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Born on december, 6th, 1979, Helena Klotz began her career in theater with Bruno Bayen as an assistant director and sound creator.
Then she worked as a casting director for Nicolas Klotz, Laurend Achart, Katell Quillevere and Eva Ionesco's feature films...
In 2003 she directed her first feature Le Léopard ne se déplace jamais sans ses taches (35 min, 35mm). The film has been selected at the Locarno festival et won some prizes at Aix en Provence, Côté Court, Créteil, Dignes-les-Bains...
In 2006, she directed Les Amants cinéma (doc., 66min).
In 2009, she directed some music videos et began to work as an editor for a documentary about musician Turzi.
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After a decade of travels, Helene Lee joined french daily Liberation as a reggae and world music specialist. She published 'Rockers d'Afrique' (Albin Michel, 1987), 'The First Rasta' (Laurence Hill Books, 2001), 'Voir Trench Town et mourir' (Flammarion 2003) and several translations. She authored 'Jimmy Cliff, Moving on' for Arte, and directed 'Bons Baisers de Barbès' (France 3), 'Une voix sur le Maroni' and several 26’ for Arte.
'The First Rasta', now being developed by Kidam, is a documentary on L. P. Howell, the founder of the Rasta Movement.
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Born in Mulhouse, France, in 1973, Yvan Schreck began his first films by travelling in Spain, Alaska and Nepal. In Sevilla, he started a long collaboration with flamenco artists, such as Israël Galvan and co-directed « Paquera Sensei », a documentary film shot in Tokyo with the famous singer La Paquera de Jerez. Since then, he dedicates his personal work to Spain and spanish musicians or dancers.
As a cameraman, he also worked on various documentary and feature films directed by Dominique Abel, Karim Dridi, Sophie Fiennes, David Teboul or Sylvie Veyrhede.
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En juin 1997, ma grand-mère m’a emmené voir les quatre cents coups de François Truffaut à la vidéothèque des Halles. J’avais 13 ans. Depuis je n’ai cessé de penser à la réalisation.
Par la suite, d’autres chocs comme La vie est belle de Roberto Benigni puis Raining stones de Ken Loach m’aiguillèrent vers le cinéma que j’aime. C’est en voyant Full Monty de Peter Cataneo que j’ai décidé de me lancer dans la réalisation.
Après un bac scientifique, je me suis dirigé vers des études littéraires très vite abrégées par la rencontre d’une personne qui m’a fait rentrer sur un plateau de cinéma. Le choc a été de taille aussi. Je suis devenu accessoiriste et je réalisais mes films entre ceux des autres.
En 2005, j’ai réalisé un court-métrage Ciao Bella de 6 minutes en DV.
En 2007, me posant la question de tout arrêter pour réaliser, j’ai décidé de mettre le paquet. J’ai investi la totalité de mon compte en banque, soit 15 000 euros dans un film, Allons nous-en !, tourné en super 16. Fort de l’apprentissage de l’auto-production, j’ai décidé de ne plus recommencer ce genre d’expérience.
En 2010, malgré mon affection particulière pour le métier d’accessoiriste, j’ai décidé d’arrêter pour me consacrer exclusivement à la réalisation.
En 2011, suite à un pari avec des amis, j’ai réalisé Quatre Colombes sur l’antenne télé.
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Winshluss, alias Vincent Paronnaud, is a French comics artist and filmmaker.
He is best known for cowriting and codirecting with Marjane Satrapi the highly acclaimed animated film "Persepolis" (2007), for which they received numerous awards including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
With his friend Cizo, he took the reins of the Revue Ferraille (Requins Marteaux ed.) and became a major player in the independent French-language comics. His last book, a very personal version of "Pinocchio", got the Fauve d'Or award (Best Album) at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême.
With "Villemolle 81", Winshluss questions the place of zombies in the French society today...
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Matias Meyer was born in Perpignan (France) in 1979, and made his studies at La Sorbonne University in Paris. He got graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico) in 2006. In 2002, he received a special price from the UNAM for the documentary 'San Vicente de chupaderos' and in 2003, he started attending the documentary department in the FEMIS. His first feature film, 'Wadley', was premiered at Rotterdam in 2008. 'El Calambre' is his second feature film. He is now developing 'Los últimos cristeros' : this project has been selected by Open Doors (Locarno 2008), got the best project award in Rondas Ficco 2008 and is supported by the Hubert Bals Fund.
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Born in Paris in 1977, Vincent Moon is the alter ego of devil-does-all Mathieu Saura. Music pounds like a central vein running through his body of work. Famous for introducing the concept of 'Take away shows' and the website La Blogotheque with his friend Chryde.
In a year, he shot over a hundred clips with bands like REM, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Grizzly Bear and many more. He perfected a style immediately recognizable of intimate, fragile, dancing and shadowing long shots.
He also directed larger video or web projects with The National, Arcade Fire and REM.
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After studying cultural management in Paris, she started working as an assistant producer in various companies (Les Films de la Perrine, Mondo Films…). As a journalist (for Ubik, Numéro), she did a short subject on the set of 'The Card Player' by Dario Argento. She also interviewed Richard Kern on various occasions and modeled for him. 'Llik you Idols' is her first documentary film.
She's now finishing her new documentary about Bruce Labruce called THE ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM.
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Born in France in 1980, Nicolas Engel grew up in Hong Kong and London, where he developed a taste for musicals. In 2005, he directed his first musical short, The Sailboats of The Luxembourg (Les films du Bélier / ARTE – 2006 Bronze Bear award at the Nations Festival, Ebensee). He has taken his work in the musical genre to a new level with Copy of Coralie (Crescendo films / ARTE). Premiered in the competition of the Critic’s week – 2008 Cannes festival, his second musical short film has been selected by more than 30 international festivals in France, US, Brasil, Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Japan…, and got the in Cannes the Short Golden Rail award, the 2008 Fujifilm award in Grenoble, the 2009 Ellen Award for the most original film at the Aspen Shortsfest, and has been selected for the 2009 Cesar and the 2009 Lutins du court métrage.
Nicolas Engel is currently preparing his third musical short film, Sam 1, with the support of Haute-Normandie Region and Sacem.
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D'origine bretonne, Damien Lecointre Nedelec étudie le Cinéma à Paris VIII. A côté, il monte en tant que président l'association Elan Film qui a pour but de produire et diffuser des court-métrages et commence en parallèle à travailler pour différentes sociétés de production en tant qu'assistant de production, régisseur et directeur de production.
En 2007, riche de ces expériences, il se lance avec Andolfi dans la production de son premier court-métrage, Metig. Soutenu entre autres par la région Bretagne et le CNC, le film est sélectionné dans la compétition officielle du festival de Brest 2008. Damien vient de finir son deuxième court-métrage, Axelle en Hiver, soutenu par la région Bretagne, les départements du Finistère et des Côtes-d'Armor.
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The talented François Nabos has directed a few Take Away Shows for Kidam and a parody of the music video Stress by Justice, with Musique Post-Bourgeoise.
He mainly works as editor : he worked on the animated feature 'Persépolis' by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, and signed the editing of 'Villemolle 81' by Winshluss.
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Alexandre likes freaky people and loves working on quirky projects in his laboratory.
His favorite ingredients : living flesh, spices and contemporary art.
This concoction creates a world of enigmatic experiments you can't forget.
When his feet are firmly on the ground, he seeks to portray the realities of life in his film work. He is currently writing his first feature screenplay : "crying dogs " .
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Vincent Moon & Jeremiah have decided to work together for the project R.E.M. This is not a show. They both have followed the entire production of the album, following the band during some live performances, capturing some scenes on video and working on several websites.
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At 36, Fred Mortagne works on various projects as directing TV projects, commercials, skateboard clips, music videos, lives, planning exhibitions of his own photos projects, and editing work.
He works regularly with Vans (shoes), Cliché & Flip (skateboard), Wesc (clothing), Fuel TV and some international press magazines.
He also works with the french band Coming Soon since their beginning, making their photos and some videos.
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ThomR (Thomas Rabillon), born in Angers in 1987 is a handyman ; not one of those genious handymen repairing or building concrete things from nothing, but a little film and image-maker, keen on music and interested in movement, fragility, and the dance of bodies…His experience with dancers, in particular with his film entitled "Nos seules empreintes sont les fracas…" (Clatter is all that Matters), has enabled him to experiment with different types of editing as well as with a particular way of approaching the body which he has continued exploring through his various projects with musicians like the Mansfield.Tya duet, Laetitia Sheriff, Les Thugs or during his recent collaboration with Vincent Moon, in Athens.
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Nicolas Klotz et Elisabeth Perceval développent ensemble un mode d'écriture et de filmage qui interroge autant la forme cinématographique que les bouleversements du contemporain. En 2003 ils ont crée leur société de production cinématographique Petits et Grands Oiseaux afin de coproduire La blessure leur 4ème long-métrage, présenté à La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs de Cannes 2004. Avec leur 5ème long-métrage La question humaine, présenté également à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs de Cannes en 2007, ils finissent La Trilogie des Temps Modernes commencée en 2000 avec Paria. Low Life, leur nouveau film vient d'être sélectionné en Compétition Internationale au Festival de Locarno 2011. Par ailleurs, ils réalisent ensemble des installations présentées à Barcelone et à Paris, dont Les Champs de bataille en 2009 dans le cadre de Temps d’Images, produit par ARTE et la Ferme du Buisson. Nicolas Klotz intervient régulièrement à la FEMIS dans le département réalisation. Proche du metteur en scène Klaus Michael Grüber, Nicolas Klotz a par ailleurs mis en scène plusieurs textes au sein de l’Asile, compagnie fondée en 1995 avec Elisabeth Perceval dans laquelle elle est comédienne. Nicolas Klotz prépare actuellement le tournage de Mademoiselle Julie avec Juliette Binoche pour France Télévision et le Festival d’Avignon.
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Né à Paris en 1977, Matthieu Schmit débute son parcours par le journalisme et le théâtre. Il écrit et met en scène ses premières pièces, en France et en Belgique avant de découvrir le cinéma et réaliser ses premiers courts-métrages. Il fait alors la rencontre de Benjamin Covo, avec qui il collabore à l’écriture de ses projets de films.
En 1999, il crée la société de production Klendatu Films, et en plus de ses projets personnels, produit des courts-métrages, des films publicitaires et réalise des images virtuelles et des effets spéciaux pour l’industrie et le cinéma. En 2007 il crée POINT ROUGE, pôle de création et de liberté dans les domaines de l'audiovisuel, de l’art et de la culture.
Nourri de voyages, de photographie, de musique, il est attaché aux films de genres - allant de la comédie au fantastique, en passant par le polar. Aujourd’hui, il prépare son premier long-métrage « The movie about a movie about Love Birds », entouré de l’équipe qu’il a réuni depuis toutes ces années.
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Julien Paolini is developing several features projects around the world. Rewarded for his texts as a writer, his scripts managed to convince actors such as François Xavier Demaison, Olivier Saladin, Christophe Salengro, Anthony Sonigo, Pierre Arditi, Yvan Le Bolloch, Hugo Becker. He wrote and directed several short movies, between them Réveil d'un mouton, a black and white 35mm short film whose a long version is being produced from it for 2012. He is currently working on commercials (Dior, Reebok, Aubade...) and music videos (Stoned Popes, Petula Clark, DatA, Ayo...)
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Nathanaël is an instinctive director. Passionate by moving pictures and always looking for new sounds, he likes travelling around the world to meet bands that will make tomorrow's actuality. His camera follows emotions and tells stories. Director on The Take-away Shows, he also worked on Arcade Fire's DVD Miroir Noir.
Recently, he has worked on my Bloody Valentine, Mogwai and Animal Collective's latest projects.
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"En combinant différents domaines de recherches, en multipliant les expériences au sein de pratiques transversales (de la chimie au dessin, de la vidéo à la lecture, de l'image de synthèse au documentaire...), il semble que l'on obtienne des résultats, ou plutôt des hypothèses, qui impliquent et produisent une esthétique ni déterministe ni sous le joug de la référence, mais qui développent des formes intermédiaires.
En croisant les domaines scientifiques et les expériences du monde de l'art, et en portant toute l'attention possible aux éléments du réel (mondes animaliers, environnement, micro-structures, existences sonores, ...), il arrive qu'on fasse naitre une pratique artistique dont l'horizon est perméable et dont l'expérimentation libérée des contraintes culturelles et formelles pourra se révéler utile." Sonia Levy
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Jeremiah is a founding member of Kidam.
He developed all his work around pop/rock music, and participated to the booming of the famous « take away shows » initiated by Vincent Moon and the Blogotheque.
He has directed documentary films, music videos and live shows for musicians such as REM, Christophe, Coming Soon, Piers Faccini, Sophie Hunger, Jeffrey Lewis, Seb Martel, Erik Truffaz or Camille.
He is now heading towards fiction.
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This section concerns collective work with many directors
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