONPARTY, made up of Robin CLEMENT (ISTS 2021), Valentin CHERBUY (ISTS 2021) and Joseph GRAINDORGE, opened the night with a...

2nd year students from ESRA and ISTS took part in season 4 of Action Enfance fait son cinéma. This new edition brought together a jury chaired by Dominique FARRUGIA, accompanied by Natoo, Agustin GALIANA, Guillaume LABBÉ, Nathalie TOUZLA MADAR,...

Discover the awards and festival selections for films made in 2020 by ESRA students Resilience by Will REMOND (ESRA 2020) Awards : ▪︎ Best Student Short Film - Ciudad de Mexico International Film Festival - July 15-17, 2021 ▪︎ Awards of...

The ESRA Brussels, ESRA Bretagne and ESRA Paris graduation ceremony took place on June 30, 2021 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. It involved students from the class of 2020. The class was sponsored by Jean-Jacques ANNAUD,...

The Professional Jury for the ISTS Video Games 2021 class in Paris took place on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The Jury was composed of two ESRA professors; Marie MULLER and Thierry DILGER, as well as three professionals: ▪︎ Jean-Baptiste MERLAND,...

The awards ceremony for the 9th edition of the 48h de l'ESRA, which took place last February, was held on Friday June 18 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater.The 48h de l'ESRA is a competition organized each year by the students of...

The Professional Jury for the 3rd year films of the ESRA and ISTS 2021 students from Nice took place on Thursday June 17, 2021 at the Beaulieu-sur-Mer cinema. ▪︎ Camille FERET, Head of the Alpes Maritimes-Côte d'Azur Film Commission ▪︎...

The Professional Jury for ESRA Brussels students' end-of-year films was held on Friday June 18, 2021 at CINEMATEK (Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique). TV and film director Benoît MARIAGE chaired the jury for this ceremony. He was...

The ESRA Côte d'Azur Graduation Ceremony took place on April 30, 2021 at the Valrose Campus of the Université Côte d'Azur (UCA). It was attended by students from the class of 2020. The class was sponsored by Bruno COULAIS, composer...

For the 4th year running, 2nd year ESRA and ISTS students are taking part in an event initiated by the Action Enfance foundation. ESRA students get involved with young people living in Children's Villages or Foyers, involving them in the...

The graduation film Brûle by Mélina FRUCTUS and Eugénie FRANÇON (ESRA 2019) has been entrusted to Next Films Distribution for distribution. It has been sold to Ciné+, a Canal+ subsidiary, for several broadcasts on the channel, including this Tuesday, March 30 at 6:45 pm on Ciné+...

Producer François KRAUS spoke to ESRA students at the Jeudis de l'ESRA event on March 18, 2021. François KRAUS knew from an early age that his love of cinema and his curiosity about filmmakers would lead him to become a producer....

Director Jean-Pierre AMÉRIS met with ESRA students at the Jeudis de l'ESRA event on March 11, 2021. Jean-Pierre AMÉRIS began to appreciate the cinema as a teenager, and movie theaters were for him a shelter in which to hide and escape....

Director Benoît JACQUOT spoke to ESRA students on ESRA Thursday, March 4, 2021. From an early age, Benoît JACQUOT has been directing, and enjoys having the space and time to recreate it. His desire to become a director...