Information for film's submission
Big Up
Fiction • 19 min. • 2014 (September) • France
First film • Original title: En avant, calme et droit
SYNOPSIS
Romy has no news from her mother, who decided to brake up with her daughters. This absence forms the pattern of
Romy's life. She starts a legal and administrative marathon, that turns obsessional, to get her mother back; a mother
who does not want to be found.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sound: dolby 5.1 • Process: colour • Screened on: DCP, digital HD files (25 fps) • Frame: 16/9 letterbox • Original
version: French • Subtitles: English
CREDITS
Director, Script: Julie-Anne Roth • Camera: Gregoire de Calignon • Sets: Justine Roth • Editing: Thomas
Marchand, Akrivi Fili • Sound: David Rit, Severine Ratier, Maximilien Colcy • Sound editing: Adrien Arnaud • Cast:
Julie-Anne Roth, Marie Denarnaud, Maurice Barthelemu, Lucie Cherboeuf, Anne Benoit, Florence Muller, Alma
Jodorowsky, Alexandre Steiger, Cyril Guei, Laurent Papot, Vincent Berger, Christiane Millet
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Julie-Anne Roth • Born on March 31, 1973 in Charenton le Pont (France)
Biography: After studying literature at the french university La Sorbonne in Paris, Julie-Anne Roth joined the troupe of
Pierre Debauche and performed her first great roles (Victor Hugo, Aristophane, Copi, Shakespeare).
In 1993, she made her debuts with the French directors Patrice Chereau (“La Reine Margot”) and Cédric Klapish (“Le
Péril Jeune”). As she continued to advance her career in cinema and theatre, in particular playing several
Shakespearean heroines (for Dan Jemmett, Stuart Seide or Adel Hakim), she joined the Conservatoire National
Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (National Drama School) and graduated in 1999. Those years spent studying drama
allowed her to stage plays by Franca Rame and Dario Fo, including “Alice au pays sans merveille”.
Julie-Anne steadily continues to make her mark both on cinema and theatre (“The Syrian Bride” by Eran Riklis, “Les
vivants et les morts” by Gérard Mordillat, David and Mme Hansen, by Alexandre Astier, “C'est quoi la vie?” by
François Dupeyron); she also wrote her own play, “On ne me pissera pas éternellement sur la gueule”, which was
rewarded by the CNT and the Guérande Awards in 2012.
Address: 40 avenue secrétan, 75019 Paris, France • Ph.: (+33) 685 07 85 65 • E-mail: julie.anne.roth@gmail.com
PRODUCTION
Production company: Manufactura • Producers: Thomas Verhaeghe, Alain Benguigui, Nicolas Lepretre • Address:
103 boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France • Ph.: (+33) 155 28 00 00 • E-mail: contact@sombrero.fr • Web:
www.sombrero.fr
DISTRIBUTION
Distribution company: Premium Films • Contact: Jean-Charles Mille • Address: 130 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris,
France • Ph.: (+33) 177 37 33 67 • E-mail: jcm@premium-films.com • Web: www.premium-films.com
PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS
2014: Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Young Filmmakers Festival (France) [1 st screening: October 11th]
2015: Sup' de Courts, Paris (France) - Plume & Pellicule, Sierre (France) - Bourg-en-Bresse Short Film Encounters
(France) - Côté court, Pantin (France) - Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA) - Contis International Film
Festival (France) - Euganea Film Festival, Monselice (Italy) - Montpellier Short Film Encounters (France) - Les
Enfants terribles, Huy (Belgium) - International Short Film Festival Zubroffka, Bialystok (Poland)
STILLS available on internet: www.studio-wasia.com/promofilms/menu.html
IMPORTANT
Contact concerning the film's submission and shipment for screening:
Mikhal Bak, film’s festivals agent • 60 rue du 19 Mars 1962, 94500 Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Ph.: (+33) 979 34 99 02 • E-mail: mikhal.bak@gmail.com
The film may be viewed on www.studio-wasia.com/promofilms/menu.html.