A CŒUR OUVERT

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OPEN HEART Ayekoro Kossou

Oct-2013

15' French France

Aïssa and Georges are a mixed couple who must face the reality of their close social circle. Georges’ mother, Marthe, has difficulties accepting their relationship and attempts to discourage it. Unexpectedly, an event will change the course of their lives…

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Category: Fiction

Genre: Drama

Recommended Age: All ages

Debut film

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Producer

Ayekoro Kossou

France

Biofilmography

Ayekoro Kossou est né en 1972 au Bénin, pays qu’il quitte à l’âge de trois ans pour rejoindre avec sa famille le Sénégal. Depuis 1987, il réside en France où il a achevé ses études. Diplômé en 1998 d’une maîtrise en électronique et informatique de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ayekoro Kossou démarre sa carrièreprofessionnelle en tant qu’Informaticien. Après un passage par la formation Scénario et Production de l’ESRA (Ecole Supérieur de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) en 2009, son attirance pour le 7ème art l’amène à réaliser en 2011 le court métrage documentaire « Un pas vers le soulagement ». Il réalise deux ans plus tard son deuxième court métrage « A cœur ouvert », une fiction remarquée dans différents festivals internationaux. En 2012 il crée l’évènement de festival Un Court Tournable, lieu de découverte de nouveaux talents qui vise à favoriser et maintenir des liens entre les jeunes productions cinématographiques et celles plus confirmés.

Ayekoro Kossou was born in 1972 in Benin, a country he left at the age of three with his family for Senegal. Since 1987 he lives in France where he completed his studies. He graduated in 1998 with a major in electronic and information technology from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and later began his professional career as an IT engineer. After a transition to studying Screenwriting and Production at the ESRA (School of Audiovisual Production) in 2009, his fascination for the 7th art led him to make the short documentary film « Un pas vers le soulagement » in 2011. He produced two years later his second short film « A cœur ouvert », a fiction noticed in various international festivals. In 2012 he founded the festival “Un Court Tournable”, instead of discovering new talent who aims to foster and maintain links between youth film productions and those more experienced.

Director

Ayekoro Kossou

France

Biofilmography

Cast & Crew

Stana Roumillac

Cast

Jérome Thevenet

Cast

Brigitte Belle

Cast

Bruno Henry

Cast

Ayekoro Kossou

Scriptwriter

Vinciane Mokry

Scriptwriter

Lucas Largeron

Assistant Réalisateur

Léa Hibert

Scripte

Ishrann Silgidjian

Director of photography

François Meynot

Sound

Grégorie Couvidat

Décor/Costume

Virginie Berthelier

Maquillage/Coiffure

Delphine Marie

Régisseuse Générale

Elodie Moncelet

Film editor

Frederic Ambrosio

Montage/Mixage Son

Adrien Bekerman

Music soundtrack

Charline Molière

Production manager

Viviane Chaudon

Post-production Director

Ladane Dehdar

Storyboard

Arnaud Mariani

Poster Creator

Selections

Selected

La Rioja Es De Cine

October 2016

Spain

Selected

Festival Cin

March 2016

France

Selected

Festilag

November 2015

Ivory Coast

Selected

Afriff

November 2015

Nigeria

Selected

Fifmi

October 2015

Cameroon

Selected

Festival De Cine De Infancia Y Adolescencia Ciudad De Bogot

October 2015

Colombia

Selected

Festica

October 2015

Togo

Selected

Les Saisons Parisiennes

September 2015

France

Selected

Troph

September 2015

Ivory Coast

Selected

Arusha African Film Festival

September 2015

Tanzania

Selected

Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival

August 2015

Selected

Feria Audiovisual Y Cinematogr

August 2015

Colombia

Selected

Ziff: Zanzibar International Film Festival

July 2015

Tanzania

Selected

Festival Ecrans Noirs

July 2015

Cameroon

Selected

Lo Cercacurts, Festival De Curtmetratges De Montorn

July 2015

Spain

Selected

Festival Du Livre De La Canebi

June 2015

France

Selected

Ficod

May 2015

Cameroon

Selected

Festicab

April 2015

Burundi

Selected

Fespaco (panafrican Film & Television Festival Of Ouagadougou)

March 2015

Burkina Faso

Selected

Fespaco (panafrican Film & Television Festival Of Ouagadougou)

February 2015

Burkina Faso

Selected

Odo

February 2015

France

Prize

Short Of The Month Film Festival

January 2015

India

Selected

Festival Regard Sur Le Cin

January 2015

France

Prize

Quintessence - Festival International Du Film De Ouidah

January 2015

Benin

Selected

Festival Du Film Des Femmes Africaine Tazama

January 2015

Congo

Selected

Pare Lorentz International Film Festival

October 2014

Selected

Access Code Short Film Festival

September 2014

India

Selected

San Francisco Immigrant Film Festival

September 2014

United States

Selected

Valleditriafilmfestival

August 2014

Italy

Selected

Festival De Cine Y Video Afro "ananse"

August 2014

Colombia

Prize

Festival International Du Film Panafricain - Projection Palmares

May 2014

France

Selected

Festival International Du Cinema Des Jeunes De Meknes

May 2014

Morocco

Selected

Raindance Paris

May 2014

France

Selected

Open To Court

May 2014

France

Prize

Festival International Du Film Panafricain De Cannes

April 2014

France

Selected

Cinema Le Lincoln

February 2014

France

Selected

Cinema Perpeetum Mobile Film Festival

January 2014

Belarus

Selected

Chelsea Film Festival

October 2013

United States

Selected

Fifda (festival International Des Films De La Diaspora Africaine)

September 2013

France

Selected

Festival De Cannes - Short Film Corner

May 2013

France

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