Les Valseurs

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Les Valseurs
Industry Film industry
Founded2013;11 years ago (2013)
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Website lesvalseurs.com

Les Valseurs is a French film production & distribution company founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty.

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They received the 2019 César Award for Best Animated Short Film for Wicked Girl (2017) by Ayce Kartal and an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club [1] by Yves Piat in January 2020. On December 21, 2022, they were shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Live Action Short Film with Sideral (2021). [2]

History

The company was founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty in Paris, France. [3]

Beside producing its own content, Les Valseurs also act as a distributor. They released Boris Khlebnijov’s Arrhythmia in 2018, Eugène Green’s Faire la parole in 2017 [3] and Sarah Marx's first feature K Contraire in January 2020. [4]

In February 2018, their animated short production Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal was awarded at Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival the National Grand Prize, becoming the first animated short film to be so since the beginning of the festival. [5] In February 2019, Wicked Girl received the César Award for Best Animated Short Film. [6]

In May 2019, their live action short production She Runs received the "Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film" at Cannes' Critics' Week. [7]

In September 2019, France Télévisions awarded them the "Jeune Producteur" 30,000€-price. [8]

In January 2020, they received an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat. [9]

Production

Live Action

Animation

Documentary

Projects

Live Action

Virtual Reality

Animation

Documentary

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