The 3rd edition of LabSud welcomes 6 authors of 1st or 2nd feature films from the southern region during a week-long residency session in Marseille.
The session took place from 3 to 7 November 2024.
A perched village. It’s the French Riviera. A crazy pruner, obsessed with roundabout landscaping and absolute respect for the laws. It's Jessica. A free and funny investigative journalist who flirts with legality. It's Samir. A corrupt mayor who throws his town into a security madness. He's an idiot. Samir's love will push Jessica to free herself. Jessica's revolution is underway, bulldozer style. This is the palm.
Kevin is in love with Reza who has ignored him since their arrival at summer camp. Following the humiliations that Reza and the other boys subject him to, Kevin runs away and meets Tomi, a boy who haunts the big house by the lake.
Alexandre is just in his thirties and finds himself an orphan. When he meets Magda, a Polish woman exiled in his town, he throws himself into a love quest which turns into an investigation, heading east.
Aïcha, a housekeeper respected for her kindness and her famous makrout, dreams of her son Joseph getting a CAP as a mechanic. Joseph prefers bodybuilding and anabolic drugs. The gap that is widening between them may threaten to bring about the end of the world.
Every summer in the Mediterranean, Amalia, a biologist, takes children who have recovered from cancer on a sailboat. Its mission: to introduce these little sailors to marine research and help them get back into life. Before leaving, Amalia learns that she herself has cancer. She leaves anyway.
During a film shoot in Marseille, a movie star's bike is stolen. The actress promises a reward of thirty thousand euros. A crazy race begins in the city: Yanis and Adèle, a couple in crisis, Ismaël and Fares, two broke high school students, Tony, an incorruptible cop from Bac Nord, are ready to do anything to pocket the sum. Very quickly, all of Marseille was set ablaze.
After studying cinema at the University of Paris I, Alain Layrac enjoyed success with the creation of the series "Une famille formidable" in collaboration with Danièle Thompson. In 1997, he wrote the screenplay for the film "Héroïnes", directed by Gérard Krawczyk, which was a TV hit despite failing in theaters. His original screenplay "Mauvaises Fréquentations" was directed by Jean-Pierre Améris in 1999, marking the debut of Lou Doillon and earning a César nomination for Robinson Stévenin. In 2001, his original screenplay "Barnie et ses petites contrariétés" was adapted by Bruno Chiche, starring Nathalie Baye and Fabrice Luchini. In 2005, he again wrote the original screenplay for the film "Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard", directed by Laurent Dussaux. In 2017, he published "Atelier d'écriture" and adapted his essay for the cinema with "Le Cours de la vie" in 2023, directed by Frédéric Sojcher and starring Agnès Jaoui and Jonathan Zaccaï.
Véronique Zerdoun is a French producer and director of Tabo Tabo Films. She has produced films such as La Voie royale (2023), Le Cours de la vie (2022) and Azuro (2021), as well as the series Cannabis (2016). Her work covers a wide range of themes, from comedy to social drama. She is also committed to promoting women in the film industry.
