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On Monday November 30, ESRA Formation Professionnelle trainees returned to work for the RNCP-certified qualification of Head Sound Operator. The course includes theory, practical work and productions. Trainees will take part...

While filming his next documentary, Orian ZIAD, a second-year student at ESRA Bretagne, appeared on Antoine De Caunes' show, La Gaule d'Antoine, broadcast on Canal +. Orian is directing and producing a documentary on D Day, to be released in...

For the second year, ESRA is a partner of the Format Court festival, which took place online from November 18 to 22, 2020. This year, the Format Court festival is broadcasting the films in competition on its website. Maïmouna DOUCOURÉ, director of...

The Professional Jury for ESRA Côte d'Azur students' end-of-year films met on October 23 at the Beaulieu-sur-Mer Cinema. The Jury, which awarded the prizes for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Soundtrack and Best Image, was made up of:...

The Professional Jury for the end-of-year films of ESRA Animation Paris, Rennes and Nice students took place on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. Rodolphe PLOQUIN, (ESRA 1993) post-production director for animated series and feature films...

The Professional Jury for ESRA Brussels students' end-of-year films took place on Thursday October 8, 2020 at CINEMATEK (Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique). Director Emmanuelle BONMARIAGE was President of the Jury for this ceremony. She was accompanied by...

22 students in the 3rd year of ISTS, Music section, class of 2020 have obtained their Wwise 101 certification, awarded by Julien HÉNOCQ, Head Sound Recording Operator. Among them, two students, Corentin DRUGEON and Fabien AURE, chose to take the exam and obtained their...

In November 2020, the Lycée Chateaubriand, the CM&P in Rennes Beaulieu, with the TNB cinema, the Brittany Region (Karta), the Cinémathèque de Bretagne, Clair Obscur, Le Grand Cordel mjc and ESRA Bretagne, are organizing a hybrid edition (online and in theaters) of its...

The awards ceremony took place on September 24, live on the Action Enfance fait son cinéma website and social networks. The jury, chaired by Michel HAZANAVICIUS and including Anne ROUMANOFF, Alice BELAÏDI, Aure ATIKA, Fabienne CARAT, Nathalie TOULZA...

20 major film festivals are teaming up to offer a global film festival "We Are One". It will run from May 29 to June 7, 2020 on the Youtube platform. During these 10 days, the International Festivals of Annecy, Berlin, London, Cannes, Guadalajara,...

Produced by independent label 24 Tracks Records and ESRA radio students, "The Mission Mix Contest" is an original event featuring the production of a common musical mix for all participants, the "Multitracks". Each project will be broadcast...

Numerous websites and platforms make films, concerts, masterclasses... available free of charge during confinement. Let's take a look! Cinema The OpenCulture website The Internet Archive online library The streaming platform of...

ESRA students met with director and screenwriter Pierre SCHOELLER on Thursday, March 5, 2020, during the ESRA Thursdays. At the age of 21, he entered the Louis Lumière school and, after making his first short film, began writing a TV movie for Arte...

The current confinement is forcing distributors to postpone theatrical releases and series, and interrupt film shoots. We take stock! Movie releases postponed - Mourir peut attendre by Cary JOJI FUKUNAGA - release date unknown - La Daronne by...

ISTS students met Alexandre FOUCAT (ISTS 2007), Sound Engineer, Producer and Director, on Tuesday March 3, 2020, during ISTS Tuesdays. Before starting his studies at ISTS in 2004, Alexandre FOUCAT used to mix in a studio...

On March 10, as part of our L'Aventure d'un Long Métrage (ALM) program, we welcomed Lucie DE CHEVIGNY, Head of Communications at SND Distribution, distributor of the film "De Gaulle". Lucie DE CHEVIGNY is in charge of theatrical distribution...

Every year since 2013, ESRA Côte d'Azur has hosted a masterclass dedicated to film dubbing in partnership with Université Côte d'Azur. Dubbing requires the involvement of several professionals: detector(s), author(s), actor(s), director(s)...

ISTS students met Yann DAKTA (ISTS 2008), author, composer and producer, on Tuesday February 18, 2020, as part of the Mardis de l'ISTS program. His passion for music got him started early on, with the ambition of one day having his own production and...

ESRA students met with director and screenwriter Jean-Paul RAPPENEAU on Thursday February 6, 2020, as part of the Jeudis de l'ESRA program. Passionate about literature, he adapted the novel of his youth, "Le Hussard sur...", for the cinema, not without fear of spoiling it.

ESRA Bretagne students took part in a Masterclass with filmmaker and video artist Jean-Marc CHAPOULIE at the TNB (Théâtre National de Bretagne) in Rennes on February 6. Supported by the Brittany Region (KARTA), the film "La Mer du milieu"...

The 8th edition of the ESRA 48H was held from Friday February 7, 8pm to Sunday February 9, 10pm. Organized by the students of the Cinefestival Association, the competition consisted in writing, shooting and editing a film of 1 to 3 minutes in 48 hours, with...

ESRA students met Gérard JUGNOT on Thursday January 23, 2020, during the ESRA Thursdays. He is the director of 13 films, including "Monsieur Batignole", screened for the occasion. A moving film in which Gérard JUGNOT (also an actor)...

On January 20, as part of the Aventure d'un Long Métrage (ALM) program, we welcomed Nicolas DE BOISCUILLÉ, head set designer for the film "De Gaulle". Nicolas DE BOISCUILLÉ has been exploring, imagining and creating film sets for over 20 years. He has worked...

"Selfie", the French comedy collectively directed by Vianney LEBASQUE (ESRA 2002), Thomas BIDEGAIN, Marc FITOUSSI, Tristan AUROUET, Cyril GELBLAT. For this film, Vianney LEBASQUE was accompanied by 3 ESRA alumni; Lucie LLOPIS (ESRA 2015) Casting...