La chamade
Blackbirds
from 13 y/o
France
2020
9’
French
The end of summer is near. Before the start of the next school year and a possible relationship with an older boy, 15-year-old Camélia asks her friend Salah to teach her French kissing.
Competition
Emma Séméria
A French directress. In 2017, she directed her first short film and graduated from the University of Paris 1 with a Master’s Degree in Cinema. La Chamade (“Blackbirds”) is her fourth short film: it has been selected and awarded in about 30 French and international festivals, and it has been shown on France 3 (a French channel). Emma is currently working on multiple fiction projects, and has just finished writing a medium-length film.
