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 Mignonnes is patron of this year's festival. She presented 6 awards alongside the professional Jury, made up of :
- Alexis MANENTIactor in Les Misérables
- Léa MYSIUSdirector of Ava
- Benjamin RENNER, director of Ernest and Celestine
- Sigrid BOUAZIZactress in Personal Shopper
- Bernard PAYEN, programmer at the Cinémathèque française
- Anne DELSETHProgrammer, Angers Festival, Directors' Fortnight
The Press Prize will be awarded by the Press Jury, which includes :
- Michaël MÉLINARD, L'Humanité
- Perrine QUENNESSON, Le Cercle, Trois Couleurs
- Yaël HIRSCH, Toute la Culture
- Frédéric MERCIER, Transfuge, Le Cercle, Positif
- Cécile MARCHAND-MÉNARD, Télérama
- Marie-Pauline MOLLARET, Ecran noir, Bref
25 films were selected:
Our Territory by Mathieu VOLPE, Belgium, Italy
The Last Fires by Benjamin BUSNEL, France
Full West by Alice DOUARD, France
Going around by Philippe ULYSSE, France
Sapphire Crystal by Virgil VERNIER, France, Switzerland
Yellow Peril by Owen MORANDEAU and Thibault LE GOFF, France
The Vigil by Riad BOUCHOUCHA, France
Machini by Frank MUKUNDAY and Tétshim, Congo, France
A Sister by Delphine GIRARD, Belgium, France
Genius Loci by Adrien MERIGEAU, France
Memorable by Bruno COLLET, France
The Naked Man by Chérifa TSOURI, France
Gronde Marmaille by Clémentine CARRIÉ, France
Two Birds by Antoine ROBERT, France
Désirée by Eloïse GUIMARD, France
Prison Ball by Marie GARCIAS and Romain FRANCISCO, France
Why Slugs have no legs by Aline HÖCHLI, Switzerland
The Atomic Adventure by Loïc BARCHÉ, France
The Saints of Kiko by Manuel MARMIER, France
Le bal by Jean-Baptiste DURAND, France
Homesick by Koya KAMURA, France, Japan
Free by Stéphanie DONCKER, France
En Meute ou Solitaire by Camille MARTIN DONATI, France
Love he said by Inès SEDAN, France
Sole Mio by Maxime ROY (ESRA 2010) wins the Audience Award. Clément CANDELARA (ESRA 2011) is Editor, Pierre DERNONCOURT (ISTS 2011) is Sound Recordist, Gauthier MONNIN (ESRA 2016) is Second Camera Assistant and Xavier SYLVESTRE-BRU (ESRA 2010) is Gaffer.
Synopsis: Daniel copes with the despair of his mother, who has no news of his father. When his father arrives at his home on the eve of his operation to become a woman, Lisa, he must force his father to tell the truth.
In 2020, his film Beautiful Loser was nominated for a César in the Best Short Film category, and he will shortly be releasing his first feature film, Les Héroïques.
