The Professional Jury for ESRA Paris students' end-of-year films took place on Wednesday June 26, 2019 at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater.
The President of the Jury was Michel ALEXANDRE, screenwriter and dialoguist, twice nominated for a César for L.627 and The Cousin. He was joined by some thirty professionals to select the 2019 winners in each category.
Following the screening of the graduation films, the awards ceremony honored the following films:
BEST EDITING: Antoine De CHAUNAC and Corentin LANDAIS for Why do men live before they die? by Theo FIETTE
Prize: One week's editing/calibration worth €1,500 offered by DID / €200 offered by the BDA / Avid Media Composer license
The Jury was composed of:
- Lise BEAULIEU, César for Best Editing (1993) for Les Nuits fauves by Cyril COLLARD, she was editor on Carlitos Medellin, Gris Blanc, Belzec and Khamsa
- Jean-Pierre BLOC, Editor for Fabrice CAZENEUVE's films : The Lies, Cigarettes and Nylons or Gorky Chekhov, 1900
- Christophe GALLERME, Technical Manager at DID Technology
BEST SOUNDTRACK: Stéphano ROBINSON, Clara LEMIERE, Corentin VERNET and Morgane BECKERT for The Chrysalis by Lily LANDECY
Price: Pro Tools license offered by ESRA / €200 offered by BDA
The Jury was composed of:
- Nicolas DAMBROISE, Sound editor on Young Shepherdess by Delphine DETRIE, Un peu, beaucoup, aveuglèment by Clovis CORNILLAC
- Lionel GUENOUN, Sound engineer and sound editor: mixing on The Pink City by Julien ABRAHAM, Les filles au Moyen-âge by Hubert VIEL and Zao's Autumn by Nikolaus ROCHE-KRESSE
- Benjamin JAUSSAUD, sound engineer for The Two Friends by Louis GARREL and Ange et Gabrielle by Anne GIAFERRI. He is also sound editor on Free Party by Frédéric GELARD
BEST MUSIC: Félix MENOU for Imago by Yann PERRIN
Prize: €200 donated by the BDA
The Jury was composed of:
- Julien RIMAILHO, Music Composer / Sound Designer for GUM, Muzeek, Benzene and Creaminal Music Supervision
- Jean-Baptiste FAVORY, Music composer / Sound engineer, member of the Cercle pour la Libération du Son et de l'Image (Circle for the Liberation of Sound and Image)
BEST SCREENPLAY: The Chrysalis by Lily LANDECY
Prize: A one-year subscription offered by Avant Scène Cinéma / €200 offered by the BDA
The Jury was composed of:
- Lorraine DARROW, Screenwriter, director, assistant director with the French New Wave
- François DECODTS, TV film screenwriter(Le Dernier voyage directed by Frédéric MERMOUD) and feature film screenwriter: Je suis un soldat co-written with director Laurent LARIVIERE (Best Screenplay Award)
- Fabrice MARUCA, Author, director, member of the screenwriters' guild La Minute Vieille He has written screenplays for Un Gars une fille and has directed commercials and video clips for Natasha St Pier, Amel Bent...
- Charles NEMES, Writer-director known for his films Tableau d'honneur, La Tour Montparnasse infernale and numerous episodes of the sitcom H.
BEST IMAGE: Raphaël BOURDIN for L'opiniâtre by Maëva EL HAYTI
Prize: Rental of equipment on the next shoot offered by Transpamédia / 2 days of 2K color grading at Studio l'Equipe / €200 offered by the BDA
The Jury was composed of:
- Thierry BEAUMEL, Post-production Image Consultant, Head of the Image Department at CST
- François CHENIVESSE, Sales Representative - Transpamédia development study
- Pascal HEUILLARD, Business Development Manager, Studio l'Equipe, Belgium
SPECIAL FESTIVAL PRIZE: The Chrysalis by Lily LANDECY
Prize: €200 donated by the BDA
The Jury was composed of:
- Yves ALION, Editor-in-Chief,Avant Scène Cinéma
- Katia BAYER, Editor-in-Chief, Format Court
- Jean-Raymond GARCIA, Producer, Sarlat Film Festival selector
JURY PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL PRIZE: La Chrysalide by Lily LANDECY
Prize: Ipad offered by the BDA
Awarded by the President of the Jury, Michel ALEXANDRE
BEST FILM: The Chrysalis by Lily LANDECY
Prizes : DCP print of the film / 10 Maison du Film Court memberships for the film team / €500 donated by the BDA
- Grégory AUDERMATTE, Short Purchasing Manager, Arte France
- François AUNAY, Producer, scriptwriter and director and former ESRA Côte d'Azur 2000 alumnus
- Christophe CHAUVILLE, Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of BREF magazine, dedicated to short films: he is a member of the short animation film pre-selection committee for the César Awards.
- Roland NGUYEN, President of the Fête du Court Métrage: for more than 20 years he directed the short film department at France 3 and then France Télévisions.
- Richard SIDI, General Delegate at Maison du Film Court : initially an actor, he specialized in script-doctoring before becoming head of the script department at Maison du Film Court.
The Maison du Film Court also awarded its "Maison du Film" special mention to Imago by Yann PERRIN.
Visit the Jury's deliberations in photos :
