LabSud 2022
The second edition of LabSud will welcome six writers of first or second feature films from the southern region for a one-week residency session in Marseille, from November 7 to 12, 2022.
Enrika Panero
With her master's degree in literature and cinema from the Sorbonne and her experience as an assistant director, Enrika Panero plunges us into her stories like a poetess of images and sounds by mixing intimate and social themes. Noticed for her screenplays in festivals (Med in scenario, Prix Océan, Côté court Pantin, Espace kiosque festival of Marseille), she has directed 2 short films and is developing her 1st feature film, fruits of her free and lyrical observation of the world and its psyche.
Citoyens de seconde zone
Samie, 40, a committed singer, failed and asocial, no longer knows why she lives. After yet another attempt at a "normal job", she finds herself on the street.Wandering the streets of Paris, she mingles with a rowdy social protest where she is saved from a CRS charge by Tom, 40, a radical and disillusioned militant videographer who doesn't know what he is fighting for anymore. The two of them unite during the demonstration, to raise their fists, to film the exactions of the CRS and to throw paving stones, regaining a semblance of rage and strength. But the rally degenerates violently and to avoid being arrested, they take refuge in a squat of libertarian artists, friends of Tom: a universe which inspires Samie who starts writing again in her notebook, engaged songs. The next day, the cops, looking for militant thugs, enter the squat and Samie and Tom flee in a van towards Marseille. A run where they will have no other choice than to live, no other choice than to resist. Like the last of the citizens of this world.
Léo Perenom
Young 22 year old Parisian author, in my third year of a Bachelor's degree in Cinema at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle, I have been writing screenplays for several years, having been able to learn alongside Abdel Raouf Dafri, Santiago Amigorena and now Laurent Hébert. After participating in several student short films and writing another one, winner of the Talent en Cours program, I quickly wanted to work on writing feature films. Often thrillers or dramas, populated by characters who find themselves on the margins of an environment, a system or their own lives. The themes of my work often revolve around the question of violence and disenchantment and the way they intrude into the story and the existence of my characters. While I am a screenwriter by training, I would also like to be able to deepen my reflection on the image by moving into directing.
Hors-Jeu
Jessica Valenti dreamed of a glamorous life before she married French soccer prodigy Marco Valenti ten years ago, then became the disenchanted mistress of his agent, the borderline Smaïl Amar. Ten years have passed, ten years that have seen her husband's career become more and more anecdotal, undermined by the injuries, excesses and illegal business in which Amar associated. Money laundering, obscure investments, rigged matches. Ten years to fill the void for this woman who has been hiding a secret heavier than the others for several months... When an investigation by Interpol and the French authorities comes dangerously close to the two men, Amar, convinced that his partner is going to betray him, decides to make him disappear while Jessica looks for a way to prevent the worst. In the midst of this world that is slowly unraveling, there seems to be no alternative to violence and to this endless flight forward that their lives have become...
Frédérique Sussfeld
On shoots in various positions for 30 years, assistant director, head of extra casting, rehearsal of child actors, Frederique has participated in the making of about forty fiction films. In 2008, she imagined and developed the Hab & Pum (Have A Break) children's clothing brand in organic cotton and linen made in France in Alès, a new opportunity to build a narrative and confront a very polluting sector, fashion. Aware of the environmental impact of our lifestyles and the communicational stakes that accompany it, Frédérique undertook a thesis under the direction of Céline Pascual Espuny at the IMSIC and Aix Marseille University. The themes worked on in the thesis are the definition of the transition as a cultural movement emerging from civil society and the communication of its actors through two mediation models, documentary cinema and the permaculture experience. In the continuity of this thesis work, Frédérique, who has become an associate researcher at the IMSIC laboratory and a member of the Communication, Environment, Science and Society Study and Research Group, is involved in film projects and the global design of projects related to the ecological transition. Research topics: ecological transition, narratives, culture, social imaginaries.
Il avait les pieds dans la consoude
This is the story of Charlotte, a winemaker and village mayor, and Mathieu, a farmer, whose lives are about to be disrupted by the arrival of woofers, young people engaged in a waterless farming project. When Mathieu, overwhelmed by debt, decides to buy an abandoned and reputedly barren piece of land, he is unaware that it is already coveted by Charlotte, who has chosen it for her project of a leisure area with a swimming pool. If, for some, the conflicts are based on economic problems or established professional habits, the woofers are enjoying life and displaying an uninhibited love of nature. How long will it take them to accept each other? The viewer can see that they all share a certain language, a particular attention to their surroundings and their dependence on the living world. The viewer can also see that they have a certain language, a particular attention to their surroundings and their dependence on the living world.
Sébastien Tixador
Sébastien grew up in the south of France and joined a film school for studies that he continued in Brussels. As an assistant director he worked on more than twenty films including five feature films. His first screenplay, The Alchemists, received the support of the CNC after completion. In 2017 Sébastien co-wrote his first feature film BULA directed by Boris Baum. In 2018 Sébastien directed 11.11.18 VR EXPERIENCE. The film was selected in many festivals around the world and premiered at Tribeca.Sebastien is currently writing a new feature film project ''L'Arcouli'' that he wants to direct. The film has received a writing grant from the PACA region.Sébastien is currently writing a new feature film project, "L'Arcouli", which he hopes to direct.
L'Arcouli
Rosso writer in lack of inspiration is invited to a book signing in a small village but it is the fiasco. As usual he drinks too much and ends the night by destroying the moped of the one they call the Indian. Forced to apologize, he is surprised by a group of children, and together they discover the Indian's corpse. The children know more than they let on, and manage to convince him to help them investigate the murder of their friend. He is then confronted with the world of children, a world made of stories, where reality is told and things only exist because they are believed. Little by little he enjoys himself and finds his inspiration, but a detail escapes him, the desire of revenge of the children. Rosso is suspected by the people of the village and the investigation turns into an expedition to prove his innocence. But the group is trapped by the real murderers, Jean and Saskia, the Indian's own sister. She wants to recover his inheritance, a treasure that the Indian has secretly entrusted to the children. Rosso is sequestered and reveals the position of the fort. While he manages to escape, the children kill Jean who is in pursuit. They all end up in the fort and war breaks out. Despite their tenacity, they are no match for Saskia's rifle, and Rosso sacrifices himself to allow them to escape. He and Saskia kill each other. Before he dies, he bequeaths his book to them, but it is up to them to write the ending.
Albéric Saint-Martin
I spent my childhood between Aix and the Merlan district in Marseille. The latter, a mosaic city, surrounded by its hills and drenched in light, remains a permanent source of inspiration! First trained in animation cinema, I evolved towards directing, both institutional and fictional. I then took acting classes and directed plays. Then writing caught my attention: theatrical at first, then cinematographic. My projects today: the writing of 2 feature films. Finally, I am the happy father of a little boy since last May.
Le Mari au collège
1925, in a village in Provence. The noble Madellis family leads an idle lifestyle. But Uncle Casimir bursts in and threatens to end their pension if his niece Charlotte doesn't find a husband within 24 hours. She takes the first one who comes along: Émile, the craftsman neighbor, without knowing that he is in love with her. The marriage is pronounced in the greatest discretion, but the Madellis family, under the control of the tyrannical grandmother Mrs. Léo, decides to do everything to cancel it. She sends Emile to a college to "re-educate" him, to make him a suitable husband. Mme Léo meets the Baron Médité Filet in whom she sees an excellent substitute and begins a rapprochement. The Madellis organize a public engagement party but Émile arrives unexpectedly. Casimir learns of the attempted "remarriage" and immediately changes his will: the inheritance will go to Charlotte and Emile's child.Casimir and Lucie reveal the Madellis' game to Emile. He escapes, then is kidnapped by Médité. The Madellis learn of his disappearance, and Charlotte begs Casimir to help her find him. Émile escapes and is ambushed by brigands, detectives, and policemen, all of whom seek to bring him back and obtain the reward. Upon his return, the Madellis organize a reception to make the union official. Emile arrives drunk, humiliates Mrs. Leo and charms the audience. Charlotte and Emile, in love, escape through the window...
Mariam Sanon
Mariam Sanon is a director and projectionist, graduating in 2019 from the Master's degree "Direction and Creation" at the University of Paris VIII. She writes and directs as part of her studies a short fiction film, ''Nantes à Rebours'', and a documentary, ''Terre à l'est'', both self-produced. In 2021, she is conducting a residency on women's portraits with the Ateliers Médicis' Création en Cours program, in a school in Guadeloupe. In parallel to her professional activity, she writes poetry and short stories that are published in collective collections.
Le Passage
We are in the High Alps, in the middle of winter. Despite the danger, Ahmed, a young Guinean, and his fiancée, Maïmouna, have decided to cross the border at night to reach France. The next morning, Laura, a peasant woman, saves Ahmed from the cold. It is impossible for Ahmed to remember the events of the night. On the advice of Manu, an activist from the Refuge Solidaire in Briançon, Laura secretly keeps him at her home, and the young man begins an impossible quest to find his fiancée, who has disappeared in the mountains without a trace. Thanks to Laura's hospitality, he willingly stays to help her with the farm work. However, he is haunted by the memory and the ghost of Maïmouna.Laura, on her side, has to face an over-indebtedness and an increasing work. Laura and Ahmed attend a party at the Refuge Solidaire which degenerates: a fight breaks out between exiles and Manu is taken to the police station.Laura has found a way out: she will give her land to her neighbor and move to a collective farm. The same evening, the police arrive at her house in search of Ahmed. However, he manages to escape them. Laura's feelings for Ahmed give her the courage to leave and free herself from her malevolent neighbor.