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Slurp

Slurp

Overview

Grandson tries to fix an annoying eating habit his grandmother has.

Slurp
Director Biography — Florent Hill
Florent Hill

Florent Hill grew up in Nice, where he first blossomed into judo practice, becoming a top competitor and junior French champion. Concluded in the French team, he moved to Paris to join the national training centers. He trains at night and

attends law classes at the University of Paris 2 during the day. Soon he discovered reading, then writing, theater, opera. He realizes he has a lot to discover, to read and to look for who he is. He left the training rooms for libraries and cinemas, and

continued his law studies, obtaining his master 1 at the University of Oxford. At the age of 21, enrolled in a Master 2 at the Sorbonne, he discovered theater in the classes of Raymond Acquaviva. He decides to learn the profession of actor and

director, a vocation in which he flourishes.

He plays in several staged by Raymond Acquaviva. In 2014, he met Irina Brook, who hired him at the Théâtre National de Nice. He returned to his hometown and worked with Mrs Brook on the development of theater in thepoor neighborhoods of Nice. He also worked with Hovnatan Avedikian on the show Esperanza, premiered at the Théâtre National de Nice in 2015, then in Avignon in 2017. Hired on short films, he goes back to Paris, integrates the Adequat casting agency and plays the main roles of the films of Lily Papalmitiades (Garry), Julian Alexander (Léo) and Akaki Popkhadze, his childhood friend. Then Florent is hired on features and TV shows (Spiral, Je sais tomber, Falco, Le Brio…)

Florent wrote and directed her first short film, "Comme un chant du monde" in June

2017. Then "Appartement n ° 4", which earned Nolwen Cosmao the interpretation

prize of the festival No Gynophobie chaired by Lisa Azuelos; "I'm 10 euros", who

won the Nikon Film Festival 2018 School Prize, presented by Emmanuelle Bercot

and Pierre Niney; and "Slurp" a silent little movie in which plays his grandmother,

a small colorful fable.

Director Statement

Slurp is about how we grow up, how we are faced with responsabilities, and how we have to find solutions to deal with it. It's about the responsability of a child facing a problem within his family. It's a movie about getting older. It's a movie about how we try to do our best to live in harmony.

Credits
Director
Florent Hill
Writer
Florent Hill
Producer
Florent Hill
Key Cast
Colin
Key Cast
Fanny Hill
Key Cast
Rachel Verdonck
Key Cast
Cyril Cotinaud
Specifications
Project type
Short
Runtime
4 minutes 14 seconds
Completion date
July 19, 2018
Production budget
500 EUR
Country of origin
France
Countries of filming
France
Language
French
Shooting format
Digital
Aspect ratio
16:9
Film color
Color
First-time filmmaker
No
Student project
No
Digital Cinema Package
Unavailable
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