Les Valseurs

Les Valseurs

Industry	Film industry
Founded	2013;12 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.

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 21 December 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

• Meninas Formicida ^[10] (2017) by João Paulo Miranda Maria (short film) – premiered at 2017 Mostra di Venezia ^[11]
• Nefta Football Club (2018) by Yves Piat (short film) – nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

• La Muerte de un Perro ^[3] (2019) by Matìas Ganz – premiered at 2019 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ^[12]
• Fendas ^[13] (2019) by Carlos Segundo – premiered at 2019 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film ^[14]
• She Runs ^[15] (2019) by Qiu Yang (short film) – premiered at 2019 Cannes' Critics' Week ^[7]
• The Diver (2019) by Michael Leonard & Jamie Helmer (short film) – premiered at 2019 Mostra di Venezia ^[16]
• Famadihana (2020) by Hugo Rousselin (short film) - premiered at 2020 American French Film Festival ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Electric Bodies (2020) by Antoine Janot (short film) - premiered at 2020 L'Étrange Festival^{[ citation needed ]}
• Martin fell from a roof (2020) by Matias Ganz (short film) - premiered at 2020 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
• Sideral (2021) by Carlos Segundo (short film) - premiered at 2021 Cannes Film Festival ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Big Bang (2022) by Carlos Segundo (short film) - premiered at 2022 Locarno Film Festival, Pardino d'Oro^{[ citation needed ]}
• The melting creatures (2022) by Diego Céspedes (short film) - premiered at 2022 Semaine de la critique ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Aunque es de noche (2023) by Guillermo García López (short film) - premiered at 2023 Cannes Film Festival ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Sem Coraçao ^[17] (2023) by Nara Normande & Tião - premiered at 2023 Venice Orizzonti
• The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) by Diego Céspedes – premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Animation

• Wicked Girl (2017) by Ayce Kartal (short film) – winner of the 2019 César Award for Best Animated Short Film and 2018 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival's National Grand Prize
• Guaxuma ^[18] (2019) by Nara Normande (short film) – premiered at 2018 TIFF ^[19]
• Step into the river (2020) by Weijia Ma (short film) -premiered at 2020 Chicago International Film Festival
• I gotta look good for the apocalypse (2021) by Ayce Kartal (short film) - premiered at 2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
• Rules of Success (2022) by Théophile Gibaud (shot film) - premiered internationally at 2022 Flicker's Rhode Island
• Animal Tales of Christmas Magic ^[20] by Camille Alméras, Caroline Attia, Ceylan Beyoglu, Oleysha Shchukina, Haruna Kishi and Natalia Chernysheva - premiered at 2024 Annecy International Film Festival

Documentary

• Midnight Ramblers ^[21] (2017) by Julian Ballester – premiered at 2017 This Human World
• Après Ta Révolte, Ton Vote ^[3] (2019) by Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré – premiered at 2019 IDFA Amsterdam ^[22]
• My quarantine bear (2021) by Weijia Ma - premiered at 2021 Visions du réel

Projects

Live Action

• Nefta by Yves Piat
• Milk Powder by Carlos Segundo
• Ciudad sin sueño by Guillermo García López
• The French Teacher by Ricardo Alves Jr.
• Blackbird by João Paulo Miranda Maria

Virtual Reality

• Deusa Das Aguas by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria (short film)

Animation

• Les Décentrés by Marion Boutin & Damien Pelletier (short film)
• The day I smoked a cigarette with my dad by Sameh Alaa & Robin Vouters (short film)

Documentary

• Los Nombres Propios by Fernando Dominguez
• The Syrians by Ismaël
• Avec Naomie by Dumas Maçon
• Targuia by Leïla Artese Benhadj

References

1. "Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List". Variety. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
2. Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "95th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories". A.frame. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
3. "Les Valseurs is growing at an impressive pace". Cineuropa . Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. "K CONTRAIRE | Critique du film avec Sandrine Bonnaire et Sandor Funtek". LE BLEU DU MIROIR | Critiques cinématographiques (in French). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "Short Pick of the Day: 'Wicked Girl' by Ayce Kartal". Cartoon Brew. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
6. Milligan, Mercedes (23 January 2019). "2019 César Award Nominees Announced". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
7. "Cannes Winner Qiu Yang on the Outsize Impact of Small-Town Stories". RADII | Culture, Innovation, and Life in today's China. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
8. "Trouville-sur-Mer : Au festival Off-Courts " Les Valseurs " reçoit le prix jeune producteur de France Télévision". paris-normandie.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
9. "Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List". Variety. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
10. "Les Valseurs, lauréat du Prix France Télévisions du jeune producteur – Brefcinema". svod.brefcinema.com (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
11. "Biennale Cinema 2017 | The Orizzonti Section". La Biennale di Venezia. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
12. "Tallinn Black Nights rounds off its First Feature Competition line-up". Cineuropa . Retrieved 20 January 2020.
13. Prodview, Redação. "43ª Mostra Internacional de SP termina com filme de Fernando Meirelles e 11 prêmios principais – Prodview" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
14. "Rita Azevedo Gomes desafia ranços medievais nos maiores festivais da Europa". P de Pop (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
15. "She runs – La critique du court-métrage". Avoir Alire – Critiques de films, Livres, BD, musique, séries TV, Spectacles (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
16. Richter, Marina D. (14 September 2019). "Review: The Diver (2019), by Jamie Helmer & Michael Leonard". ubiquarian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
17. Mayorga, Emilio (20 May 2019). "Brazil's Cinemascopio, France's Les Valseurs Team For Nara Normande, Tião's 'The Heron' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
18. "Le film du week-end des grandes vacances : Guaxuma | Animez-vous les uns les autres" (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
19. "Nara Normande made a Quadruple Oscar-qualifying animation, Guaxuma". indieactivity. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
20. "Cartoon Movie 2018 : retour sur nos projets préférés " Le Blog d'Ecran Noir" (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
21. "Les Primeurs du Blog documentaire No. 21 : "Midnight Ramblers", de Julian Ballester". Le Blog documentaire (in French). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
22. "IDFA 2019: The African Line-Up". Awotele (in French). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

External links

• Official website