Young Directors Forum
YOUNG DIRECTORS, THE ADVERTISING WORLD WANTS YOU IN MZAAR!
THE YOUNG DIRECTORS FORUM IN A FEW WORDS...
You are a director and you want to "do Ad"?
Try your luck at the Young Directors' Forum and grab this exceptional opportunity to get into the advertising world!
The concept:
- A Competition for short films - Selection of 8 winners by a Jury of professionals
- What you get:
- The chance for the 8 winners to come to the Cristal Festival in Crans-Montana (and to the MENA Cristal Festival in Mzaar if they take in charge their transport) to present their work to the advertising agencies and producers taking part in the Festivals
- An article in the French magazine Le Film Français
- Dailymotion offers to the 8 winners their registration to the Festival for 2 for 4 days/3nights. The 8 films will be broadcasted on the Dailymotion “Creative Content” page.
Contact :
Ingrid Anfray
+33 1 42 04 97 76
fjr@cristalfestival.com
2009 WINNING SHORT FILMS
Café Allongé Maxime Paccalet
Yannick's waiting in a cafe. His date never came. When he gets up to leave, he sees a beautiful young woman who enters and settles in the next table. Felt in love, he imagines then a thousand ways to approach her and puts them into practice.
Karma Battle Olivier Chapelle & Eric Capitaine
Tonight is the WKBC grand final the sign language bettleship. Title holder: its holiness the Dalai Lama Vs the young French prodigy, Marcel Chombier. Will the mind master win over the average French man?
La Sombra Del Tiempo Teddy Barouh
Cuba, Havana. Pictures stolen as the childhood of Nina, aged 10, met on the beach. 15 years later, haunted by the memories of rape, Nina refuses to hide the secret to the man who gives her the taste of life. She decides to tell him, despite pain, doubts and fear. Healing from secret for happiness.
The Murderers Song Marine Van Den Broek
A murder has just been committed in a church... Four balls in the heart, is this the price to pay for an adultery ? Near there, in an old 19th century manor, are living four sisters. Dramatically set, they are nevertheless connected by there common values... Betwenn seduction, lie, mockery and fantasy, may the truth be discovered? Maybe singing?
The Driving Licence Day Ambroise Carminati
Jim has just had his driving licence, we wanted to celebrate this success together. We were five in the car, going so fast! But I was the only one who had fasten his seatbelt...
Pablo Corentine Delannoy
During the shooting of an erotic film, the whole team is waiting for the new star to come: Pablo…
Park Thierry Espasa
A park in a big city. In a whole day, four persons are about to meet a first time, and a second, but this time, circumstances may be special...
Wild Side Noah Nuer & Guillaume Moreels
A desperate young woman walking along the abandoned road to California desert. Fortunately, a charming young man passes by driving his Cadillac...
2009 SHORTLISTED SHORT FILMS
Entre-Deux
Béatrice & Hugues Espinasse
Je suis Femmesexuel... Et toi ?
Olivier Casas
Le Mime et le Chef d'Orchestre
Nadja Anane & Stéphanie Simon
Spin of the Senses
Sébastien Assouline & David. A. Waltz
Ultime Atome
Nicolas Elie
Fin
Bren-Ya Ba
Jingle Bells Fever
Bartosz Kowalski
Nike
Nabil & Alex
The Quester - Il Cercatore
Giacomo Arrigoni
Zoa
Mehdi Mostefaï & Sébastien Chaplais
The 2009 patron:
Laurent TIRARD, Director.
The 2008 winners:
- Abimbowé by Alex Montoya
- Interférences by David Bertram
- Les Williams by Alban Mench
- Retour Simple by Philippe Dufaux
- Bulletproof I wish I where by Brice De La Corte
- Jésus et les drogués by Antoine Della Maria
- Remy by Romain Basset & Christophe Berthemin
- Seeking you by Jean-Julien Pous
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