Shorts | Ben Busnel / Director

LES DERNIERS FEUX

aka « LAST LIGHTS »

DRAMA / 9 min.

with Clotilde HESME

written, produced and directed

by Benjamin BUSNEL

Photography Mention at

Dijon Fenêtres sur Courts (France)

Festivals Selections:

Jeju French Festival (Korea)

Barcelona Mecal Pro (Spain)

Bali MiniKino (Indonesia)

Paris Format Court (France)

Bezons Cine Poème (France)

Closing film at Brest Film Court (France)

PLAY THE MOVIE

A director and his actress go to the Cannes Film Festival, looking for money to finance a movie they wrote. But an unexpected incident will disturb their quest…

VINT LA VAGUE

aka « CAME THE WAVE »

THRILLER / 20 min.

with Clotilde HESME & Noée ABITA

written and directed by Benjamin BUSNEL
produced by Jessica ROSSELET

(EasyTiger & Leto Films)

Broadcast on France 3 Libre Court

Festivals Selections:

Brest FilmCourt (France)

Amsterdam RozeFilmDagen (NL)

London BFI Flare FF (UK)

Sydney QueerScreen (Australia)

Hamburg Queer IFF (Germany)

Tirana IFF (Albania)

Bangalore Queer FF (India)

Tel Aviv LGBT IFF (Israël)

Angers Films d’Ici (France)

St Etienne Face à Face (France)

Anglet FIFAVA (France)

Grenoble Vues d’en face (France)

Le Mans 24 Courts (France)

Vaux en Velin Un poing c’est court (France)

WATCH THE MOVIE

While a disaster hits the country, two women organize their survival in a lost forest…

PYGOMÈLE

DRAMA / 28 min.

with Kevin LELANNIER, Mélodie ORRU…

written and directed by Benjamin BUSNEL
produced by Ostinato Films

Broadcast on France 2 Histoires Courtes

PLAY THE MOVIE

Far from the fights where flesh explode for the Nation, a peaceful and quiet place does exist : the Castle.

Disfigured by the war, deaf and dumb, Ferdinand is hired into it as a gardener. By entering the Castle’s secret, he will prepare his own damnation.

GAST

DRAMA – FANSTASTIC / 18 min.

with Joachim SALINGER, Mélodie ORRU…
written and directed by Benjamin BUSNEL
produced by Jessica ROSSELET

Festivals Selections:

Aubagne IFF (France)

Valencia CinemaJove (Spain)

Lyon Courts&Docs (France)

Finalist of Paris Fuji Awards (France)

PLAY THE MOVIE

It’s not the play, even Melody or the money, no… There is this strange story that my mother told me.

Strange, yes.

It’s somewhere in me, inside me.

LE MAL

aka « EVIL »

DRAMA – FANSTASTIC / 21 min.

with Sandy LAKDAR, Benoît GUILLON…
written, produced and directed

by Benjamin BUSNEL

Festival Selections:

Clermont-Ferrand IFF (France)

Aubagne IFF (France)

Rio de Janeiro CurtaCinema (Brasil)

São Paolo IFF (Brasil)

Fundão Imago IFF (Portugal)

Ebensee Festival of Nations (Austria)

PLAY THE MOVIE

Marie is a lab assistant.

She’s alone and she gets scared sometimes.
Of herself especially.

Her story is and will remain unknown.
Marie created a monster, giving life to fantasy.