Jean-Sébastien Bernard
Directing
Biography
A writer and director, he began his career as a camera operator and director in television, before developing a highly personal filmography, notably through my production company LES FILMS D’ANTINEA. There, he directed short films such as LE HÉRISSON DE VERRE (43 selections – 2 in CNC Category 1 – 6 awards) and PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING (42 selections – 1 in CNC Category 1 – 7 awards). LE LOUP ET LA CHATTE, produced by INSOLENCE PRODUCTIONS and in co-production with 13PRODS, is supported by the CNC, FranceTV, the PACA region, PROCIREP, ANGOA, the City of Martigues and Alcimé. It has been selected for Category 1 festivals such as the MCM Festival, Off-Courts and Tous Courts in Aix-en-Provence. He continues to forge a unique filmography, straddling realism and fantasy, with a particular focus on direction. Jean-Sébastien Bernard is currently developing feature and short films. Breakfast in America (in post-production) – Les Films d’Antinea / Les Larmes du Patriarcat, co-written and co-directed with Alban Chaplet – Les Films d’Antinea + Ryzom Films – 2026 / Instruction for an Encounter – Les Films d’Antinea – 2026 / The Wolf and the Cat (20 min) – Insolence Productions (co-prod 13 PRODS) – 2023 / La Voix du Chamois (10 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2023 / Angelure (10 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2022 / Mathilde 326 (7 min) – Les Films d’Antinea (co-prod Insolence Productions) – 2017 / Phantasms of the Living (6 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2015 / Testarossa (3 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2014 / The Glass Hedgehog (9 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2013 / Squash & Love (6 min) – Les Films d’Antinea – 2012
Known For
Loup, thirteen years old, deaf from birth, spends his summer vacation on a campsite with his mother, Léa. They have developed an exclusive relationship that a meeting with a swimming instructor and a teenage girl will turn upside down.
The Wolf and the Cat
During an afternoon at the swimming pool, a young girl will live her first flirtation. An unexpected sharing of senses that will forever remain etched on her lips.
Phantasms of the Living
A frightening scream rips through the night. Petit-Ciel-Bleu gets lost in the mountains and meets a chamois who has some strange questions. When they come across a hunting rifle, everything becomes clearer for the animal: Petit-Ciel-Bleu must fight!
The Chamois'Cry
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Squash and Love
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Mathilde 326
Summer 1955. The sun shines brightly on a bucolic landscape sprinkled with poppies. A young beautiful and mysterious woman lays in this sparkling field of blood-red. The sunbeams caress her smiling face. A moment of happiness that nothing seems to be disturbing.
The Glass Hedgehog
The young Abigail receives unsettling instruction from a tutor while awaiting an encounter whose nature she does not yet know.
How to meet Someone
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