Fabian Jestin
Directing
Biography
Fabian Jestin is a film/audiovisual teacher and director. A graduate of a professional master's degree from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, he recently began teaching in Compiègne, where he introduces high school students to the languages, practices, and history of cinema. His teaching work is part of a desire to anchor audiovisual knowledge in a critical and sensitive reflection on images, their uses, and their production. At the same time, he collaborates on the production of documentaries for television, mainly portraits of cinema figures and subjects of cultural significance, while simultaneously pursuing a more intimate creative approach through self-produced fiction. In 2022, he directed "Empty Planet", his first short film combining animation and live action, born from a university partnership between the Sorbonne, Arte, and Gallimard. The following year, he directed "Amédée", a short documentary about a family secret, constructed from archive footage. The filmmaker develops a universe where memories, cinematic artifice, identity issues, and porous boundaries between illusion and reality intersect—themes that constitute the beating heart of his work as a director. Fabian Jestin est un réalisateur et enseignant en cinéma/audiovisuel. Diplômé d’un master professionnel à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, il enseigne depuis peu à Compiègne, où il initie des lycéens aux langages, aux pratiques et à l’histoire du cinéma. Son travail pédagogique s’inscrit dans une volonté d’ancrer les savoirs audiovisuels dans une réflexion critique et sensible sur les images, leurs usages et leur fabrication. Parallèlement, il collabore à la réalisation de documentaires destinés à la télévision, principalement des portraits de figures du cinéma et des sujets à portée culturelle, tout en poursuivant en parallèle une démarche de création plus intime à travers des fictions autoproduites. En 2022, il signe "Planète Vide", son premier court-métrage mêlant animation et prises de vue réelles, né d’un partenariat universitaire réunissant la Sorbonne, Arte et Gallimard. L’année suivante, il réalise "Amédée", un court-métrage documentaire autour d’un secret de famille, construit à partir de films d’archives. Le cinéaste développe un univers où se croisent souvenirs, artifices cinématographiques, troubles identitaires et frontières poreuses entre illusion et réalité — des thématiques qui constituent le cœur battant de son travail de réalisateur.
Known For
Improvised over the course of a single night in Paris, this short film follows Fanny and Alexis, who meet by chance on a warm August evening. Fanny doesn’t believe in second dates, always less magical than the first spark. To prove her wrong, Alexis proposes an unusual pact: to meet every week as if it were their very first time.
End Less
Papa, a bullied young boy whose only refuge is a book about space, runs away after being involved in the accident of one of his harassers. His escape to the outskirts of Paris awakens his imagination, somewhere between concrete blocks and starry skies.
Empty Planet
In 1970, Kuster Beaton, a former silent-film star, gives an interview looking back over his career. A journalist asks him about his legendary power : an alleged super-speed that enabled him to shoot his films without special effects.
Kuster Beaton
Two lovers. Both are immigrants. Their relationship is the last thing that they kept from home, the last rope they are attached to. Marc holds that rope dearly, Léa wants to cut it. Her love of Paris has taken over the love of Marc
I Don’t Like My Car Anymore
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Parabellum
In 1952, Amédée took his own life by jumping into the Seine. No one knows the reason for this tragic act. His story comes to us in bits and pieces.
Amédée
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Un lac de sel
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Les objets meurent
In a busy café, a boss and an HR manager try to make a deal with an employee. She resists.