Arthur Simonini started studying the violin at the age of 5 and followed a classical training. He studied orchestration with Guillaume Connesson, writing with Jean-François Zygel then Pierre Pincemaille at the CNSM in Paris and jazz at the CMDL then at the CRR in Paris. He also studied sound techniques and obtained a degree in General Physics. Between 2002 and 2005, he took part in numerous orchestral concerts and recorded Georges Delerue’s Concerto de l'adieu as a soloist. Since 2005, he has given more than 300 concerts on the 5 continents, classical, jazz, hip-hop, world music on stages...

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH LIONEL MASSOL Carte blanche Films Grand Huit :  Tuesday, 2nd of April - 6:00pm - Turbulence (Free but reservation only)   A graduate of L'École des Gobelins, Lionel Massol began working at 21 as a production manager, then in post-production department. In 2015, he created Films Grand Huit with Pauline Seigland. In 7 years, they produced about thirty short films. One of their films won the César for Short Film Fictin in 2019 and, in 2022, two others won the César for Best Short Fiction Film and Best Short Documentary Film. One of their shorts was shortlisted at the...

Audrey Ismaël is a French singer, author, composer and producer. Originally from Reunion, she draws her inspiration from the polyrhythms of her island. Handling both organic and electronic, she engages in the composition of intimate melodies. She works in film and television. She signed the 3 seasons of the series Les Grands with Bastien Burger for which they won the Best Music Award at the FFTV in 2019. She signed with Olivier Coursier the soundtrack of the film Gueule d'ange (Un Certain Regard Festival de Cannes 2018) and more recently of the film Le Consentement by Vanessa Filho. In...

Laetitia studied at the CNSMD in Lyon and at USC Los Angeles, she has signed the original soundtracks of more than 80 films including the feature film, L'Home dels Nassos by Abigail Schaaff, the feature Pamfir by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk selected at the Directors' Fortnight or the short film À point by Aurélie Marpeaux (in pre-selection at the César 2023). She received the Prix Révélation 2022 : Compositrice de Musique de Film at the Festival des Arcs as well as the Prix U2C (Union des compositrices et des compositeurs) 2023 for the score of the documentary film Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret:...

Valery Carnoy is a young Belgian director and image operator trained at the National Institute of Performing Arts (INSAS) in Brussels, initially trained in Intercultural Psychology at the University of Brussels (ULB). In 2018, his graduation short film, My Planet has been selected in more than eighty prestigious film festivals. (Pöff, Bsff, Brest, Tokyo, Trouville, Aubagne). In 2021, he completed his second short film Titan, a Franco-Belgian coproduction (Helicotronc and Punchline Cinema), selected in more than a hundred international festivals (Clermont-Ferrand, Molodist, Interfilm Berlin,...

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH BLANDINE LENOIR Annie Colère : Saturday, 6th of April - 11:00am Annie Colère : Wednesday, 3rd of April - 11:00 am séance disponible en audiodescription   Blandine Lenoir begins as an actress in front of the camera of Gaspard Noé, in the short film Carne, and then in Seul contre tous. She pursued her career as an actress in parallel with her literary studies, before she started directing at the age of 25. In 1999 she directed her first short film, Avec Marinette, which received the SACD prize for best first film at the Clermont-Ferrand festival. Then she directed...