This Friday, November 15, 2024, final year students in the cinema-audiovisual option (CAV) went to the Brest European Short Film Festival. They participated in the jury of the French selection and had to choose together the film which would be awarded the prize above all.
This is the third year that Lorette, Clarisse, Eliot and Aedann have come with the Jules-Lesven high school. “It allows us to see films that we wouldn’t have seen on our own. Even if we don’t always like it, it allows us to discover new cultures, new ways of seeing things, of filming,” assure the budding filmmakers. “This is also the aim of this cinema option”, explains their teacher Frédéric Heuzet: it is above all about practical exercises, being on your feet, experimenting. The link with scholarly culture is made from the students’ suggestions.
“We’re not getting out of here until there’s white smoke!” »
“We will try to come to an agreement,” the students continue. For them, it’s clear, there’s no question of choosing a film just because you “liked” it. The winning film must “denounce causes for young people”, be “really aimed at them”. Indeed, “it will probably be shown to middle school students, high school students, young people of all ages. We have to ask ourselves the question of what we are going to transmit.”
“À Marée Haute”, a short film by Camille Fleury on the theme of incest, left its mark. If everyone agrees on the accuracy of the work and the importance of the subject, the question also arises from the public: “It is a film which can traumatize people who have already experienced this, or are currently experiencing it”. “We’re not getting out of here until there’s white smoke!” », warns Frédéric as he enters the debate room. No doubt, it was a well-prepared jury that understood the complexity of the debate which deliberated in the afternoon. In the end, it was the film “Adieu Émile”, by Alexis Diop, which won, this Saturday, November 16, with a mention for “What belongs to César”, by Violette Gitton.
