Les Valseurs Explained
Les Valseurs |
Location City: | Paris |
Location Country: | France |
Industry: | Film industry |
Les Valseurs is a French film production & distribution company founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty.
They received the 2019 César Award for Best Animated Short Film for Wicked Girl (2017) by Ayce Kartal and an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club[1] by Yves Piat in January 2020. On December 21, 2022, they were shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Live Action Short Film with Sideral (2021).[2]
History
The company was founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty in Paris, France.[3]
Beside producing its own content, Les Valseurs also act as a distributor. They released Boris Khlebnijov’s Arrhythmia in 2018, Eugène Green’s Faire la parole in 2017 and Sarah Marx's first feature K Contraire in January 2020.[4]
In February 2018, their animated short production Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal was awarded at Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival the National Grand Prize, becoming the first animated short film to be so since the beginning of the festival.[5] In February 2019, Wicked Girl received the César Award for Best Animated Short Film.[6]
In May 2019, their live action short production She Runs received the "Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film" at Cannes' Critics' Week.[7]
In September 2019, France Télévisions awarded them the "Jeune Producteur" 30,000€-price.[8]
In January 2020, they received an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat.[9]
Production
Live Action
Animation
Documentary
- Midnight Ramblers[21] (2017) by Julian Ballester – premiered at 2017 This Human World
- Après Ta Révolte, Ton Vote (2019) by Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré – premiered at 2019 IDFA Amsterdam[22]
- My quarantine bear (2021) by Weijia Ma - premiered at 2021 Visions du réel
Projects
Live Action
- Nefta by Yves Piat
- Milk Powder by Carlos Segundo
- Ciudad sin sueño by Guillermo García López
- The French Teacher by Ricardo Alves Jr.
- Blackbird by João Paulo Miranda Maria
Virtual Reality
- Deusa Das Aguas by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria (short film)
Animation
- Les Décentrés by Marion Boutin & Damien Pelletier (short film)
- The day I smoked a cigarette with my dad by Sameh Alaa & Robin Vouters (short film)
Documentary
- Los Nombres Propios by Fernando Dominguez
- The Syrians by Ismaël
- Avec Naomie by Dumas Maçon
- Targuia by Leïla Artese Benhadj
Notes and References
- Web site: Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List. 13 January 2020. Variety. 16 January 2020.
- Web site: Sciences . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and . 95th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories . 2023-01-05 . A.frame . en.
- Web site: Les Valseurs is growing at an impressive pace. Cineuropa. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: K CONTRAIRE Critique du film avec Sandrine Bonnaire et Sandor Funtek. 20 January 2020. LE BLEU DU MIROIR Critiques cinématographiques. fr-FR. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: Short Pick of the Day: 'Wicked Girl' by Ayce Kartal. 23 December 2018. Cartoon Brew. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: 2019 César Award Nominees Announced. Milligan. Mercedes. 23 January 2019. Animation Magazine. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: Cannes Winner Qiu Yang on the Outsize Impact of Small-Town Stories. 10 June 2019. RADII Culture, Innovation, and Life in today's China. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: Trouville-sur-Mer : Au festival Off-Courts " Les Valseurs " reçoit le prix jeune producteur de France Télévision. paris-normandie.fr. fr-FR. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List. 13 January 2020. Variety. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: Les Valseurs, lauréat du Prix France Télévisions du jeune producteur – Brefcinema . 14 January 2020 . svod.brefcinema.com . fr.
- Web site: 28 July 2017 . Biennale Cinema 2017 The Orizzonti Section . 20 January 2020 . La Biennale di Venezia.
- Web site: Tallinn Black Nights rounds off its First Feature Competition line-up. Cineuropa. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: 43ª Mostra Internacional de SP termina com filme de Fernando Meirelles e 11 prêmios principais – Prodview. Prodview. Redação. pt-BR. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: Rita Azevedo Gomes desafia ranços medievais nos maiores festivais da Europa. P de Pop. pt-br. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: She runs – La critique du court-métrage . 14 January 2020 . Avoir Alire – Critiques de films, Livres, BD, musique, séries TV, Spectacles . fr-FR.
- Web site: Richter . Marina D. . 14 September 2019 . Review: The Diver (2019), by Jamie Helmer & Michael Leonard . 20 January 2020 . ubiquarian.
- Web site: Mayorga . Emilio . 20 May 2019 . Brazil's Cinemascopio, France's Les Valseurs Team For Nara Normande, Tião's 'The Heron' (EXCLUSIVE) . 14 January 2020 . Variety.
- Web site: Le film du week-end des grandes vacances : Guaxuma Animez-vous les uns les autres. fr-FR. 14 January 2020.
- Web site: Nara Normande made a Quadruple Oscar-qualifying animation, Guaxuma. 6 September 2019. indieactivity. 20 January 2020.
- Web site: Cartoon Movie 2018 : retour sur nos projets préférés " Le Blog d'Ecran Noir . 14 January 2020 . fr-FR.
- Web site: 16 February 2018 . Les Primeurs du Blog documentaire No. 21 : "Midnight Ramblers", de Julian Ballester . 14 January 2020 . Le Blog documentaire . fr-FR.
- Web site: IDFA 2019: The African Line-Up. 29 November 2019. Awotele. fr-FR. 20 January 2020.