Synopsis
Roomates in a bed-sit, Nicolas, a young student hairdresser, Damien and Rudy have to deal with the lack of space and tight budgets. To satisfy his need for some luxury, Nicolas decides to plan a journey to Amsterdam with his friend Julien.
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
Hélène Demongeot
French director and editor
Born in 1975, Hélène Demongeot holds a Master's degree in Film from the University of Paris VIII. In parallel, she earned a diploma in editing from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français and worked on short films at La Fémis.
She moved to Brussels in 2000 to work in a production company, where she edited various types of films, including documentaries, fictions, reports, commercials, institutional films, and trailers. She also trained as a projectionist at the Musée du Cinéma and the Nova Cinema in the city.
Upon returning to Paris, she edited several collections of music films for the Mezzo channel and co-directed a documentary about a string quartet, which was also broadcast on France 2. Additionally, she has worked as an editing trainer for students at the Institut International du Multimédia (Université Léonard de Vinci).
Today, while continuing her work as an editor, Hélène Demongeot primarily focuses on developing and directing her own films.
About : Hands-on documentary filmmaking
The workshop is conducted in French, so a certain level of proficiency in the language is required to fully benefit from the training.
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This intensive training, combined with the Hands-on Documentary editing course, allows participants to engage with the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking. After a brief period of technical initiation, analysis of reference works, scouting, and writing, each participant will move on to filming a short film on a common theme. The editing is carried out by an editing trainee under the supervision of professional editors. The goal is to understand the essential relationship between director and editor.
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