Awards 2025 After six days of music and cinema, laughter and tears, sunshine and unforgettable encounters, MCM unveils its list of award-winning films—works that moved audiences through poignant scores, striking direction, or bold storytelling. Discover the films honored by the feature film jury, composed of Raphaël Balboni, Jérôme Rebotier, and Emma Luchini, as well as the short film jury, featuring Clémentine Charuel, Agnès Patron, Erwann Chandon, and Benjamin Bonnet. FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Grand Prize for Best Original...

Cinéphonies｜Carte blanche to CNSMD Romain Trouillet, a French composer based in Les Lilas, has been exploring the relationship between music and image since his musicology studies at Lille III University. After completing a thesis on "audiovisual counterpoint" in 2012, he earned a master’s degree in 2013 and, in 2014, joined the film scoring program at the CNSMD of Lyon, where he trained in orchestration and conducting. Pianist by training, he draws inspiration from world music, crafting a unique and original style. In theater, he has collaborated with Alexis Michalik on award-winnin...

Cinéphonies｜Carte blanche to CNSMD Born in 1981, Clément Ducol began his musical career with Les Petits Chanteurs de Paris before studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. As an arranger, producer, and composer, he has collaborated with artists such as Camille, Alain Souchon, Vanessa Paradis, Melody Gardot, and Gregory Porter. In film, he worked on The Little Prince with Hans Zimmer and composed the score for Les Chatouilles, selected at Cannes in 2018 and awarded at the César Awards. He later scored Annette by Leos Carax, the opening film of th...

Audio Description Battle Middle school students, guided by blind or visually impaired individuals, will take on the challenge of creating an audio description for an excerpt from Beurk, the short film that won Best Short Film at this year’s César Awards. From one perception to another, how can images be translated into words while staying in harmony with a soundtrack? The students will share their attempt in a public presentation, framed as a friendly “battle.” In partnership with the association La Luciole – Designed and led by Flip/Flap Pilar Romero de Castilla. Locations &...

Froid Dub Come listen to Froid Dub before the screening of Fotogenico on Friday, March 28, before following them to the Blum for a DJ Set. Run by F.M. and Fa_Fane two Paris-based producers, Froid Dub take us on a unique concoction of modern digi-dub to which they add a twist of genre by crossing wave and dub. An equation already figured out by post-punk at the end of the '70s, updated here with a touch of club culture, and personal vibe.  Constantly evolving, redefining a no borders sonic map around a central dub axis, the band push the limits of the genre, taking us on a journey from...

Happy Shorts XVIII More than ever, we need our storytellers—those young filmmakers who, in just a short narrative, can capture the humor of an exchange, the poetry of a romance, or the music of a life, and offer it to us in a short film, like a little spark of joy, while waiting to become the Toledano, Nakache, or Klapisch of tomorrow. Year after year, Happy Shorts tells small stories that warm our hearts, make us laugh, or make us want to sing. Animation / Fiction Short Films Artplexe Saturday, March...