by Jean-Marc THEROUANNE
The High School Jury of the 31st International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul met at the CDI of the Lycée Belin under the direction of Ms. Anne Petit, documentalist, coordinator of the High School Jury, Ms. Maeva Hurleau, head of mission for National Education, Ms. Martine Thérouanne, Director, co-founder of FICA and the three co-chairs of the High School Jury: Roméo Kaiser, 1st Student in Belin, Ange Dekeukeleire and Rebecca Martinez, Senior students in Belin.
PREPARATORY PEDAGOGICAL SESSION:
The members of the High School Jury trained themselves to review a film, to compose a collective critique of a film, to propose a consensual criticism, to propose shared opinions on a film.
They learned to read the technical sheet of a film (title, name of the director, year of production,…), to write the synopsis of a film, to define the genre and the theme.
During this educational session, they learned to express their feelings, their emotions experienced during the screening of a film, relying on specific elements to explain their reaction to the film. How this film touched them, annoyed, surprised… not only by the plot but also by the aesthetics of the shots, camera movements, photography, sets, costumes,… or dramaturgy, acting, staging,…
They were also invited to draw up their film-portrait by asking themselves what film makes them laugh, cry or fear the most, in which they would like to live, and finally to say their favourite film.
This session was rich, lively and fruitful. It also allowed students from different classes to get to know each other better in order to better federate.
WHAT IS THE HIGH SCHOOL JURY?
1- The FICA High School Jury has been part of the Belin High School establishment project since 2007. The students of the workshops create the trophy for the high school jury, which is presented at the closing party during the announcement of the Palmarès.
2-The FICA leaders were sensitive to the three applications of Roméo Kaiser, Ange Dekeukeleire and Rebecca Martinez, to co-chair the 2025 high school jury of the 31st International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul, which will take place from Tuesday, February 11 to Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
3- After consultation with Anne Petit, documentary teacher of the Lycée Belin, coordinator of the Jury Lycéen, before their enthusiasm, motivation, sense of commitment, it was decided by common agreement, to accept their three nominations for the co-chair of the Lycéen 2025 jury.
4- The constitution of the High school jury of the International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul is part of the establishment project of the Lycée Belin. The latter is a partner of FICA, hence the creation of a Chinese section LVIII, created by the National Education with the support of the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet de Paris and the Inalco (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), two partner institutions of the FICA.
5- the role of co-chairs will be to support Ms Anne Petit, teacher-documentalist, to encourage students from Belin High School to join the High School Jury.
6- Any student who wishes to be a member of the high school jury commits himself to attend the screenings of the nine films in the fiction competition. The films in competition are all films presented in French, European or international premiere at Vesoul.
7- The screenings take place every evening at the Majestic cinema – espace des Lumières, at 8:30 pm on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, Friday 14, Saturday 15, Sunday 16
Monday, February 17, 2025, and at sessions at 10:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 on Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16, 2025. The films will be presented in the presence of the director or a member of the film team.
8- Each member of the jury will be given a membership card allowing free access to the sessions of the competition feature films and an evaluation grid to designate the lucky winner of the young jury prize.
9- It is traditional for the students of the workshops, under the guidance of their teachers, to create a trophy «Jury Lycéen» (31e FICA Vesoul 2025), which will be awarded to the winner on the evening of the closing ceremony.
10- The members of the high school jury are invited to the opening and closing ceremonies which will take place respectively on Tuesday, February 11 at 8 pm and Tuesday, February 18 at 8:30 pm, at the Edwige Feuillere Theatre. They may be accompanied by their parents, but the Festival must be informed and will be included on the list of festivalgoers wishing to attend the opening and closing ceremonies at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère. It is very important that all those who register for these two ceremonies commit to attend.
11- The members of the High School Jury are also welcome to attend the evenings that take place at the Bambouseraie after the film screenings around 10:40 p.m., as well as the various round tables that will be organized with the film teams from the tribute sections or retrospectives.
It’s important to live a festival. It’s very different from going to see a film. A festival you can breathe, feel, and live. To live a festival is to live the dilatation, the intensity of time. It is a great moment of exchange, conviviality and fraternity through culture.
12- the co-chairs of the high school jury undertake to give a brief introductory speech bilingual French-English during the opening and closing ceremonies on the stage of the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère.
13- the co-chairs of the High School jury also undertake to respond to interviews if they are requested by print, digital, radio or television media that cover FICA Vesoul.
14- the co-chairs also undertake to distribute posters and time-sheets when these documents will be published three weeks before the beginning of the festival, all members of the High School Jury are invited to distribute posters and leaflets in the cities and villages of Haute-Saône where they live to give the largest audience possible to the festival whose purpose is to make known and recognize our city, our agglomeration, our department and our region.
For further information:
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
25 rue du docteur Doillon
70000 Vesoul – France
+33 6 84 84 87 46 – + 33 6 79 54 30 52
[email protected]
www.cinemas-asia.com
