DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
In France, students in their last year of high school are faced with two major challenges: applying to college and passing the baccalaureat exam, a cumulative test in different subjects that requires many months of preparation. Tracking five such pupils from September through June as they plan their futures and get ready for finals, David Andre reveals the ups and downs of 17-year-old Gallic life, though he does it by introducing a slew of song-and-dance numbers that the kids stage throughout the film.
- Dokufest. Kosovo
- Vancouver International Film Festival. Canada
- Jecheon International Music & Film Festival. South Korea
- American Documentary Film Festival. USA
- COLCOA - City of Lights, City of Angels. USA
- Mill Valley Film Festival. USA
- Visioni dal mondo - Images from Reality. Italy
- Tabakalera. Spain
- FESTeen. Spain
- DocumentaMadrid. Spain
David André
A Bachelor degree holder in history and Master’s degree holder in journalism, the former reporter David Andre is a French documentarist and producer, recipient of the Albert Londres Prize. He is a contributor to different print magazines such as Actuel, Les Inrockuptibles, Le Monde Magazine, Marie Claire and Grazia; he is also a composer / songwriter for several French artists. He is the author and director of numerous documentaries: Kidnapped and Ransom (Grand Prize of the FIGRA in 2000 and the Best Documentary Award of the BANFF Festival (Canada); American paradox (Arte); Des Armes à abattre (with Paul Moreira, Investigative Prize at the FIGRA, Arte); Gamers; Verlasting Sorrow (Albert Londres Prize, Human Rights Award at Thessaloniki Festival); Who Killed the Press; Priests in Love; The Strategists : The Secret Story of the French Presidential Elections (finalist at the Lauriers de l'Audiovisuel 2013); We Did It on a Song (Fipa d’or 2014, Best Documentary at Lauriers de l’Audiovisuel 2015 and selected to numerous festivals).