2023 Futura Cinema Jury

Discover the personalities making up the Jury for the final stage of the Futura Cinema incubation programme (2023 edition).

Stéphanie Lhortolary

Monuments Nationaux Centre

Stéphanie Lhortolary holds a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in public law from the University of Limoges and attended the Regional Institute of Administration in Nantes (2002-2003). She was General Secretary of the Poitou-Charentes DRAC from 2003 to 2015, and Head of the Transversal Affairs Office in the Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Culture from 2015 to 2016.

In 2016, she joined the Centre des Monuments Nationaux in the administration of the towers of La Rochelle, the abbey of Charroux, the Gallo-Roman site of Sanxay and the house and gardens of Georges Clemenceau at Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, of which she became administrator on 1 May 2022.

Claude Farge

Le Forum des Images

Claude Farge, 49, was appointed Director General of the Forum des images, in December 2017, by the Board of Directors of the Paris-based institution, dedicated to cinema and digital creation.

From 2012 to 2017, he held the position of Director of Publishing and Transmedia and of Library and Documentary Resources at Universcience, the institution that brings together the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie and the Palais de la découverte. He was involved in defining the digital and audiovisual strategy and in programming Universcience's spaces. He also led the new project for the Cité des sciences library.

An expert in the challenges of digital creation and video games for the past 20 years, he has worked as Director-Producer at Ubisoft (1998-2000), Multimedia Co-Producer at the Réunion des Musées Nationaux (2001-2004) and Studio Manager of video games at Visual Impact Productions (2006-2010). He also provided multimedia project management training at Gobelins in 2011-2012.

Claude Farge has also directed short and medium-length films.

Caroline Gouin

Télérama

As Director of Communications and Cultural Action at Télérama, her mission is to make the Télérama brand known to as many people as possible.

To do this, in addition to traditional communications campaigns, Caroline Gouin supports the editorial team's role as a trendsetter by offering readers around ten events throughout the year, including the Télérama Film Festival in January, the Museum Weekend in March, the Children's Film Festival, etc.

Télérama's management also orchestrates a policy of cultural partnerships across all cultural sectors, enabling partners to raise their profile in the Télérama ecosystem and offering readers benefits to encourage them to visit venues and festivals.

Adrien Desanges

Benshi

Adrien Desanges has 20 years' experience in the film and audiovisual sector, and has worn many different hats. After managing the Studio des Ursulines (a Paris cinema dedicated to young audiences) in 2005, Adrien Desanges co-founded the Benshi platform, specialising in children's cinema. He is also co-founder of the innovative tool Exoset.

He is constantly curious to discover new projects and share his energies to create the cinema of tomorrow.

Stéphanie Vigier

CINA (Cinémas Indépendants de Nouvelle Aquitaine)

After gaining a doctorate in cinema history at the Sorbonne, Stéphanie Vigier alternated between teaching and coordinating image education programmes (notably Collège au Cinéma for Cinémas 93). Once she had made the definitive choice to work in cinemas and cinema exhibition, she took over the management of a travelling cinema circuit, the CRPC, for the Ligue de l'Enseignement Poitou-Charentes. Then, after a few years in the state civil service, Stéphanie joins the CINA network (Cinémas Indépendants de Nouvelle Aquitaine) in 2019 as general delegate.