For the seventh consecutive year, the law firm Gide invited students and recent graduates from the School to create a series of three short films, to be shown throughout the year on the giant LED screens at the firm’s headquarters in Paris (8th arrondissement). Forty-seven candidates responded to this call for projects, which were assessed by a jury comprising representatives from Beaux-Arts de Paris and partners from Gide, to finalise a selection of projects reflecting the diverse approaches to visual arts within the School.
The four winning projects:
Joséphine Berthou, a graduate of HEAD and Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she received the jury’s commendation, for *Ceux qui sont passés par là*, a triptych filmed through a window capturing domestic scenes and offering a counterpoint to the rhythm of everyday working life.
Marine Ducroux-Gazio, a graduate of Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, where she received the jury’s commendation for *Holding the Flame*—a film shot in Soulac-sur-Mer in which the artist tries in vain to keep a match alight as she faces the sea and the wind, a metaphor for our powerlessness in the face of climate change.
Nathan Ghali, a graduate of Beaux-Arts de Paris, for *Blind Spot*, a series of three videos depicting spaces overrun by wild animals in a fictional narrative generated by artificial intelligence, which explores the disappearance of reality in the age of AI.
Jacques Raison du Cleuziou, a second-year student at Beaux-Arts de Paris, for *Ma steppe*, a series of three 3D animations depicting a fictional place called Darzoma, where the landscape is in constant flux, creating an unstable atmosphere inspired by internet aesthetics.
Gide also supports Beaux-Arts de Paris in various areas of the school’s educational programme through its GideProBono endowment fund: Via Ferrata, the preparatory class at École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, as well as professional development for artists in the field of intellectual property.
Discover the 27 selected short films since 2020, available to watch for free on Atlas
