International Festival Signs of the Night - Paris
Festival internatinal Signes de nuit - Paris
 

23e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris / 4-12, 2025
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The Cinema inTransgression Jury



Aslam Ansari Pakistan - France

Aslam Ansari was born in Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan. His family is originally from Jaipur, in the Rajasthan region of India who migrated to Pakistan after the British rule ended in 1947. He moved to Paris in the late 1970s.

He is engaged in writing books and making documentaries on socio-political issues. He divides his time between Paris, Karachi, and Mumbai.

 

 




François Darrasse France

Born in 1960 in Tours. His adult life began with an apprenticeship in carpentry, followed by studies in fine arts in Bourges and at ENSAD (animated film, video).

After graduating, to earn a living or enjoy himself, he worked as a title operator, chief operator, fabricator of all kinds, screenwriter, and director, while at the same time working in the shelter of a chosen shadow, on plastic research that was perhaps also poetic.

He taught from 1989 to 2013 at the Gobelins school and from 1997 to the present day at ENSAD, in the fields of animated film.





Manuel Besedovsky Argentina

Manuel Besedovsky was born in Rosario, Argentina. He studied Film Direction at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and received a scholarship from the National Fund for the Arts of Argentina. He is the writer and director of Luciano (2024), a documentary premiered in the International Competition of the 67th DOK Leipzig Film Festival and won the Best Prize at the 12° Asterisco LGBTIQ International Film Festival.

He also directed the short film When the Waters Turn Magenta (2024), which earned him the Best Director Parallel Award in the National Short Film Competition at the 2nd FICPBA (International Film Festival of the Province of Buenos Aires), among other festivals.





Meriem Belazouz France

Meriem Belazouz : Productrice, Réalisatrice et Entrepreneure Sociale, au service des Récits Humains.
Réalisatrice de documentaires, reportages indépendants, elle capte avec sensibilité des parcours intimes et sociaux.

Elle est aussi fondatrice de plateformes collaboratives où le partage des connaissances devient un levier d'action solidaire.
Sa démarche unique entrelace création audiovisuelle et innovation sociale. À travers ses films et ses actions, elle crée des ponts entre récits personnels et enjeux collectifs.

Son travail incarne cette conviction : la culture comme espace de dialogue et de transformation.
Elle porte ainsi une vision du cinéma où l'exigence artistique rencontre l'utilité sociale.
Une vision où l'art devient un espace de reliance et de conversation entre les récits singuliers et les enjeux universels.