YOUNG DIRECTORS FORUM

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WINNING SHORT FILMS

Abimbowé Alex Montoya (Spain) Augustina is blind. Maria, the girl who is taking care of her, will open her eyes.	Bulletproof I wish I where Brice de la Corte (France) A woman, two personalities, a gun, or how I sorted out my trouble with the Russian roulette.
Interférences David Bertram (France) A young man falls in love with a young woman sitting at the back of a Parisian taxi…	Jésus et les drogués Antoine Della Maria (France) Jesus sends his apostles on earth to take back some drugs in order to try them but Judas sees things differently…
Les Williams Alban Mench (France) As a wedding gift, Francis got a dog. He asks William, his childhood friend, to watch the dog while he is on his honeymoon. A simple request that will raise a more serious issue for William.	Rémy Romain Basset et Christophe Berthemin (France) Remy, a 6 and a half years old little boy, is playing with his grandfather also named Remy by the way. One can say that these two are very noisy! But the trouble that worries the mum seems more serious than a simple mashed potatoes battle…
Retour Simple Philippe Dufaux (France) Simone, Jacky and Claire their grandchild are on the way to their country with the grandmother, after spending holidays by the sea. The tender complicity between Claire and her grandmother doesn’t reflect the rather tense ambience in the family. Simone and of course Jacky don’t even hide their irritation in front of the grandmother and the comeback is lived as a liberation. But the grand mother dies in the car. In order to avoid formalities and expenses of such an event when abroad, the parents decide to keep on the journey. But the road is long and Claire is bored…	Seeking you Jean-Julien Pous (Canada/France) The scene is set in Hong Kong. A man has lost his love and he decides to look for her in the urban night. There he realizes that he is not in love with the girl but with the city itself.

SHORTLISTED SHORT FILMS

1er janvier Thierry Esteves-Pinto	Back in France Cédric Dubourg
Chronophotographie Christophe Thockler	Delete Simeon Tsonhev
Editing Ivona Juka	Elle viendra pas Olivier Serrano
Les femmes c'est du chinois Gregpry Blind, Katia Paliotti, Maud Henry	Meilleur espoir Noé Lefebvre
Onyr Danaë Cocq	Palindromo Eva Quintas-Froufe
Pub Adelscott Raphaël Casartelli	Pub Orange 1,2,3 soleil Sylvain Bressollette
Thunderheist - Jerk It Noel Paul, Stefan Moore	Un dimanche après-midi Rémy Caetano

YOUNG DIRECTORS FORUM IN A FEW WORDS

You are a director and you want to "do Ad"?

Try your luck at the Young Directors' Forum and grab this exceptional opportunity to get into the advertising world!

The concept:

A Competition for short films
Selection of 8 winners by a Jury of professionals

What you get:

- The chance for the 8 winners to come to Méribel to present their work to the advertising agencies and producers taking part in the Festival.
- Two boxes of Kodak negative film, 122m x 35mm, to make their first advertisement.
- An invitation for the eight winners to the 2008 Film Market to present their work at the Short Film Corner.
- An article in the French magazine CB News
- The Reel will propose in its January edition, the best of the Méribel Ad Festival and the Young Directors Forum
- Dailymotion offers to the 8 winners their registration to the Festival for 2 for 4 days/3nights. The 8 films will be broadcasted on the Dailymotion “Creative Content” page.
- Bellefaye, The famous cinema and audiovisual guide will be offered to the 8 winners of the Young Directors Forum.