| Spatiality. Localization. In the room. On the screen. The protagonists of our program are seen, see, and search. In the room. On the screen. On the move. With Première Ligne@Young People’s Choice, we want to invite on a journey through sounds and images that blur the boundaries between reality and virtuality, between documentation and fiction. Those who search obsessively walk a fine line between finding and losing. Upon closer examination, the concept of searching appears as broad as what is found remains distant. At the beginning of every search is a desire – a dream of something to be achieved. Next comes the question: “How to search?” Research. From home. On the internet. On the go. Outside. With the help of others? By chance itself? We too have been searching. For young films and filmmakers. In and between France and Germany. The result is a program in which the interplay of each of these unique films has led to something new. Something worth losing yourself in. We found it after all, and for that reason, we are all the more eager to show it to you. – Sol & Lilith Première Ligne is a young film festival in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, near Bordeaux, dedicated to the debut works of emerging directors. We are delighted to welcome this collaboration. |
Bruits de souvenirs (Noisy Memories)
During a phone call, he tells her about the sounds and memories of a view he no longer has, but which she could translate with him. ‘You know, I’d really love for us to find a common language.’ Perhaps in the end, they will find it?
Garance Kim
FR 2023 | German Premiere
15 min | French
Garance Kim (b. in Paris in 1996) Bachelor’s degree in cinema from Paris 8 Saint-Denis University and works as an actress, writer and director. She also performs for contemporary artists such as Laure Prouvost, Min Oh and, more recently, Flora Bouteille.
R+B+K+E+M+P: Garance Kim | S: Adrien Cannepin | Mit Alexandre Cheikh, Garance Kim
Echoes
A contemplative adventure into the depths of a noisy world. Guided by a distant melody echoing through concrete and rock, we follow a character wandering in the dark. Strange places take shape in the glow of his torchlight, and the sound of water droplets on the ground punctuates his footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music.
Robinson Drossos
FR 2024 | German Premiere
7 min
Robinson Drossos (b. in Paris in 1996) Filmmaker, animator, and music composer based in Paris. His work is focused on the relationship between sound and image. Specialized in traditional hand made animation, he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. robinsondrossos.com
R+Animation+M+SD: Robinson Drossos | P: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD)
How to excel at everything
Two Pokemon-like friends embark on a journey together to master every skill possible through online tutorials. Freely adapted from Flaubert’s ”Bouvard et Pécuchet” (1881), the film explores the dynamics operating in our current era of online self-study and YouTube tutorials. Guided by algorithmic recommendations, B and P try to learn everything without any pedagogical compass, falling into a new rabbit hole everyday.
Marion Balac
FR 2024 | German Premiere
23 min
Marion Balac (b. 1984) is a visual artist who graduated from ENSBA Lyon and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Drawing on the resources offered by the internet, she focuses on its dynamic playgrounds, revealing their incongruities, diverting their uses toward poetic ends or social experiences, and creating new fictions, both on and off screen. marionbalac.com
R+Animation: Marion Balac | Voiceover: Emily Christine | Dubbing: Ramsey Arnaoot
M: Carlos Carbonell
Les mystères de l’horizon
More than five years ago, I drew this shape for the first time, almost unintentionally. Although the mysteries concealed within this symbol had not yet revealed themselves to me, I had already decided to name it: A mystery. I wished I could step into this dream. I searched for a place where the lines traced by the roads would draw a mystery. The Horizon: it is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Divided into four chapters, my film is an initiatory documentary narrating the pursuit of a dream at the borders of reality. – Mathieu Sauvat
Mathieu Sauvat
FR 2025 | German Premiere
36 min
Mathieu Sauvat Graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work spans various media – writing, singing, drawing, crafting and poetic inventions – which together give rise to his cinema.
R+B+P: Mathieu Sauvat | S: Robinson Drossos | M: Samdi, Roï Edelman
Oasis
A house with round windows. In front of it: a pool. The occupant never leaves the house. Instead, she trains to become a synchronised swimmer. But her absolute solitude is suddenly disturbed when a mysterious figure in a wetsuit appears.
Lilith Klaus
DE 2025 | German Premiere
8 min
Lilith Klaus (b. 2000 in Nuremberg, Germany) Film studies and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin. In addition to making her own films, she has collaborated on numerous film projects, including with Julian Radlmeier (Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen, 20. UX).
R+B: Lilith Klaus | K: Sol | | E: Lilith Klaus, Anaïs Urban