Letter to a friend

Letter to a friend

  • Directed by Delphine Schmit
  • 2007
  • Documentary filmmaking workshop
  • Love & Friendship, Education
  • Shooting place : France (Île-de-France)
  • Duration : 19 min
  • Audio : French
  • Subtitles : English

Synopsis

The girls you will see in this film are among the best students in France. They are studying in what we call "Classes préparatoires".

After two years of hard work, they are going to take very difficult exams to try to get into prestigious schools. There won’t be a place for everyone...

I lived in this home for teenagers ten years ago, and I have come back to this place of loneliness and despair, with Leïla, a friend I met there.

These girls’ voices remind us of the friendship and the togetherness, but also of the feeling of exclusion and the absurdity of this system...

  • Direction : Delphine Schmit
  • Image : Delphine Schmit
  • Sound : Alicia Harrison
  • Edition : Laure Mercier

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Festival international du court-métrage des écoles de cinéma

  • Place : Beyrouth (Lebanon)
  • Date : 2008

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This workshop is designed for those who wish to begin, advance their skills in filmmaking, or embark on a career change. It delves into the intellectual, moral, and aesthetic dimensions of filmmaking through every stage of documentary production, from conception to editing.

Each participant creates a short documentary film following a period of technical initiation, analysis of reference works, scouting, and scriptwriting. Each participant chooses the specific subject of their short film.

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