La Fémis
{{Short description|Film school in Paris, France}}
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| name = École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son
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| image = La Fémis logo.svg
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| established = 1943 (IDHEC), 1986 (La Fémis)
| type = Grande école
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| administrative_staff = 650
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| president = Michel Hazanavicius
| director = Nathalie Coste-Cerdan
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| postgrad = 200
| other = 30
| city = Paris
| country = France
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| campus = Urban
Pathé Studios
| other_name = La Fémis
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| academic_affiliations = PSL Research University
CILECT
Minister of Culture of France
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| address = 6 rue Francoeur, 75018
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La Fémis (French: École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son; "National Institute for Professional Image and Sound", formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC) is a French grande école and the film and television school of PSL Research University.
FEMIS ({{IPA|fr|femis|lang}}) is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l'Image et du Son ("European Foundation for the Professions of Image and Sound"). Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training.
History
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From 1944 to 1985, the IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was the main French film school — training 1,439 French and foreign film professionals.
In 1985, the school was restructured under the supervision of the then Minister of Culture Jack Lang and La Fémis was created in 1986. Originally, scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carrière was its president and Jack Gajos was its director.
When La Fémis was created, the school had seven teaching departments: direction, screenwriting, picture, sound, editing, production, and set design. A script continuity course was added in 1992 and a distribution/exploitation course in 2003. Lastly the master-class workshop, a European production training program, was co-created with the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany in 2002. La Fémis is a full member of CILECT, the international network of film schools.
The school is now a public establishment under the responsibility of the Ministry of culture and communication. The school first opened in the Palais de Tokyo (Paris 16e), moving on 15 February 1999, to the old Rapid Film - Pathé Studios at 6, rue Francoeur (18e). Their founder and French prime class producer Bernard Natan was deported by the Nazis in 1942.
In 2019 the French director Michel Hazanivicius was appointed as chairman of the board.{{Cite web|title=Nomination de Michel Hazanavicius à la présidence du Conseil d'administration de l'Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son (La femis) et reconduction de Nathalie Coste-Cerdan en qualité de directrice générale|url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Nomination-de-Michel-Hazanavicius-a-la-presidence-du-Conseil-d-administration-de-l-Ecole-nationale-superieure-des-metiers-de-l-image-et-du-son-La|website=Ministère de la Culture - French government}}{{Cite web|date=26 July 2019|title=Michel Hazanavicius sera le nouveau président de la Fémis|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2019/07/26/cinema/actualite-cinema/michel-hazanavicius-sera-le-nouveau-president-de-la-femis/|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Les Inrockuptibles|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=Michel Hazanavicius, un "artist" nommé à la tête de la Fémis|url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/michel-hazanavicius,-un-artist-nomme-a-la-tete-de-la-femis,n6353950.php|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Télérama|date=25 July 2019 |language=fr}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Fair|first1=Vanity|last2=France|first2=Condé Nast Digital|date=24 July 2019|title=Michel Hazanavicius prend la tête de la Fémis|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/articles/michel-hazanavicius-prend-la-tete-de-la-femis/75927|access-date=17 August 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=fr}}
Curriculum
The main curriculum students follow a four-year training course. During the first year, they all follow the same general course: initiation into the various jobs involved in filmmaking, experimenting in every technical position within a film crew.
During the second and third year, they follow a specific curriculum depending on the department they have chosen, including theoretical classes, exercises, days devoted to film analysis, analytical seminars and collective exercises making films. They spend their fourth year fulfilling an individual end-of-studies project (known as "travail de fin d'études" or TFE) and taking part in their classmates' projects.
In sum, the school is designed to foster an applied cinephilia, in which the study of films past and present underwrites advanced skills in the practicalities of filmmaking; returning alumni, like Jean Paul Civeyrac, who come back to themselves lead seminars, carry on this tradition of encouraging advanced auteurist ambitions among the new students.Palmer, Tim (2011). Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, Wesleyan University Press, Middleton CT. {{ISBN|0-8195-6827-9}}.
The school is the subject of a 2016 French film called Le Concours (The Graduation), directed by Claire Simon about the exhaustive application process to be accepted as a student.
Rankings
In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter rated La Fémis no. 6 in its best international film school rankings (it included U.S.-based film schools) and no. 3 in its 2014 best international film school rankings (it excluded U.S.-based film schools).{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/thrs-top-25-film-schools-354506|title=THR's Top 25 Film Schools List Revealed|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 July 2012 |access-date=22 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/study-top-15-international-film-721648|title=Study Abroad: The Top 15 International Film Schools|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=30 July 2014 |access-date=22 April 2020}} Its alumni have won three of the world's most prestigious film prizes – Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm, Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear – 11 times, making it the most rewarded film school in the world, preceding the Beijing Film Academy and the Tisch School of the Arts of New York City, in winning those three prizes.
Alumni
La Fémis has trained over 700 students in all filmmaking trades: directors, screenwriters, producers, editors, cameramen, sound engineers, decorators, script supervisors, distributors and exhibition managers/executives.
Among them:
(in alphabetical order)
- Marie Amachoukeli – Screenwriting Department, class of 2007{{Cite web |title=Marie Amachoukeli |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=5877 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Raja Amari – Screenwriting Department, class of 1998{{Cite web |title=Raja Amari |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4749 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Sólveig Anspach – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Solveig Anspach |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=412 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Emmanuelle Bercot – Directing Department, class of 1998https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=6291
- Renée Blanchar – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Renée Blanchar |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10874 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Isabelle Boni-Claverie – Screenwriting Department, class of 2000https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4124
- Leyla Bouzid – Directing Department, class of 2011{{Cite web |title=Leyla Bouzid |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=11636 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Claire Burger – Editing Department, class of 2008{{Cite web |title=Claire Burger |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=7657 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Daniel H. Byun – Directing Department, class of 1997{{Cite web |title=Daniel Byun Hyuk |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=11009 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Thomas Cailley – Screenwriting Department, class of 2011{{Cite web |title=Thomas Cailley |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=11657 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Jon Carnoy – Directing Department, class of 1993{{Cite web |title=Jon Carnoy |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10922 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Yves Caumon – Directing Department, class of 1991{{Cite web |title=Yves Caumon |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=707 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Jean-Paul Civeyrac – Directing Department, class of 1991{{Cite web |title=Jean Paul Civeyrac |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=759 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Samuel Collardey – Cinematography Department, class of 2005{{Cite web |title=Samuel Collardey |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4959 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Bénédicte Couvreur – Producing Department, class of 1998{{Cite web |title=Bénédicte Couvreur |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=810 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Olivier Delbosc – Producing Department, class of 1996{{Cite web |title=Olivier Delbosc |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=882 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Jean-Baptiste de Laubier – Directing Department, class of 2005{{Cite web |title=Jean Baptiste De Laubier |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4962 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Émilie Deleuze – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Emilie Deleuze |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=888 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Arnaud des Pallières – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Arnaud Des Pallieres |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=8297 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Marina de Van – Directing Department, class of 1997{{Cite web |title=Marina De Van |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=8261 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Julia Ducournau – Screenwriting Department, class of 2008{{Cite web |title=Julia Ducournau |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=6560 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Deniz Gamze Ergüven – Directing Department, class of 2006{{Cite web |title=Deniz Gamze ErgÜven |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=6201 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Léa Fehner – Screenwriting Department, class of 2006{{Cite web |title=Léa Fehner |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=2961 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Sophie Fillières – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Sophie Fillieres |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4015 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Crystel Fournier – Cinematography Department, class of 1998{{Cite web |title=Crystel Fournier |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=11036 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Pauline Gaillard – Editing Department, class of 2000{{Cite web |title=Pauline Gaillard |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4152 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Delphine Gleize – Screenwriting Department, class of 1998{{Cite web |title=Delphine Gleize |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4870 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Mikhaël Hers – Producing Department, class of 2004{{Cite web |title=Mikhaël Hers |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=6199 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Armel Hostiou – Cinematography Department, class of 2003{{Cite web |title=Armel Hostiou |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10826 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Ismaël El Iraki – Directing Department, class of 2008{{Cite web |title=Ismaël El Iraki |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=7659 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Kamen Kalev – Cinematography Department, class of 2002{{Cite web |title=Kamen Kalev |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=3783 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Nikolay Khomeriki – Directing Department, class of 2005{{Cite web |title=Nicolay Khomeriki |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4971 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Kamal Lazraq – Directing Department, class of 2011{{Cite web |title=Kamal Lazraq |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=12443 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Quentin Lepoutre – Sound Production Department, class of 2011{{Cite web |title=Quentin Lepoutre |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=12307 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Yorick Le Saux – Cinematography Department, class of 1994{{Cite web |title=Yorick Le Saux |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10948 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Teddy Lussi-Modeste – Screenwriting Department, class of 2004{{Cite web |title=Teddy Lussi-modeste |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4929 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Noémie Lvovsky – Screenwriting Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Noémie Lvovsky |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10886 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Julien Magnat – Directing Department, class of 2000{{Cite web |title=Julien Magnat |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=8283 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Laetitia Masson – Cinematography Department, class of 1991{{Cite web |title=Laetitia Masson |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=8078 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Marc Missonnier – Producing Department, class of 1996{{Cite web |title=Marc Missonnier |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=1632 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Emmanuel Mouret – Directing Department, class of 1998{{Cite web |title=Emmanuel Mouret |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=1667 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Léa Mysius – Screenwriting Department, class of 2014{{Cite web |title=Léa MYSIUS |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=18479 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- François Ozon – Directing Department, class of 1994{{Cite web |title=François Ozon |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=2225 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Vladimir Perišić – Directing Department, class of 2003{{Cite web |title=Vladimir Perisic |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=3866 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Manuel Pradal – Directing Department, class of 1990{{Cite web |title=Manuel Pradal |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=10882 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Céline Sciamma – Screenwriting Department, class of 2005{{Cite web |title=Céline Sciamma |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4984 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Andrea Sedláčková – Editing Department, class of 1994{{Cite web |title=Andréa Sedlackova |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=8235 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Partho Sen-Gupta – Directing Department, class of 1997{{Cite web |title=Partho Sen-Gupta |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=1993 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Léonor Serraille – Screenwriting Department, class of 2013{{Cite web |title=Léonor SERRAILLE |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=18453 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Fanny Sidney – Directing Department, class of 2015{{Cite web |title=Les anciens étudiants |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_recherche&categcontact=R%C3%A9alisation&anneesortiecontact=2015 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Morgan Simon – Screenwriting Department, class of 2012{{Cite web |title=Morgan Simon |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=12861 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Ramata-Toulaye Sy – Screenwriting Department, class of 2015{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=14 April 2023 |title=Ramata-Toulaye Sy is competing in Cannes with Banel & Adama |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/441028/ |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=Cineuropa}}
- David Thion – Producing Department, class of 1999{{Cite web |title=David Thion |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4523 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Eskil Vogt – Directing Department, class of 2004{{Cite web |title=Eskil Vogt |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=4948 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Alice Winocour – Screenwriting Department, class of 2002{{Cite web |title=Alice Winocour |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=3810 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Rebecca Zlotowski – Screenwriting Department, class of 2007{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Zlotowski |url=https://www.femis.fr/index.php?page=fiche_ancien&id_ancien=5722 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
=Screenwriting Workshop=
- Alix Delaporte (1999){{Cite web|url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/brochure_atelier_scenario_2019__version_debut_decembre-3.pdf|title=l'atelier scénario 2019|publisher=La Fémis|language=fr|page=11|access-date=26 September 2024}}
- Kaouther Ben Hania (2005){{Cite web|url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/20240226_communique_de_presse_ce_sar_vscancc_99_38_.pdf|title=Les diplômés de la Fémis à l'honneur du palmarès des CÉSAR 2024 !|date=24 February 2024|publisher=La Fémis|language=fr|access-date=26 September 2024}}
- Coralie Fargeat (2010){{Cite web |last=Multier |first=Marine |date=29 April 2024 |title=Festival de Cannes 2024 : 8 films réalisés par des diplômé.e.s et plus de 160 aux génériques de 62 films dont 16 produits par des diplômé.e.s |url=https://www.femis.fr/festival-de-cannes-2024-8-films |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- César Díaz (2011){{Cite web |last=Multier |first=Marine |date=26 September 2024 |title=invitation L'ancien et le nouveau Spécial Cannes |url=https://www.femis.fr/invitation-l-ancien-et-le-nouveau-1020 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Alexe Poukine (2013){{Cite web |date=22 July 2024 |title=Diplômés au générique / sortie du 9 mars 2022 |url=https://www.femis.fr/+diplomes-au-generique-sortie-du-9+ |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
- Laurent Micheli (2015){{Cite web |last=Multier |first=Marine |date=29 January 2020 |title=NOMINATIONS CÉSAR 2020 |url=https://www.femis.fr/nominations-cesar-2020 |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=La Fémis |language=fr}}
=Documentary Film Workshop=
=Summer University=
- Bouchra Ijork (2003){{Cite web |title=L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats |url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/bilan_ue_maj_26_02_2024.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=La Fémis |pages=35 |language=fr-FR}}
- Kaouther Ben Hania (2004){{Cite web |title=L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats |url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/bilan_ue_maj_26_02_2024.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=La Fémis |pages=12 |language=fr-FR}}
- Anat Schwartz (2010){{Cite web |title=L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats |url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/bilan_ue_maj_26_02_2024.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=La Fémis |pages=14 |language=fr-FR}}
- Asmae El Moudir (2013){{Cite web |title=L'Université d'été de La Fémis Bilan et portraits d'anciens lauréats |url=https://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/bilan_ue_maj_26_02_2024.pdf |access-date=25 September 2024 |publisher=La Fémis |pages=10 |language=fr-FR}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.femis.fr/ La Fémis]
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Category:Film schools in France
Category:Educational institutions established in 1944