Festivals - Gerardmer 2021 : Short films in competition

By Mulder, 14 january 2021

Actor Pio Marmaï, president of the jury, actresses Roxane Duran, Chloé Jouannet and Sarah Stern & directors Léo Karmann and Xavier Palud will award the Grand Prix for short films on Sunday, January 31, 2021.

Aquarians (France, 2020)
Written and directed by Alice Barsby
Produced by Marcello Cavagna
Screenplay: Alice Barsby
With Finnegan Oldfield, Julie Maes, Jean-Michel Balthazar
Music by Raphaël Coqblin
Cinematography : Marion Raymond-Seraille
Edited by Tyliann Shearer
Distribution: The GREC (France)
Running time : 15 minutes
Synopsis: In the near future, gigantic tides will intermittently cover the coastline. Yet, in a deserted seaside town, a couple of diehards refuse to leave. Their son, who came to visit them for Christmas, would like to leave before the high tide, but something is holding him back.

Canines (France, 2020)
Directed by Abel Danan
Produced by Dayan D. Oualid
Screenplay by Abel Danan & Emma Lacoste
With Pauline Chalamet, Melissa George, Thomas Brunaux, Paolo Rodriguez
Music by Sacha Rudy
Cinematography : Quentin Keriven
Edited by Edward Beucler
Distribution: Trois Jours de Marche (France)
Running time : 11 minutes
Synopsis : Anna and her mother Elena, two vampires isolated from the rest of the world, try to survive in Paris by hunting down cybercriminals at night on social networks. But, between Elena's illness, her repeated anxiety attacks and the stalks becoming more and more dangerous, tensions rise and the demons of the past resurface. Anna, on the verge of madness, begins to sink.

La Nuit m'appelle (France, 2020)
Directed by Olivier Strauss
Produced by Tristan Bergé & Isabelle Madelaine
Screenplay: Olivier Strauss
With Alice Barnole, Jean-Pierre Leonardini, Agnès Berthon, Naky Sy Savane, Toni D'Antonio, Pierre Giafferi, Paul Blain
Cinematography : Marine Atlan
Edited by Louise Jaillette
Production: Dharamsala
Running time: 30 minutes
Synopsis : Graziella is hired as a maid by a rich bourgeois family living in a secluded mansion. Something monstrous that has been desperately waiting for death for years is also locked up there. When Graziella and the creature meet, something in them awakens.

Under the Moss (France, 2020)
Written and directed by Ollivier Briand
Produced by Thierry Lounas
With Lysandre Robic, Hélène Vienne, Glenn Marausse, Samantha Peny
Music by Olaf Hund
Cinematogeraphy : Manuel Marmier
Edited by : Martial Salomon
Distribution: Capricci Films
Running time: 14 minutes
Synopsis: Ivan's five-year-old babysitter forces him to take a bath. Once in the water, he realizes with horror that something is stirring under the foam...

T'es morte Hélène (France and Belgium, 2020)
Written and directed by Michiel Blanchart
Produced by Ana da Costa, Michaël Goldberg & Boris Van Gils
With Théophile Mou, Lucile Vignoles, Mailys Dumon, Michiel Blanchart
Music by Victor Fournier
Cinematography : Sylvestre Vannoorenberghe
Edited by Matthieu Jamet
Production : Formosa Productions
Runnng time : 25 minutes
Synopsis : Maxime, a young man in search of stability, lives with the ghost of his girlfriend Hélène, who died recently. Wishing to put an end to this frankly unbearable situation, Maxime finally decides to break up with her. Hélène doesn't seem ready to accept this decision.

The short films are offered free of charge to festival-goers. Places are limited and are not counted in the festival PASS. If you wish to view these two programs, it is imperative to make a reservation on our dedicated platform.

(Source : press release)