Eric Ménard
Acting
Biography
Eric Ménard is a French filmmaker, editor and cinematrographer born in Haute-Vienne and raised in Aurillac. He studied engineering at the University of Lyon and scenography at the University of Clermont Auvergne. In 1998, he joined Ici même, a collective of artists, architects and scenographers based in Paris. He relocated to Berlin and is a member of Labor Berlin and Wolf Gang.
Known For
Leila is a singer-songwriter who lives in Brussels. When Antoine, the man she is in love with, suddenly walks out on her for another woman, she leaves for Berlin to start a new life.
Berlin Telegram
The film follows the life of a couple of singers from Münster who became known for covering the most prominent voices of distinct eras of Schlager music. While Markus got recognition through youtube tributes to Udo Jürgens (known for introducing French Chanson in 1970’s Schlager) Steffi often performs the repertoire of Helene Fischer, a contemporary Schlager icon who opened the genre to a Global Pop standard.
Bye Bye Deutschland! Eine Lebensmelodie
Sign Space follows the installation of an art exhibition. From the building of false walls up to the moment the exhibition opens its doors to the public, the film tracks the many considerations, both formal and procedural, that go into staging an art show.