The Plumber

a film by Xavier Seron & Méryl Fortunat-Rossi

Tom, a Flemish comedian used to doing cartoon character’s voices, replaces offhand a doubler friend. He finds himself in the studio of a pornographic french speaking film. Catherine, an experienced actress, will be his partner. Tom will play the plumber.

Xavier Seron
After law studies, Xavier Seron enters IAD (Belgium) in 2001. In 2005, Rien d’Insoluble, his end of studies movie, is selected in numerous festivals worldwide among which the Venice Mostra. In 2007, he directs with Christophe Hermans a short film of fiction entitled The Crab. The movie is selected in many festivals, in particular at the international short film festival of Angers. In 2008, he collaborates at the writing of the long-length documentary The Parents of Christophe Hermans and cowrites Together with the dust, Jacques Molitor’s short film (selected to the festival of Locarno). At the request of Bouli Lanners, he directs the making-of of the movie El Dorado. In 2011, he commits with Méryl Fortunat-Rossi an ethological short film entitled "Moonshine".The movie nominated at the Magritte and rewarded many times (Jean-Jacques Rausin who plays the lead role, won three prizes of interpretation. In 2013, he directs Dreamcatchers with Cédric Bourgeois , a full-length documentary about Belgian wrestlers.
Today, Xavier has just finished the shooting of a new short film with Méryl Fortunat-Rossi entitled The Black Bear as well as his first feature film of fiction: "Je me tue à le dire".
Since 2012, he supervises end of studies movies at IAD.

Méryl Fortunat Rossi
French director born in Arles on April 24th, 1979. He discovers photography in high school before turning to the cinema. Between 1998 and 2000, he co-directs three amateur short films.
From 2001 till 2005, he studies direction in Belgium at the Arts of Broadcasting Institute (IAD). He lives today in Brussels where he shares his time between television ( RTBF) and his own creations.
His last fiction "Moonshine" has already received 9 prizes worldwide and was nominated at the Magritte(Belgian Césars) for the best short film. Concerning documentary, Aparicion has been selected to the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Amiens, Split and Brussels. In 2014, he co-directs " The black bear " with Xavier Seron.

FESTIVALS
Magritte 2017 - Best Fiction Short Film
Audience Award in Court en dit Long in Paris (France)
Jury award at Les Hérault du Cinéma et de la Télé (France)
Best actress award for Catherine Salée at Hérault du Cinéma (France)
Best actor award for Tom Audénaert at Hérault du Cinéma (France)
First price to Cortosplash (Italy)
Best cinematography at 12th Edition of Dieciminuti Film Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of the Jury at short of the year spring by Promofest
Best international short film at Vila-seca International Short Film Festival (Spain)
Special Audience Award at Nahia Film Festival 2016 (Spain)
Grand Prix of the category Humor & Comedy - Fenêtres Sur Courts in Dijon (France)
Grand prix trajectoires décalées at Fest’Yves Arts 2017 in Quiberon (France)
Jury award of the international selection at festival 24 courts (France)
Best directing at Cluj Shorts (Roumania)
Best second short film at XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival (Germany)
Price of Kurzfilmtage (Germany)
Brussels international short film festival (Belgium) - in competition
Filmets Badalona Film Festival (Spain) - in competition
Semana Internacional de cine de Valladolid (Spain) - in competition
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (Greece) - in competition
Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal (Canada) - in competition
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland) - Hot Shorts Program
Festival du Film de Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux (France) - out of competition
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (Belgium) - in competition
Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec (Canada) - in competition
European Short Film Festival Brest (France) - out of competition
Corto Imola Festival (Italy) - in competition
Indie Lisboa (Portugal) - in competition
Magma – mostra di cinema breve (Italy) - in competition
Festival International Séquence Court-Métrage (France) - out of competition
Festival Eurydice du court-métrage (France) - in competition
Festival Extrême Cinéma (France) - in competition
Festival International du Film Francophone (Canada) - in competition
Reggio Film Festival (Italy) - in competition
Mix Brasil Festival (Brazil) - in competition
Festival Combat (France) - in international competition
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne (France) - out of competition
Curtas Film Fest - International Short Film Festival of Vilagarcia de Arousa (Colombia) - in competition
Festival International du Film de Comédie de Liège (Belgique) - en compétition
Ikuska - Muestra de cortometraje de Pasaia (Spain) - in competition
Mostra Curtas Noia (Spain) - in competition
Festival du cinéma belge à Nîmes & en Garrigue - in competition
Bogota Short Film Festival (Bogota, Colombia) - in competition
Festimages Festival (Charleroi, Belgium) - out of competition
Be Film festival (Belgique)
12th Prague Short Film Festival (Czech Republic) - in international competition
Ascona Film Festival 2017 (Switzerland) - in competition
CineGlobe 2017 (Switzerland) - in competition
Festival du Cinéma Européen in Lille (France) - in competition
Regard, Festival du court-métrage au Saguenay, Quebec (Canada) - in competition
Festival du court métrage de Vélizy Villacoublay (France) - in competition
Regard, Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay (Canada) - in competition
Fincortex – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Experimentales (Colombia)
Akbank Short Film Festival (Turkey) - out of competition
Les hallucinations collectives 2017 (Lyon, France) - in competition
Nashville Film festival (USA) - in competition
FEC Festival European Short Film Festival (Espagne) - in competition
European Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - out of competition
Festival Sup’ de Courts (France,Paris) - in competition
Short Film Night Tour for Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland) - out of competition
Hollywood comedy shorts film festival (USA) - in competition
Festival Le Court Nous Tient (France) - in competition
Festival du film Subversif de Metz (France) - in competition
Pielagos en corto (Spain) - in competition
Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine) - out of competition
OderKurz Filmspektakel (Germany) - in competition
Cinéma Grand Prix (Indonesia)
Radio City Valencia (Spain)
Cinéma en Liberté, Toulon (France) - out of competition
FICT Torrelavega (Spain) - in competition
Cortiaponte (Italy) - in competition
International Film Festival of Vebron (France) - in competition
Belgian cinema week-end at Cinémistral (France) - out of competition
Maremetraggio Section at Shorts International Film Festival (Italy) - in competition
Festival Tous Courts d’Aix en Provence - out of competition
Concorto Film festival (Italy) - in competition
Chacun son court in Strasbourg (France) - in competition
Pachuca Film Fest (Mexico) - in competition
Festival Ficbueu (Spain) out of competition
Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage (Switzerland)- in competition
Festival des Notes et des Toiles (France)-in competition
Festival Parties de Campagne (France) - in competition
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya (Spain) - in competition
Anonimul International Independent Film Festival (Romania) - in competition
Festival International du Film de Nancy (France) - in competition
Lucania Film Festival (Italy) - in competition
Busho Budapest Short (Hungary) - in competition
Festival International du Film Ecran Libre (France) - in competition
Concorto Film Festival (Italy) - in competition
Thai Short Film and Video Festival (Thaïland)- in competition
Lago Film Fest (Italie) - in competition
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania) - in competition
Fabrique du Cinema Awards (Italy) - in competition
PÖFF Shorts - No Limits Late Night Comedy (Estonia) - out of competiton
Linea d’Ombra - Festival Culture Giovali (Italy) - in competition
FastNet Film Festival - in competition
Longue night of short film of Kiev (Ukraine)
La Guarimba Film Festival (Italy) - in competition
Norman Film Fest (USA) - in competition
Courts en Armagnac Festival (France) - in competition
Blue Danube festival (Austria) - in competition
Low cost film festival (Spain) - in competition
Tashort fest (Spain) - finalist
My french film festival (France) - in compétition
Festival le plus court d’Altkirch (Alsace) - in compétition
Starring Europe film fest (USA) - in compétition
Catacumba film festival (Spain) - in compétition

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