Les Valseurs


Les Valseurs is a French film production & distribution company founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty.
They received the 2019 César Award for Best Animated Short Film for Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal and an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat in January 2020. On 21 December 2022, they were shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Live Action Short Film with Sideral.
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History

The company was founded in 2013 by Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty in Paris, France.
Beside producing its own content, Les Valseurs also act as a distributor. They released Boris Khlebnijov’s Arrhythmia in 2018, Eugène Green’s Faire la parole in 2017 and Sarah Marx's first feature K Contraire in January 2020.
In February 2018, their animated short production Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal was awarded at Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival the National Grand Prize, becoming the first animated short film to be so since the beginning of the festival. In February 2019, Wicked Girl received the César Award for Best Animated Short Film.
In May 2019, their live action short production She Runs received the "Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film" at Cannes' Critics' Week.
In September 2019, France Télévisions awarded them the "Jeune Producteur" 30,000€-price.
In January 2020, they received an Oscar nomination for the short film Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat.

Production

Live action

Meninas Formicida by João Paulo Miranda Maria – premiered at 2017 Mostra di VeneziaNefta Football Club by Yves Piat – nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Animation

Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal – winner of the 2019 César Award for Best Animated Short Film and 2018 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival's National Grand PrizeGuaxuma by Nara Normande – premiered at 2018 TIFFStep into the river by Weijia Ma -premiered at 2020 Chicago International Film FestivalI gotta look good for the apocalypse by Ayce Kartal - premiered at 2021 Annecy International Animation Film FestivalRules of Success by Théophile Gibaud - premiered internationally at 2022 Flicker's Rhode IslandAnimal Tales of Christmas Magic by Camille Alméras, Caroline Attia, Ceylan Beyoglu, Oleysha Shchukina, Haruna Kishi and Natalia Chernysheva - premiered at 2024 Annecy International Film Festival

Documentary

Midnight Ramblers by Julian Ballester – premiered at 2017 This Human WorldAprès Ta Révolte, Ton Vote by Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré – premiered at 2019 IDFA AmsterdamMy quarantine bear by Weijia Ma - premiered at 2021 Visions du réel

Projects

Live Action

Nefta by Yves PiatMilk Powder by Carlos SegundoCiudad sin sueño by Guillermo García LópezThe French Teacher by Ricardo Alves Jr.Blackbird by João Paulo Miranda Maria

Virtual Reality

Deusa Das Aguas by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria

Animation

Les Décentrés by Marion Boutin & Damien Pelletier The day I smoked a cigarette with my dad by Sameh Alaa & Robin Vouters

Documentary

Los Nombres Propios by Fernando Dominguez
  • The Syrians by IsmaëlAvec Naomie by Dumas MaçonTarguia by Leïla Artese Benhadj