37th edition
18-26 january 2025
Image Les Artifices
France
2024 Fiction 23 min
OV without subtitles
Summer holidays, campsites and the sea. Like every year, Jean, a fireworks expert, takes his two daughters, Julie, 8, and Manon, 14, with him in his camper van to as he travels around for his fireworks shows. Usually they don’t mind, but this summer it's all different: Manon wants to experience her first love affair.
Cast : Lou-Ann Trabaud, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Joséphine Robbes
Scenario : Kahina Le Querrec
Sound : Laurent Blahay
Cinematography : Paloma Pineda
Editing : Charly Cancel
Music : Kévin Malfait
Production : Améthyste Films
After completing a degree in the performing arts at Paris 8, Kahina Le Querrec joined Claude Lelouch’s Ateliers du Cinéma. There she directed L'Heure bleue and Contre la nuit, produced by G.R.E.C. In 2022, she directed Les Artifices, produced by Amethyste Films and selected in Brest, before entering the screenplay workshop at La Fémis. Since then, she has been developing her first feature film, La Faille, co-
written with Maïté Sonnet, winner of the CNC writing grant and co-writer for directors such as Cédric Kahn.