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Short biography
Yann les Jours makes fiction /non-fiction films, and music videos.
He attended the Documentary Summer School at Locarno Film Festival and the Ji.lhava IDFF Academy.
From 2011 to 2018 Yann les Jours directed documentation films for stage performances (for dance and theater). From 2020 Yann les Jours directed various music videos, films, and a serie of reports for Berlin based ukrainian NGO Vitsche and the church based association Berlin Stadtmission.
His first short film Répétitions had its world premiere at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. His films and music videos have been presented at festivals such as LIFF Leeds International Film Festival, Ghent International Short Film festival, Under_the_Radar Vienna / Belvédère 21, Psarokokalo Athens ISFF, CineAutopsia Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, 20minmax Ingolstadt ISFF, Short Waves Festival Poznań...
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Short films
2024 – FIREWORKS /Writer & Director /23′ /Experimental Documentary
2024 – MY NAME IS RENATA, SHE SAYS /Writer & Director /27′ /Experimental Documentary
2023 – THE HEDGEHOG /Writer & Director /20′ /Experimental Documentary
2023 - E(oe) / Director / 25' / live Film-Music Performance
2023 – MARS /Writer & Director /1′ /Experimental Documentary
2023 – KINDERGARTEN /Writer & Director /3′ /Experimental Documentary
2022 – PORTRAIT OF AN ISLAND /Writer & Director /24′ /Experimental Documentary
2022 – REPETITIONS /Writer & Director /4′ /Experimental Documentary
Music Videos
2021 – FOR ALL WE KNOW _ Mary Ocher /Writer & Director /6′ /Music Video
2020 – SUNNY SIDE UP _ Tin /Writer & Director /4′ /Music Video
PUBLIC SCREENINGS & FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
2024 - kindergarten _ Fisura, Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental, Mexico
2024 - E(oe) _ Kookoo - Ohm _ Berlin, Germany
2023 - Mars (world premiere) _ Short Waves Film Festival Poznań, Poland
2023 - Repetitions _ Experimental Superstars, Novi Sad, Serbia
2023 - kindergarten (world premiere) _ 20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Germany
2023 - E(oe) _ Hard to speak - PAS _ Berlin, Germany
2023 - Repetitions _ CineAutopsia - Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia
2023 - For All We Know _ Psarokokalo - Athens International Short Film Festival, Greece
2023 -For All We Know _ Boston Short Film Festival, USA
2023 - For All We Know _ Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium
2023 - Repetitions _ Under the Radar Vienna, Austria
2022 - Sunny Side Up _ Deep Focus Film Festival, New Yorck, USA
2022 - For All We Know _ Reykjavik Independent Film Festival, Island
2022 - Repetitions (world premiere) _ Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2021 - For All We Know (world premiere) _ Leeds International Film Festival, UK