Short Films Competition

Le Maître Sonneur

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At the heart of a forest stands a tree bearing the scars left by humans on the flesh of wood and earth. It carries within itself the memory of the wounds of the forest that surrounds it. A young boy passes through, a botanist–draughtsman at heart. Drawn in by a mysterious song, he approaches, as if enchanted.The tree, mistaking his presence for that of destructive humans, offers him a mushroom — a fragment of its underground memory. The boy tastes it, and a hallucinatory journey unfolds, where the beauty and the buried suffering of these places intertwine.

Jean-Baptiste Deschamps

Thibaud Deschamps

biography

JB and Thibaud Deschamps are two brothers who make films together, exploring the resistance of memory and nature within modernity. Based in the Berry region, they organize festivals and create projects rooted in local stories, drawing from archives, legends, and the region’s landscapes.

Credits
  • Directing : Jean-Baptiste et Thibaud Deschamps
  • Script : Jean-Baptiste Deschamps
  • Casting : Gaston de Poix
  • Photography : Lisa Le Corre
  • Sound : Léo Saouma
  • Editing : Thibaud Deschamps
  • Music : Henri Le Goff
  • Directing assistant : Eliette Mouy
  • Calibration : Samy Radjadj
  • Sound mixing : Nathan Levielis

Merci à Antoine et Anne Deschamps pour les repérages, à Pauline Michel et Nicolas Méron pour la régie. Aux propriétaires et gestionnaires de la forêt de Saint Chartier, notamment à M Philippe Naud.

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