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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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