Cerermony - César 2023 : The Short Film Brunch (Documentary category)

By Mulder, Paris, La companie 1837, 11 december 2022

For the first year, the César Academy honors the directors and producers of the 48 short films, during a brunch that took place this Sunday, December 11, 2022. This Selection is accompanied by a pair of godmother/sponsor of the cinema, who is present to share his experience and encourage these new talents of emerging cinema.

This Sunday, December 11, 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Techniques has organized a new event around the Short Film. During a brunch, it brought together the directors and producers of the year's short films, which will be submitted to the votes of the members of the Academy and thus compete for the César 2023. They have been chosen by the three Short Film Committees of the Academy and compose the Short Film Fiction Selection, the Short Film Animation Selection and the Short Film Documentary Selection César 2023.

This convivial meeting brought together :
- Félix Moati, godfather of the Short Film Fiction Selection César 2023 (Nicole Garcia, the godmother was absent because of bronchitis)
- Camélia Jordana and Aurel, godmother and godfather of the César 2023 Animated Short Film Selection,
- Yolande Zauberman and Éric Caravaca, godfather and godmother of the Documentary Short Film Selection César 2023.

The lists of 24 fiction shorts, 12 animated shorts and 12 documentary shorts have been compiled by the Short Film Committees of the César Academy from among the shorts that have marked the year 2022. They will be submitted to the votes of the members of the Academy and will thus be able to compete for the 2023 Césars.

The Short Film Brunch is organized with the support of Canal+, partner and broadcaster of the César Awards, which also supports the Academy in promoting short films.

In order to facilitate the vote of the Academy members for the César for the Best Fiction Short Film, 24 fiction short films have been selected by the Fiction Short Film Committee. The 24 films are presented on the viewing platform set up for the members of the Academy.

Discover our photos of the photocall on our Flickr page here and also our photos of this ceremony here.

No Signal by Adrien Genoudet (23 minutes)
Synopsis: She would have liked to be the Princess of Monaco but, after seventy years of marriage, the conclusion is bitter. In the kitchen, Marie-Thérèse realizes that she misses everything, except her husband.

Character by Paul Heintz (39 minutes)
Synopsis: Character is a film that proposes to meet the English namesakes of Winston Smith, the hero of George Orwell's novel 1984. Is there an unspeakable link between them and the character in the novel?

Churchill, Polar Bear Town by Annabelle Amoros (37 minutes)
Synopsis: Every year, in northern Canada, polar bears migrate to Hudson Bay to hunt seals. From October to November, while waiting for the ice pack to form, they take up residence in Churchill, population 800. Considered both as nuisance predators and tourist fascinations, their presence in the small town illustrates singularly the complexity of our relationship with the wild world.

Constellation de la Rouguière by Dania Reymond-Boughenou (31 minutes)
Synopsis: Residents of La Rouguière talk about their lives in this unique neighborhood of Marseille, which welcomed repatriates from Algeria in 1962. As they tell their stories, they conjure up memories haunted by history and the loss of loved ones.

Dear Hacker by Alice Lenay (59 minutes)
Synopsis: The LED on my webcam started flashing for no reason. Is it possible that a watcher, a hacker, a friend or a ghost is in the lens right now? I embark on a series of video calls to find out what this elusive entity wants from me.

Listen to the beat of our images by Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste (15 minutes)
Synopsis: 60 years ago, the French government decided to establish its space center in Kourou (French Guyana).  600 Guyanese were expropriated to allow France to realize its dream of space conquest.  Combining field research and archival footage, "Listen to the Beat of our Images" gives a voice to a population that has been silenced and made invisible.

Kindertotenlieder by Virgil Vernier (27 minutes)
Synopsis: Using television news archives, we look back at the 2005 riots in France, which occurred after two young people were chased by the police.

Lèv la tèt dann fénwar by Érika Étangsalé (51 minutes)
Synopsis: Jean-René is a former worker who is now retired. He has been living in France, in Macon, since his emigration from Reunion Island at the age of 17. Today, for the first time, he breaks a silence and tells his daughter his story. His story reveals mysterious dreams and pains that have their roots in the wounds of French colonial history.

Maria Schneider, 1983 by Elisabeth Subrin (25 minutes)
Synopsis: In 1983, Maria Schneider gives an interview for the television program Cinéma Cinémas. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when the actress challenges the practices of the film industry and is asked to talk about the controversial film Le Dernier Tango à Paris (1972).

My Own Landscapes by Antoine Chapon (18 minutes)
Synopsis: Before going to war, a military game designer created video game scenarios that prepared soldiers for culture shock and healed trauma. Once he returned from the war, his relationship with his identity, with life and with video games changed.

Palermo sole nero by Joséphine Jouannais (26 minutes)
Synopsis: Dennis and Ibra live in Palermo without knowing how long they can stay there. When Ibra disappears, Dennis sets out to find his friend in the city, under the watchful eyes of the patron saints.

Random Patrol by Yohan Guignard (30 minutes)
Synopsis: Keeping order is the mission of Matt, a policeman in a suburb of Oklahoma-City in the United States. Every morning he takes his car to patrol the city. Every morning, he is apprehensive about the arrests to come and wonders what this job has done to him.

Photos and video : Boris Colletier / Mulderville

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