38th edition
17-25 january 2026
France
2001 Fiction 26 min
In a remote region, a child and a man share their secret, their profound loneliness and the loss of a loved one.
With : Etienne Marceau, Manuel Mazaudier
Screenplay : Mathieu Gérault
Image : Pierre Cottereau
Sound : Jean-Philippe, Christophe Bourreau, Jean-Cristophe Julé
Music : Bach, Vivaldi
Editing : Anne Souriau, Béatrice Wick
Production : G.R.E.C., Alice Beckmann // 14 rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 44 89 99 99 / Fax : +33 1 44 89 99 94 // Email : g.r.e.c@wanadoo.fr
Mathieu Gérault was born in Laval in 1975. From 1994 to 1998, he studied mathematics at the University of Rennes I. After graduating, he moved to Paris and studied cinema at Paris III - Censier. Hautes Herbes is his first short film.