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Calmin Borel - Festival Coordinator
Graduated in audio visual production management, Clermont-Ferrand University, while being the president of the Clermont-Ferrand University Film Society.
Worked at Videoformes, an International Festival of Multimedia and Video Art as an organizer from 1999 to 2001.
Joined the permanent staff of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2001. He’s on the international selection committee and coordinates The Lab, the Festival’s competition dedicated to innovation.
2008 Clermont Ferrand Films
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Cuisine
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François Vogel / France / 2007 / Expérimental / 4'
Director François Vogel
Production Paranoid Projects, Mélanie Robert-Kaminka
Carrière Prix De L'oeuvre D'art Numérique Clermont-Ferrand 2008.
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What is the relationship between a banana and your field of vision? How can a box of camembert cheese modify your perception of reality?
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Nijuman no borei (200 000 phantoms)
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Jean-Gabriel Périot / France / 2007 / Animation / 10'
Directors Jean-Gabriel Périot
Production Envie de Tempête Productions, Yves Le Yaouanq
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In the end, we know it's just a matter of time.
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Camera obscura
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Thierry Onillon, Jean-Michel Drechsler, Matthieu Buchalski / France / 2007 / Animation / 7'
Directors Thierry Onillon, Jean-Michel Drechsler, Matthieu Buchalski
Production Supinfocom, Marie-Anne Fontenier
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The blind man was there. We put a helmet on him in order to see what he couldn't see.
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Irinka et Sandrinka
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Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck / France, Belgique / 2007 / Animation / 16'
Directors Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck
Production Je Suis Bien Content, Marc Jousset & Les Films du Nord, Arnaud Demuynck
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Fifty years separate Irène and Sandrine. One, from Russian nobility, lived through the fall of the regime, the absence of an exiled father, and an adoptive family. The other grew up spending her playtime reconstructing a fairy-tale Russian world.
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Le Silence des machines
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Paul Calori, Kostia Testut / France / 2007 / Fiction / 8'
Directors Paul Calori, Kostia Testut
Production La Fémis, Gaïa Bidat
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The workers at “Fil de Soie, Inc.” are in shock: the machines used for manufacturing women’s lingerie have disappeared, moved to a country where work costs nothing. Marc, the foreman, and his workers have made up their minds: they have to fight!
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La Saint Festin
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Léo Marchand, Anne-Laure Daffis / France / 2007 / Animation / 15'
Directors Léo Marchand, Anne-Laure Daffis
Production Ré-Visions, Jean-François Valencourt & Lardux Films, Christian Pfohl
Carrière Best Animation Clermont-Ferrand 2008.
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Hurrah! Tomorrow is the 40th of November! It's Saint Feast Day, the great celebration of Ogres, so if you haven't caught a child yet hurry up now... and good hunting!
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Le Mozart des Pickpockets
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Philippe Pollet-Villard / France / 2006 / Fiction / 31'
Director Philippe Pollet-Villard
Production Karé Productions, Fabrice Goldstein, Antoine Rein
Carrière Grand Prix + Audience Prize Clermont-Ferrand 2007, César (French Academy Award) + Oscar 2008
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Philippe and Richard make a living from stealing in Barbès. Against their will, they end up taking care of a deaf Romanian kid. After failing to get rid of him, they decide to make him "work". Despite the language barrier, the kid finds his own method to steal.
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