Paris Courts Devant
Emerging Films and Talents
Edition n°19 - 2025
From 10 to 17 January 2025
Selection announcement date 25 November 2024
Paris, FRANCE
Entry fees
In addition to the competition, public events and cartes blanches, the festival offers numerous professional meetings, a project market featuring public screenplay readings, pitch sessions, one-to-one meetings and more.
These are just some of the opportunities for emerging filmmakers and writers to create and expand their networks.
Short films competition - Call Open
Closing
15/09/2024 20/09/2024
6 €
- Live action and/or animation
- Fiction or docu-drama
- Maximum running time 30 minutes, including credits
- Completed in 2023 and 2024
- Never submitted to the festival
- Produced, self-produced or school films
- French production or majority French co-production
- For foreign-language films, French subtitles are mandatory for viewing and screening.
Selection criteria
Production countries
France
Zones géographiques
WORLD
Production's date (Min)
2023
Production's date (Max)
2024
Duration (Min)
1’
Duration (Max)
30’
Category
Animation, Documentary, Fiction, Experimental
Subtitles requested
Screening copy :
If the film isn’t in French mandatory subtitling in French
Screener :
If the film isn’t French mandatory subtitling in French or at least in English
Specific criteria
• For Franco-foreign co-productions, only films with a majority French co-production will be accepted.
• For documentaries, only docu-dramas are accepted, whether live-action, experimental or animated.
Short films for 7 to 10 children - Call Open
Closing
6 €
Real-life or animated, stories for children aged 7 to 10, covering all kinds of subjects.
Program in competition for the "Petits Courts Devant" prize, awarded by children from partner schools.
School and public screenings.
Selection criteria
Production countries
France
Zones géographiques
WORLD
Production's date (Max)
2024
Duration (Min)
1’
Production's date (Min)
2022
Duration (Max)
30’
Subtitles requested
Screening copy :
If the film isn’t in French mandatory subtitling in French
Screener :
If the film isn’t French mandatory subtitling in French or at least in English
Festival prize list
2024
- GRAND PRIX PARIS COURTS DEVANT - NA MAREI de Léa-Jade Horlier
- PRIX DU JURY - PALESTINE ISLANDS de Nour Ben Salem et Julien Menanteau
- MENTIONS DU JURY - RESSOURCES HUMAINES de Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek OYU de Atsushi Hirai
- PRIX DU SCÉNARIO - Tom Prezman et Tzor Edery pour le film MAURICE’S BAR
- MENTION DU SCÉNARIO - Julien Guetta et Marianne Rapegno pour le film PETITE REINE
- PRIX DE LA SINGULARITÉ - Louise Condemi pour le film MALAISANT
- PRIX DE LA RÉVÉLATION - Sadaf Asgari dans le film NA MAREI de Léa-Jade Horlier Charlie Peter Marzolini dans le film MAISON BLANCHE de Camille Dumortier
- PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE - Aude Pépin dans le film PETITE REINE de Julien Guetta
- PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE - PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE
- PRIX DU JURY ÉTUDIANT - MAISON BLANCHE de Camille Dumortier
- MENTION DU JURY ÉTUDIANT - MAURICE’S BAR de Tom Prezman et Tzor Edery
- PRIX DU CHER PUBLIC - AUXILIAIRE de Lucas Bacle
- PRIX DES PETITS COURTS DEVANT - KABRI I MANZ SALAD de Nicolas Séry
- PRIX FRANCE 2 – HISTOIRES COURTES - AZIZ de Oumnia Hanader
- PRIX CNC-TALENT – PROJETS DE SÉRIES COURTES - LE SEMEUR DE CLOUS de Julien Bedoura
- MENTION PROJETS DE SÉRIES COURTES - VAURIENS de Fanny Galan
- PRIX ÇA TOURNE EN ÎLE-DE-FRANCE ! - FIASCO de Alex Gangl
- MENTION D’INTERPRÉTATION ÇA TOURNE EN ILE-DE-FRANCE - Stéphanie Lhorset dans le film VALIDATION de Valérie Labro
Association Courts Devant 8 cour Saint Pierre 75017 Paris, France
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