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ANGERS WORKSHOPS 1-8 July2012 th 8 edition 20011participantswith Jeanne Moreau, Claude-ÉricPoirouxandDelphine Gleize www.premiersplans.org PRESS KIT Contact: Charlotte Huet – 0033 2 41 88 92 22/ [email protected] PARTNERS Angers Workshopsreceivesupportfrom: With the support of: Angers Workshops would like to thank: Université Angevine du Temps Libre // Bouvet Ladubay // Centre Angevin des Ressources Associatives de la Ville d’Angers // Elacom // Hôtel Mercure Angers Centre // Cinéma Parlant // EvolisCard Printer // Ford Rent // Hexa Repro // Les Lyriades de la langue française // SERAL // Université Catholique de l'Ouest (ISCEA) PREMIERS PLANS 2 PRESENTATION The 8th editionof the Angers Workshops will welcome from the 1stto the 8thof July, 10 young filmmakers from 7 European countries: Belgium, France, Poland, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Germany. These Ateliers founded by Jeanne Moreauand Claude-Eric Poiroux, willalsoreceivemanycinemaprofessionalsincludingdirectorsOlivier Ducastel (Jeanne et le garçon formidable, Crustacés et coquillages,…), CătălinMitulescu (Comment j’ai fêté la fin du monde),BenceFliegauf(Just the wind),Raphaël Nadjari (Tehilim),scriptwriterVincent Poymiro(Ainsi soient-ils) and producerJacques- HenriBronckart(A perdre la raison). Created in 2005, the Angers Workshops are directed toward young European filmmakers with one or two short films to their credit and a first feature film in the works. During 9 days, they will be taught by recognised professionals from the world of cinema. This year, the focus will be on staging, working with actors, frame, screenplay, and production. The Workshops will offer them: Screenings and analyses of film classics from the past and present. Training with established filmmakers and technicians who will bring to the classroom their professional experience and methods. Development of their personal projects under the guidance of the attending instructors, with emphasis on specific questions concerning directing, working with actors, production... The Workshops focus on three activities: SCREENINGS Each day will begin with the screening of a film classic chosen and presented by a different guest instructor. These screenings take place at Les 400 coups Cinemas. MASTERCLASS The attending instructors will talk about their professional experience and will get into details about a specific aspect of their filmography. ONE ON ONE SESSIONS The young directors will work on their own projects throughout the week under the guidance of Jeanne Moreau and can also call on the expertise of the professionals who will also be there. PREMIERS PLANS 3 PARTICIPANTS FRANCE Marie AMACHOUKELI, Claire BURGER et Samuel THEISPROJECT :ANGELIQUE Samuel Theis studied at ENSATT, Claire Burger and Marie Amachoukeli studied at La fémis. In 2008, Claire worked with Marie and Samuel on a medium-length film entitled Forbach. In this film, which was loosely based on the story of the Theis family, they chose to cast real family members. Forbachwon the 2nd prize at Cinéfondation in Cannes (2008) and the Grand Prix National at Clermont-Ferrand (2009). In 2009, Claire and Marie wrote and co-directedC’estgratuit pour les filleswhich won the César for Best Short in 2010. Samuel directed Jean-Luc Lagarce’sJuste la fin du mondewhich won the SACD prize and the Théâtre 13 / Young Directors prize in 2011. Following on from Forbach, Samuel wrote the feature Angélique in collaboration with Claire and Marie. The story is loosely based on his mother. They would like to direct the film together. Synopsis: Angélique has been a hostess in a cabaret on the French-German border for a number of years. She sells her charms and encourages men to drink. She is very resourceful and loves the nightlife filled with parties and drinking. But her customers now prefer younger girls and Angélique has to change her life. AUSTRIA Bo CHENPROJECT :MONEYBOYS C. B. Yilin was born in Peoples Republic of China. Lives in Vienna. Austrian Citizenship since 1994. He got a B.A. in Sinology from the University of Vienna in 2004 and was accepted in the same year at the Vienna Film Academy. Since then he studied directing cinema with Michael Haneke and cinematography with Christian Berger. In 2011 he took an acting workshop for directors with Susan Batson. His latest short film Little precious was selected for several filmfestivals. The recent first feature film MONEYBOYS took part in ties that bind 2012. Synopsis:Four years after hustler Liangjie´s punishment and expulsion from his peasant family, he attempts to reconcile with his parents, but is rejected just as harshly. Having shaken off his longing for a home, he sets out in search for his lost friend and lover, travelling through central China, a country whose newfound optimism resembles his own. PARTICIPANTS PREMIERS PLANS 4 FRANCE / ISRAËL Tamara ERDE PROJECT :UN AUTRE JOUR VIENDRA Tamara Erdeis a French Israeli director. She holds a Masters in Visual Communication Design and Photography form the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem and graduated from the Ecole du Fresnoy. Her work is constructed around various media, including documentary films, fiction, video installations, and stage performances. She has made two shorts, Roberand Jéricho, which was slected for competition in the Festivals of Clermont-Ferrand and Aix en Provence. She is currently developing a project for a short, Disney Ramallah, and a feature film, Un autre jour viendra, co-written with RaphaëlleValbrune, both films are produced by Iliade& Films. Synopsis:This drama based on the life of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwich looks at his personal background, which is intimately linked to the history of his nation. Moving delicately between the poetic worlds of Mahmoud Darwich and harsh political reality, the film explores one of the great poets of the century and one of the leading voices of the Palestinian people. SWEDEN / GERMANY Carolina HELLSGÅRDPROJECT :SUNBURNED Caroline Hellsgårdworks as a writer and director in Stockholm and Berlin. After completing a MFA from the Berlin University of Arts in 2007, she received a DAAD-postgraduate artist grant for Los Angeles, where she studied film directing and screenwriting at the California Institute of the Arts. Hellsgård's films have screened and been awarded in numerous venues and film festivals internationally. During 2008–2011 she developed a short film trilogy, all films revolving aroundthe lives of people on the outskirts of society: KARAOKE, HUNGER and HJÄLTAR.She is currently developing the feature film SUNBURNED produced by Silverosa Film in Stockholm, for which is selected to Angers Workshops. Synopsis:Sunburneddepicts the fragile state of adolescence. The main character in the film, twelve-year-old Claire is heavily overweight and as gawky as can be. She feels neglected by her distant and self-occupied mother Catherine, and her ever-absent father Raphael. Claire is starved for attention, and substitutes the lack of interest in her person with food. Her older and prettier sister constantly overshadows her in every aspect of life. During a vacation trip to Morocco Claire seizes the opportunity to break free and reinvent herself. The object of her desire happens to be a Senegalese immigrant. As their relationship deepens, Claire promises to bring him with her back to Germany. What for Claire is part of a childish game, ultimately becomes a promise she can’t break. Claire’s emotional development and sexual awakening throughout the film, is contrasted with the harsh social reality of immigrant Morocco. PARTICIPANTS PREMIERS PLANS 5 SWITZERLAND Simon JAQUEMET PROJECT :WAR Simon Jaquemet was born in1978. He grew up on a farm near Basel in Switzerland. He studied film directing at the Zurich University of the Arts. He wrote and directed his diploma short film The Fortress (Die Burg) and two more shorts: Block and Laura’s Party, which participated in more than 30 international Festivals. He also specialised in directing music videos which won several awards including «most aired video of the year» and the Edi Swiss Commercials award. He worked as a cinematographer for video artists like Elodie Pong, Knowbotic Research and David Lamelas. Simon is currently developing his first feature film War which is supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Film Foundation of Zurich and MEDIA. The project was also selected for TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch, FrameWork programmes, winning a Development Award there and Angers Workshop. Synopsis : Matteo is fifteen. It is summer. He is furious when he is brought to a remote farm in the mountains for a correctional stay. Four months in solitude. But on arrival three hostile teenagers attack him and lock him into a dog cage. The farmer, supposed to look after the kids, has lost control. Anton, an unpredictably aggressive boy, is now in charge. He has given shelter to two more troubled, angry teenagers. The farm is their perfect hideout.At first Matteo is treated like a dog. Gradually he earns the group’s respect and joins them on their missions: They drive down to the city. Playful, feverish nights full of violence and destruction. Their war. Revenge against grown-ups - against everything. FRANCE / BELGIUM Emmanuel MARRE PROJECT :TERRITOIRE Emmanuel Marrewas born in 1980. After studying literature in Paris he went to IAD in Belgium. His two graduation films,La vie qui va avecand Michelwere selected by Premiers Plans and several festivals around Europe and elsewhere (including Brest and Toronto). He went on to maketwo shorts,Les Cheveux coupés, and a drama commission from Aide à la jeunesse Belge, Le Petit chevalier. He lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, where he shares his time between documentaries and dramas. Alongside Territoire, produced by Entre Chien et Loup, he is completing Chaumière (Pour la lucarne ARTE) a documentary exploring the world of Formule 1 hotels. Synopsis:Territoireis the story of Arnaud, who graduated next to bottom in his class at ENA, and is looking to move on.Territoireis the story of Georges who might have his career as a member of parliament behind him.Territoireis the story of a filiation and a friendship.Territoireis the story of an initiation into politics.