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Donika Gashi – La vie de Lucy (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Donika Gashi – La vie de Lucy (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Lucy is a young Cro-Magnon woman, a descendant of Lucy the Australopithecus, who lives in a pre-historic, Stone Age, tribe.

Hervé Ossent – The hole (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Hervé Ossent – The hole (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Guillaume, a young pig farmer, discovers that his father is indulging in bestiality.

Loïc Pidoux – Betelgeuse (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Loïc Pidoux – Betelgeuse (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Three young artists search for their place in the world, under the glow of supernova remnants.

Camille Anker – Once there was a storm (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Camille Anker – Once there was a storm (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

In the passenger seat, a young woman waits for the end of the road unfolding beyond the window.

Pol Barrelet – Leave the hive (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Pol Barrelet – Leave the hive (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Mila is tired of living in this small town and dreams of elsewhere. But leaving everything behind means even her closest friends.

Léa Favre – Who goes hunting... (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Léa Favre – Who goes hunting... (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she believes she's finally caught her prey, the roles end up being reversed. The hunter becomes the hunted.

Maria Luiza Vaz – Where were you at night? (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Maria Luiza Vaz – Where were you at night? (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Clara is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives alone with her mother in a small isolated house in the forest. Clara is full of vitality, but her depressive mother prevents her from breaking free. An encounter with a mysterious boy in the forest leads Clara to transgress her daily life.

Arsène Fragnière – Cartilage (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Arsène Fragnière – Cartilage (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

At the end of the night, Gaël will abandon his group of friends. As the evening progresses, however, they realize that something is wrong.

Benjamin Eggenberger – The Stork's Lair (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Benjamin Eggenberger – The Stork's Lair (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

An alienating love between two beings who wish to have a child but cannot.

Matteo Friberg – Death to the hunchbacks (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Matteo Friberg – Death to the hunchbacks (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

Knight Borboron is poisoned and wants to apologize to Hildegund before dying.

Naïla Ebinger – Cartilage (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Naïla Ebinger – Cartilage (Direction)

with Denis Jutzeler

For my diploma project, I did the cinematography for the bachelor film of my classmate Arsène Fragnière: Cartilage.

Mégane Brügger – Mom dances (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Mégane Brügger – Mom dances (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Héléna Klotz

What remains of a mother after years of domestic violence? What remains of her body, her dignity and her strength? Surely words, memory and a few dance steps that can still be passed down.

Documentary film workshop with Alessandro Comodin

FILM STUDIES

Documentary film workshop with Alessandro Comodin

with Alessandro Comodin

The 2024 documentary film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by french italian director Alessandro Comodin.

Fiction film workshop with Carmen Jaquier

FILM STUDIES

Fiction film workshop with Carmen Jaquier

with Carmen Jaquier

The 2023 fiction film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by swiss director Carmen Jaquier.

Fiction film workshop with Lionel Baier

FILM STUDIES

Fiction film workshop with Lionel Baier

with Lionel Baier

The 2023 fiction film workshop for 1st year students was lead by Lionel Baier.

Archive as a Creative Act: The Absolute Cinema of Gregory J. Markopoulos and the Temenos Utopia

FINE ARTS

FILM STUDIES

FINE ARTS

FILM STUDIES

Archive as a Creative Act: The Absolute Cinema of Gregory J. Markopoulos and the Temenos Utopia

with François Bovier

Artists who produce archives from their own work approach archival activity as a creative gesture: here, the archive literally becomes a work of art. In parallel with the “archival impulse” that has run through contemporary art since the 1960s, this research project examines the “performative agency” of archives when they are constituted from “image acts”. The selected corpus is based on an extremely singular case, the cinematographic work of Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928-1992) and the Temenos archives.

Rémi Molleyres – The wild waltz (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Rémi Molleyres – The wild waltz (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

Joseph discovers that Félicie, his fiancée, just killed her uncle and has decided to run away. A whole life collapses for the young couple.

Jay Holdener – There were cowboys (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Jay Holdener – There were cowboys (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

Daniel back from the USA, is given a mission by a  ghostly Cowboy: to steal a Chevy El Camino.

Ilan Dubi – Before ocean (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Ilan Dubi – Before ocean (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

Léon has a tough night as he runs away from home to join Olivia on her journey to the ocean.

Ilù Seydoux – Before ocean (Sound)

FILM STUDIES

Ilù Seydoux – Before ocean (Sound)

with Fanny Martin

My diploma work in sound engineering involved recording and sound editing the film Before ocean, directed by Ilan Dubi.

Adrien Beroud – Before ocean (Scriptwriting)

FILM STUDIES

Adrien Beroud – Before ocean (Scriptwriting)

with Antoine Russbach

Before being adapted into a short film, "Aire de Jeux" is my Bachelor project: a feature film script, a satirical comedy in the world of contemporary theatre.

Giulia Goy – Rose on the farm (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Giulia Goy – Rose on the farm (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

Rose is a young filmmaker who's looking for a job. She decides to go on a course to retrain as a farmer. This is an inceptive story that questions our relationship with the land, with art, as well as the role of filmmakers as observers of our world.

Remo Corazza – Satellites never fall from the sky (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Remo Corazza – Satellites never fall from the sky (Photography)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

My diploma work consisted in being the cinematographer on the film Satellites never fall from the sky, which I co-directed with Matias Carlier, Ecal alumni in cinema, class of 2022.

César Cadène – Before ocean (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

César Cadène – Before ocean (Photography)

with Agnès Godard

My ECAL graduation project involved making the photography of the film "Before the Ocean," written and directed by Ilan Dubi, a student director. Inspired by the cinema of the Safdie brothers and John Cassavetes, this film was a real technical and creative challenge.

Marcello Balzaretti – There were cowboys (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Marcello Balzaretti – There were cowboys (Photography)

with Agnès Godard

Infinitely disappointed by his recent pilgrimage to the USA for which he had great expectations, Daniel, back in Switzerland, goes back to his daily routine. One day appears before him a ghostly cowboy, giving him a mission: to steal a Chevy El Camino.

Documentary film workshop with Guillaume Brac

FILM STUDIES

Documentary film workshop with Guillaume Brac

with Guillaume Brac, Karen Benainous, Marie-Eve Hildbrand

2nd year students took part in a documentary workshop led by Guillaume Brac, on the theme of friendship.

1st year Documentary Workshop

FILM STUDIES

1st year Documentary Workshop

with Benoit Rossel, Karin Sudan

1st year students took part in a documentary workshop led by Benoit Rossel, on the theme of the interview.

Fiction film workshop with Thierry de Peretti

FILM STUDIES

Fiction film workshop with Thierry de Peretti

with Thierry de Peretti, Claire Mathon, Marion Monnier

The 2022 fiction film workshop was lead by Thierry de Peretti.

Documentary film workshop with Guillaume Brac

FILM STUDIES

Documentary film workshop with Guillaume Brac

with Guillaume Brac

The 2022 documentary workshop was lead by Guillaume Brac. In partnership with the Lausanne Sport!

Pierre Daendliker – Drifting Away (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Pierre Daendliker – Drifting Away (Photography)

with Céline Bozon

For my end-of-study work, I had to design the photography for a graduation film.

Olivia Calcaterra – The wonderful pain of the wild Broom (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Olivia Calcaterra – The wonderful pain of the wild Broom (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

In the desert of southern Spain, a film designed to bring together animal and human emotions through the trauma of abandonment.

Laurine Joyeux – Les mouches de Beni (Script supervisor)

FILM STUDIES

Laurine Joyeux – Les mouches de Beni (Script supervisor)

with Julie Lupo

As a script supervisor, I worked with the director on her film, from the writing stage to the shooting.

Yan Ciszewski – The great disappointement (Screenplay)

FILM STUDIES

Yan Ciszewski – The great disappointement (Screenplay)

with Emmanuel Bourdieu

Two women come down from the top of a mountain, following a great disappointment.

Marion Reymond – Drifiting away (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Marion Reymond – Drifiting away (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

A young caregiver uses her imagination to cope with the mourning of her mother and to escape from the nursing home where she works.

Solène Mercier – Les mouches de Beni (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Solène Mercier – Les mouches de Beni (Photography)

with Céline Bozon

For my degree, I did the photography of the short film Les mouches de Beni, directed by Alice-Denyse Matthey.

Loris Theurillat – The wonderful pain of the wild Broom (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Loris Theurillat – The wonderful pain of the wild Broom (Photography)

with Céline Bozon

Strongly attracted to cinematography in documentaries, I did the photography for Olivia Calcaterra’s short documentary film for her degree.

Dario Willommet – Spiders in the heart (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Dario Willommet – Spiders in the heart (Photography)

with Céline Bozon

My diploma project consisted in accompanying the production of a short fiction film as a cinematographer. I was in charge of the camera and the lighting on the set.

Alice Denyse Matthey-Jonais – Les mouches de Beni (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Alice Denyse Matthey-Jonais – Les mouches de Beni (Direction)

with Valentina Novati, Stéphane Demoustier

Beni, a young woman with bipolar disorder, forms a musical friendship with her 65-year-old neighbour Gégé.

Keerthigan Sivakumar – Doosra

FILM STUDIES

Keerthigan Sivakumar – Doosra

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

Vinoth, a refugee, is looking for a volunteer activity to escape his loneliness, but no one is willing to accept his help.

Avril Lehmann – The Heiresses

FILM STUDIES

Avril Lehmann – The Heiresses

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

Luna returns to the family home where still lives her younger sister, Diana. Diana has been living alone in this large, dilapidated house since the death of their father.

Yael Vallotton – Sleeping Water

FILM STUDIES

Yael Vallotton – Sleeping Water

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

In the small kitchen of a family home, two women in their fourties are chatting. Out of the blue, one of them kisses the other.

Charlène Girel – Outside (Direction)

FILM STUDIES

Charlène Girel – Outside (Direction)

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

It is raining in the park. Natacha and her son Eli are looking for a shelter for the night. Walter wanders alone with his guitar.

Sebastián Friedmann – Being a ghost

FILM STUDIES

Sebastián Friedmann – Being a ghost

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

Serge discovers what being a ghost is like but Martial, an old spirit, prevents him from having fun.

Gabriel Colban – Balthazar and Madalena

FILM STUDIES

Gabriel Colban – Balthazar and Madalena

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

In the midst of an aerobatic flight, a canonball woman meets a trapeze artist. A haunted love story.

Axel Bezençon – Being a ghost (Editing)

FILM STUDIES

Axel Bezençon – Being a ghost (Editing)

by Axel Bezençon

Serge discovers what being a ghost is like but Martial, an old spirit, prevents him from having fun.

Michaela Theus – Dehors (Photography)

FILM STUDIES

Michaela Theus – Dehors (Photography)

with Josée Deshaies

It is raining in the park. Natacha and her son Eli are looking for a shelter for the night. Walter wanders alone with his guitar.

Elias Ben Khalifa – We are the others

FILM STUDIES

Elias Ben Khalifa – We are the others

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

Karim and Adin are childhood friends. They haven't seen each other for a long time and get together for a drink to make up for lost time.

Alexandre Brulé – The new millenium

FILM STUDIES

Alexandre Brulé – The new millenium

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

On the eve of Y2K, Christine finally introduces her lover, Mina, to her parents. The evening promises to be strange.

Matias Carlier – Fever

FILM STUDIES

Matias Carlier – Fever

with Gilles Marchand, Marie Monge

Two young skateboarders decide to go to a party, their evening gets complicated.

Screening at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris

FILM STUDIES

Screening at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris

ECAL and the Centre culturel suisse, Paris present the films made during the "Selfportrait and violence" workshop led by Mio Rau (playwright and theatre director at NTGhent Theatre) and Giacomo Bisordi (playwright and director).

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