Leila is a dealer at the casino and sleeps at the hotel. A room neighbor arrives and disturbs her daily routine.
Diploma project (2017) by Lora Mure-Ravaud
Fiction / 22 min
Synopsis
Leila, singularly androgynous, works at a casino, a predominantly male environment. Croupier at night, she returns to her hotel room early in the morning. Camil has just arrived at the hotel, and spends his days alone, disappearing in the morning and returning at nightfall. They are neighbours. Gradually, a mutual and silent attraction develops.
Comment
Blackjack takes up the challenge of a filmmaker's fascination for her main actress, the audacity of a story where incarnation is the key word. The confident gestures, the telling glances are accomplished in a montage of great elegance. This film, sincere and coherent, goes to the end of itself, to the end of its choices and its own grammar. Long after having seen it, the memory of Leila's look does not leave us and still opens the window to a thousand landscapes.
Delphine Gleize / Scriptwriter and director
BA FILM STUDIES
with Marie-Eve Hildbrand
The 2026 documentary film workshop for 1st year students was lead by swiss director Marie-Eve Hildbrand.
BA FILM STUDIES
with Verena Paravel
The 2026 documentary film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by french director and visual anthropologist Verena Paravel.
BA FILM STUDIES
with Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
The 2026 fiction film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by swiss director Marie-Elsa Sgualdo.
BA FILM STUDIES
Workshop led by Michael William Farino, Jonathan Ricardo Argudo and Herbert Mayer and given to students in the Bachelor's degree programmes in Cinema and Industrial Design.
BA FILM STUDIES
by Noé Bregnard, Eva Rust, Victor Durand Matinella, Lou Haenggi, Samuel Harari, Hana Magimel, Nolan Grando, Mileny Viera de Andrade, Zélia Zanone
Second-year Bachelor's students attended a workshop with Belgian cinematographer Benoît Dervaux, known for his work on the Dardenne brothers' films. He was responsible for the cinematography on the Swiss films Laissez-moi by Maxime Rappaz (2023) and À bras-le-corps by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (2025).