STÉPHANIE GILLARD 

 JURY PRESIDENT

After studying law, she attended the ESAV (Ecole Supérieure d’Audiovisuel) in Toulouse. She then worked as production and director’s assistant at Les Films à Lou, Agat Films and Maïa Films, and as production manager at La Ménagerie, an animation studio in Toulouse. She produced and directed her first film Une Histoire de Ballon, based on the meeting between the oral tradition and football in Africa, broadcast on ARTE and awarded the Etoile prize by SCAM. In 2009 she made a second documentary, Les Petits Princes des Sables, about a school for Tuareg children. She subsequently made two documentaries including her first feature film, The Ride, selected for the Tribeca Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHIE 

2016 The Ride, 90' documentary | Rouge International
CNC Fund Soutien à l'écriture long métrage
Writing residency at Moulin d'Andé-CÉCI
Selection in the Out-of-Competition Tribeca Film Festival

2015 Lames Ultramarines, 55' documentary | Palaviré Production - France Ô
TV5 Monde Best Francophone Documentary Prize – FEMI 2016

2009 Les Petits Princes des Sables, 54' documentary | Ekla Production - France Ô
Broadcast on France Ô, TV5 Monde
Distinction in the Best Documentary Award, Pan-African Film Festival Cannes 2009
2nd Prize Caméras des Champs Festival

2007 L'art des génériques chez Roman Polanski, 10' essay | co-directed with Alexandre Tylski |Lara - ESAV

2006 Une Histoire de Ballon, 54' documentary | OZ*
Broadcast on ARTE, TV5 Monde, FranceÔ, NHK
SCAM Étoile Award 2007
Special Jury Prize at the Palermo International Sport Film Festival - Palermo 2007

2002 Ab Iniitio, 13' essay | co-directed with Alexandre Tylski | Lara - ESAV