38th edition
17-25 january 2026

La Petite cérémonie

Bénédicte Pagnot

France
2001 Fiction 29 min
Frédérique has just lost her husband, the father of their two young children. At first, she tries to avoid confronting her daughter Lucie with the news.
With : Mireille Roussel, Lucy Millett, Hélène Colvot
Screenplay : Bénédicte Pagnot
Image : Florian Bouchet
Sound : Marc Nouyrigat
Music : Frédéric Renaud
Editing : Marie-Hélène Mora
Production : Les Films de la Grande Ourse // 10 avenue de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 42 93 51 50 / Fax : +33 1 42 93 51 60 // Email : lagrandeourse@libertysurf.fr
Bénédicte Pagnot was born in 1970. Graduate in TV and radio from the ESAV in Toulouse, she worked as location manager from 1998 to 2000, and was project director for the A.R.C.A., in Upper Normandy in 2000. She directed her graduation film, La Devinette in 1994, and a video-documentary entitled J'ai huit ans, c'est la guerre in 1995.