Ron Dyens
Production
Biography
In 1999, Ron Dyens became the manager of the cinema l'Archipel Paris Ciné (2 auditoriums). Meanwhile he founded Sacrebleu Productions, a film production company. About fifty short films have been produced since then and have been selected in more than one thousand national and international festivals. Sacrebleu Production received prestigious honours such as: Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2010 for "Barking Island", the Cesar for the best short animated film "Sunday Lunch" (2016) the Procirep Awards of the best short films producer in Clermont Ferrand in 2010 and of the best Animation TV producer in 2013, a nomination to the Academy Awards 2011 for "Madagascar, A Journey Diary", two Annecy crystal awards for Tram & Man on the Chair... Moreover, two animated short films have been selected for Cannes 2014 at the Semaine de la critique and the Quinzaine des réalisateurs, one at the official Competition in 2015 and one at the Semaine de la Critique in 2016. Sacrebleu completed the production of the series "Faces from places" in 2013, a collection of 20 animated journey diaries co-produced with Arte. Sacrebleu produced in 2010 a feature documentary film "Free radicals, a history of experimental cinema", released in France (Niz) and in the United States (Kino Lorber). In 2016, the animation feature film Long Way North, directed by Rémi Chayé, was released in a dozen of countries. It received the Audience Award in Annecy in 2015. 250 000 spectators have seen the film in theaters in France. Sacrebleu Productions produces Rémi Chayé's new film, and also have other feature films projects in development. Alongside his production activity, Ron Dyens directed five short films, which were selected in more than three hundred festivals as in Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Brest...
Known For
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
Flow
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Oscars
In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.
Long Way North
Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally.
Marona's Fantastic Tale
Agnès, Juliette and Carmen's neighbour, writes children's storybooks that take place in a fantasy world, The Kingdom of the Winds. The intrepid sisters discover a passageway between their world and this extraordinary universe. Once on the other side, the girls take on the appearance of cats and discover Sirocco, a terrifying character who can control the wind.
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds
Set against the backdrop of the interwar period of steampunk Paris, group of superhuman and mythological creatures inspired by various European myths wage a secret struggle to control the destiny of the world
The Chimera Brigade
When Herra, a young Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea what kind of life awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor of the family she is about to integrate into. A liberal grandfather, an adopted child who is highly intelligent and Freshta, who would do anything to escape her husband's violent grip.
My Sunny Maad
Vida is a young Iranian lifeguard swimmer. Popular in her team, she is determined to fight in order to be the one to participate in an international competition in Australia. However, when Sareh, as fast and talented as her joins the team, she will have to face an unexpected situation.
Beach Flags
Esther is a young girl who, in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a true Healer, must travel thousands of miles with a strange mentor: an Inca God who lives in the body of a black cat.
Esther
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Don Quichotte contre les forces du mal
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film community.
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Filmed like the travel journey of a Western traveler in search of Madagascar's customs. The pages turn, the drawings come to life, and the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar appear one after another.
Madagascar, a Journey Diary
A Jewish North African middle-aged man's swim in the sea triggers memories of his earlier life as an Olympic swimmer before and after World War II.
Butterfly
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Acoustic Kitty
A girl and a boy meet by a chance in unaware of consequences on one day. A modern parable inspired by true events.
Chain
A young man is sexually assaulted and subdues, punishes, then befriends his own attacker while confronting his past and the ambiguities of sexuality.
Friend of a Friend
Marcus, a young intelligence soldier, became a national hero after his bravery in a terrorist attack. The authoritarian regime based on mass surveillance uses his image to value its action. As he returns to his parents' home for furlough, he will be faced with the reality of this ruthless administration he has come to embody in the media.
Permission
As every morning, men get on the tram to go to work. But on that day, to the rhythm of the tickets inserted in the ticket-stamping machine, the vehicle gets erotic and the conductress’ desire turns the reality into a surrealistic and phallic fantasy.
Tram
The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them. 12+1 kids and the carcass of a whale washed ashore…
Limbo
A Tamil from Réunion invites us to a celebration in which the men of the community walk on fire.