Laurent Larivière

Short Biography

Laurent Larivière is a writer and director, known for I Am a Soldier (2015), Tous les adultes ne sont pas méchants (2014) and Les larmes (2010).Laurent Larivière (born 14 May 1972 Montpellier ) is a French director and screenwriter.BiographyLaurent Larivière has directed six short films.One in the other (10 minutes, 1999) was selected in eight festivals and was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Grasse Festival.I took the Lightning (20 minutes, 2006) in particular obtained the Quality Award 2007 CNC and the Grand Prix of the 28 th Short Film Festival of Villeurbanne. The film was broadcast on TV5Monde in February 2010 and was the subject of a DVD edition for young people in charge of the Judicial Protection of Youth (PJJ).At the end of the branches (22 minutes, 2010), written with Vincent Rafis and Denis Lachaud was broadcast on France 3 on October 18, 2010 and on February 28, 2011 as part of the program Libre court .Les Larmes (26 minutes, 2010), written with Olivia Rosenthal , was broadcast on France 2 on September 12, 2010 on the program Histoires Courtes. The film explores the boundaries of fiction, documentary and cinematographic essay. With a starting point related to Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg , Les Larmes is a sensitive reflection on the process of identification with the cinema as well as a humorous journey on the reasons for which one weeps in front of the films. The film was selected at the Festival Hors Pistes 2011 at the Center Pompidou , at the FID Marseille and at the Festival Côté court at Pantin 2011.At the same time as the cinema, Laurent Larivière regularly performs with Olivia Rosenthal at the literary and film festivals : Les Larmes Chantier (at the Théâtre national de la Colline, within the framework of Actoral - International Festival of Contemporary Arts and Writings , And at the Grand R - La Roche-sur-Yon National Scene during the film festival En Route Towards the World); Fear (in Montevideo - 8 th festival Actoral at TAP - Poitiers National Scene, Grand R - Scène nationale de la Roche-sur-Yon, the Espace 1789 in Saint-Ouen) Tears (Trident - National Scene of Cherbourg).In the theater, he conceived with Vincent Rafis and Denis Lachaud a multidisciplinary project that combines theater and cinema. The show, Eldorado says the policeman is produced by the Center Dramatique National Orléans / Loiret / Center and the Grande Halle de la Villette. Created March 10-17, 2011 at the CDN in Orleans, it was taken again in Paris at the Grande Halle de la Villette from March 22 to April 2, 2011. Laurent Larivière is the winner of the Villa Médicis Hors-Les- Walls (Residences Culturesfrance).In March 2010, he was a beneficiary with Jean-Christophe Reymond of Kazak Productions for helping the CNC program, for a short fiction film, Les éus de la terre .In June 2011, he participated with Maylis Kerangal , Olivia Rosenthal , Alban Lefranc , Sylvain Coher , Emmanuelle Pagano , Melvil Poupaud , Laurence Ferreira Barbosa , Joana Preiss and Pascal Bonitzer the cabinet Sacha Lenoir , published by Capricci editions . 5 writers, 5 filmmakers / 5 new and their cinematographic adaptation.In February 2012, he takes up the performance La Peur at the Festival Hors Pistes de Beaubourg with Louise Bourgoin .In December 2012, he was recipient of the aid to writing the CNC ( 5 th Session 2012) for his first feature film, I'm a soldier .In November 2013, he realizes All the adults are not bad , according to a short story by Olivia Rosenthal , published under the title Sacha s'en va ( Editions Capricci , 2011). The film is selected in Competition Experimental, Essays, Video Art at the Festival Côté court of Pantin in 2014.In 2014, he directed his first feature film, I Am a Soldier , selected in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes 2015 film festival . The film is released in France on November 18, 2015.In May 2016, he was appointed deputy chairman of the commission for aid to the production of short film films at the National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC) .He is president of the jury short films of the 29th Festival Premiers Plans of Angers .