Claude Barras' Masterclass

Director of Ma vie de Courgette (2016) and the recent Sauvages (2024), nominated for the César for best animated film, Swiss filmmaker Claude Barras opens the doors of his studio to you. Looking back over his entire career, from his first shorts to his two feature films, he will reveal the processes involved in making his films and share his experience as a creator faced with the contemporary challenges of animation.

This meeting, which is free and open to all, will be punctuated by the screening of extracts from his films and the presentation of previously unpublished archive documents that shed light on his work. The discussion will be led by researchers from the History and Aesthetics of Cinema Section of the Faculty of Arts at UNIL, who are currently conducting research into Barras' work, in particular as part of the UNIL + Cinémathèque suisse collaborative project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) entitled Histoire de l'animation suisse francophone.

This event is organised in collaboration with UNIL's Centre d'études cinématographiques (CEC).

6:00pm - Opening by Danielle van Mal-Maeder, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UNIL.

6:05pm - Introduction by Maria Tortajada, Professor, History and Aesthetics of Cinema Section, UNIL

6.10 pm - Behind the scenes of animated film with Claude Barras, Chloé Hofmann (SNSF researcher, UNIL) and Coralie Lamotte (graduate assistant, UNIL)

7.15pm - Discussion with the audience

7.30pm - Aperitif

This event is free and open to the general public.