After attending this year’s Cannes Film Festival with several films she helped develop, Aude Py, mentor at LabMed 2025, has this fall been appointed Head of the Screenwriting Department at La Fémis, alongside Philippe Lasry.
As France’s National School for Film and Sound Professions, La Fémis remains one of the most prestigious film institutions in the world, training each year a new generation of writers and technicians who leave a lasting mark on French and international cinema.
Congratulations to Aude!
We are delighted to see her take part in this important mission of transmission and proud to count her among the mentors of Meditalents.
Aude Py is a screenwriter. Born in Geneva, she lives and works in Paris. After studying philosophy at the Sorbonne, she turned to screenwriting. Since then, she has collaborated with directors of diverse styles, including Bertrand Bonello (Tiresia, Official Selection – Cannes 2003), Christian Carion (Joyeux Noël, Official Selection – Cannes 2005, French submission to the Oscars), Erick Zonca (Julia, Official Selection – Berlin 2008), Damien Odoul (The Fear, Jean Vigo Prize 2015), Jacob Berger (A Jew Must Die, Official Selection – Locarno 2016; nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Film – Swiss Film Awards 2017), and Yohan Manca (La Traviata, My Brothers and I, Official Selection – Cannes 2021). She also teaches screenwriting at La Fémis and Paris Nanterre University. Since 2023, she has served as curator of the Art Book for the Pop-Up Edgelands Institute, a project active in several cities around the world, including Medellín, Cúcuta, Nairobi, Geneva, and Houston.
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