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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!

Workshop Heidi News

FILM STUDIES

Workshop Heidi News

with Benoit Rossel, Arthur Lecoeur

Heïdi News asked the Ecal film department to create ten films based on a series of articles on the theme of food. The students had to make very short films of two to three minutes that could be broadcast on the newspaper's website and social networks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Coline Confort – Imperial (direction)

FILM STUDIES

Coline Confort – Imperial (direction)

with Laurent Larivière

At dawn, a cannon shatters the silence. The horses gallop across the beaten ground. Eva, 21, wants to join the Imperial HorseGuards, a historical reenactment of a Napoleonic regiment reserved for men.

Lucas Giordano – Askêsis

FILM STUDIES

Lucas Giordano – Askêsis

with Laurent Larivière

Two imprisoned brothers, with no dreams or realities, seek a bit of air to breathe.

Fanny Reynaud – Nebraska (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Fanny Reynaud – Nebraska (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

The movie tells two stories that temporalities each other ultimately :  the encounter between a Swiss farmer and a Portuguese traveler, and a cow’s pregnancy.

Aurel Ganz – Montana 1977 (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Aurel Ganz – Montana 1977 (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

Rey and Moretti are two undercover narc in the middle of a police operation in the Swiss mountains of Valais. It’s during a routine operation that one of them will do a terrible mistake and together they will have to escape from this difficult situation.

Thibault Villard – Those who care to know each other (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Thibault Villard – Those who care to know each other (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

Two figures meet in a pitch black room to make love. Once the lights are on, Lucien and Anton are faced with their differences but are drawn even closer together.

Nora Longatti – Strangers

FILM STUDIES

Nora Longatti – Strangers

with Laurent Larivière

A young woman challenges the daily grind with an unusual habit: getting in touch with strangers.

Nikita Merlini – Rondinella

FILM STUDIES

Nikita Merlini – Rondinella

with Laurent Larivière

Staying with her mother after the fire, Sofia dreams of freedom. But the smell of smoke doesn't leave..

Rodrigo Muñoz – Tarmac (direction)

FILM STUDIES

Rodrigo Muñoz – Tarmac (direction)

with Laurent Larivière

Wednesdays after school Inès meets Julien on the train. The other passengers watch them.

Thibault Rodrigues – Taking the desert (editing)

FILM STUDIES

Thibault Rodrigues – Taking the desert (editing)

by Thibault Rodrigues

Cevennes, 1702. In a totalitarian political state, four men take up arms.

Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977

FILM STUDIES

Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977

with Laurent Larivière

A short film by Kimyan Flückiger

Lou-Théa Papaloïzos – Nebraska

FILM STUDIES

Lou-Théa Papaloïzos – Nebraska

with Laurent Larivière

Two stories temporalities each other ultimately :  the encounter between a Swiss farmer and a Portuguese traveler, and a cow’s pregnancy.

Théodora Menthonnex – Tarmac / Nebraska (sound)

FILM STUDIES

Théodora Menthonnex – Tarmac / Nebraska (sound)

by Théodora Menthonnex

My graduation project consisted of doing the sound recording for two films, one in the heart of the Swiss mountains, the other in the hustle and bustle of the city.

Natasha Degrandi – Imperial (editing)

FILM STUDIES

Natasha Degrandi – Imperial (editing)

by Natasha Degrandi

At dawn, a cannon shatters the silence. The horses gallop across the beaten ground. Eva, 21, wants to join the Imperial HorseGuards, a historical reenactment of a Napoleonic regiment reserved for men.

«Heidi en Chine», une affaire de famille

FILM STUDIES

«Heidi en Chine», une affaire de famille

Diplômé de l'ECAL en 2002 Après deux documentaires remarqués ( Le Mariage en Afrique  et  Des Bleus dans la police ), il décidait en 2009 de filmer l’installation en Chine d’une famille fribourgeoise, restant sagement derrière sa caméra, en observateur, comme pour éviter de devoir affronter lui-même cette immersion dans un pays dont il est, qu’il le veuille ou non, issu. C’est alors, pour la première fois, qu’il a ressenti le besoin de partir à la découverte de ses racines. Car ne dit-on pas qu’il est impossible de savoir où l’on va si on ne sait pas d’où l’on vient?

ECAL Cinema book 2019

FILM STUDIES

ECAL Cinema book 2019

Julietta Korbel – Still Working

FILM STUDIES

Julietta Korbel – Still Working

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

The guardian of a factory doomed to be demolished is faced with the end of his universe…

Léonard Vuilleumier – Dans ces rues / These streets will never look the same

FILM STUDIES

Léonard Vuilleumier – Dans ces rues / These streets will never look the same

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

Leandre goes looking for a stranger named Tristan in order to give him some bad news about a mutual friend.

Belle Dune - "See You Later, Alligator..."

FILM STUDIES

Belle Dune - "See You Later, Alligator..."

with Thomas Cailley, Josée Deshaies, Elsa Amiel

A police investigation in Belle Dune, a small seaside resort in the north of France. This graduation film is a pilote of a series.

Adèle Beaulieu – Playing Hell

FILM STUDIES

Adèle Beaulieu – Playing Hell

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

22 year old Ava, goes to stay with her grandfather who lives in the Franches-Montagnes. They walk through forests together looking for Antoine who had disappeared that morning.

Suze

FILM STUDIES

Suze

with Thomas Cailley, Josée Deshaies, Elsa Amiel

After their passionate night, Suze will find out she is allergic to her new friend.

Moreno Cabitza – Bats In The Night

FILM STUDIES

Moreno Cabitza – Bats In The Night

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

Beamo has a dare given by his brother: sneak into an abandoned house and bring back an object.

Colombe Rubini – Under The Fish Scales

FILM STUDIES

Colombe Rubini – Under The Fish Scales

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

Max, a 23-year-young man, works in his father's fish shop. In this family business, the days are long and repeat themselves. The arrival of Zoe, an enthusiastic and full of life trainee, disturbs the routine of Max and leads him to rethink his future with seemed to him to be a foregone conclusion.

Agnese Làposi – Alma in the herd

FILM STUDIES

Agnese Làposi – Alma in the herd

with Thomas Cailley, Elsa Amiel

Alma visits her older sister, who lives in a commune in the countryside. She meets a boy and a stolen cow in the garden.

ECAL book 2018

FILM STUDIES

ECAL book 2018

Mariama Baldé – The price of the ticket

FILM STUDIES

Mariama Baldé – The price of the ticket

with Olivier Loustau, Alain Gomis

Gabriel, a 14 year-old graffiti maker meets Tony at the swiss-italian border…

Diploma film sets

FILM STUDIES

Diploma film sets

Juliette Menthonnex – Anywhere

FILM STUDIES

Juliette Menthonnex – Anywhere

with Olivier Loustau, Alain Gomis

Mia, a former trapeze artist from Florida finds herself at the head of a small circus with her husband in German-speaking Switzerland. Despite an exhausting nomadic lifestyle, Mia has faith in the circus tradition and patience while passing on this cultural heritage to her daughter Simone.

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