
Directing
Jean-Baptiste Durand
Born 1985-01-01 · France
Born in 1985, Jean-Baptiste Durand grew up in Montpeyroux, a little village near Montpellier. After a difficult time in school, he nevertheless passed a literary baccalaureate with a speciality in art history. He went on to study at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He was firstly interested in painting and drawing, but his work evolved towards film. His first short fiction, L'Amour sans le sexe, was his art school graduation film and is an autobiographical film about friendship, exploring the passionate relationship between three young people in a village. On leaving art college, he worked for a time as a technician on films as a stagehand, set constructer, assistant director and even actor. Alongside this he made some rap music videos and continued drawing. In 2014, his first short in a professional context, Il venait de Roumanie, was screened in several festivals. He then made Même les choses invisibles se cachent (2016), a creative documentary on the contemporary artist Abdelkader Benchamma, for whom he had worked as an assistant for several years. His first feature, Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog), was selected for the screenplay reading at Premiers Plans in 2021. Presented in competition in 2023, the film won the Audience Award.
Acting credits
6.1Raphaël is an actor. For the first time, he has the lead role in a feature film. No one understands why he was chosen. In fact, no one really understands him.
L'Acteur
2023
NRScorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It’s the end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests, wildfires are raging, and Kiki remains under the spell of her Bad Star.
Under a Bad Star
2027
6.4Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.
Misericordia
2024
5.9At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo. After a swift recovery, an inexplicable pain gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness and his relationship with the team. In the ring and in a man's world, there’s no room for weakness.
Wild Foxes
2026
6.7At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices.
Love Me Tender
2025
5.1Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm. Under the influence of the free-spirited Sandra, Naw experiences trance-like episodes and strange powers, just like her dead mother before her…
Her Will Be Done
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Les Artifices
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Mabel, a struggling artist, has reached the age of lost illusions and must face reality. Just after moving in with her boyfriend, she feels an irresistible urge to run away. Returning to the artist squat where she once lived, she weaves an intimate lie to test her loved ones’ reactions and try to reconnect with them.
A Bitter End
2026
NRBarnabé, a museum guard, discovers that a strange phenomenon seems to be erasing paintings by "pixelating" them. Wanting to alert his superiors, he meets Bertille, an art student and intern in the museum's restoration workshop. Together, they will try to understand this mysterious phenomenon that makes the paintings disappear behind a fog of pixels.
What the Statues Are Looking At
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
& (Esperluette)
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chaque jour est une petite vie
2014
A village, a red car, three childhood friends. Every day they hang out, living their routine while observing it. Laughter, joints, bad jokes... A day like thousands of others, but one that will forever mark their destiny.
L'Amour sans le sexe
2010
NRA hot summer. Hidden in the forest, Jeanne and Jonas live in their converted truck. Before heading back on the road, they prepare one last action.
Fireworks
2022
5.2Sami and Julie, twenty-something, live together in a small village in the south of France. One evening, they get ready to shoot a clip for Sami's new song, but it looks like it's going to be more complicated than they expected.
Big Boy
2021
No synopsis available yet.
Jo ou Joe
2011
As Gege is leaving for Canada, the cousins gather on a stormy night in the family camper, drinking and playing childhood games: Truth or Dare ?
La cousinade
2021
Behind the camera
6.0Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.
Le bal
2019
6.0Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.
Le bal
2019
6.9Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog mercilessly. But this summer is different: Dog meets Elsa and romance blossoms.
Junkyard Dog
2023
6.9Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog mercilessly. But this summer is different: Dog meets Elsa and romance blossoms.
Junkyard Dog
2023
No synopsis available yet.
Garance
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No synopsis available yet.
Garance
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NRRémi, a young and open man, in his third year of law studies, tries to find his place in the student jungle of Saturday night. At the end of the evening, drunk, he encounters Lisa and they spend the night together.
Piano Panier
2018
NRRémi, a young and open man, in his third year of law studies, tries to find his place in the student jungle of Saturday night. At the end of the evening, drunk, he encounters Lisa and they spend the night together.
Piano Panier
2018
A village, a red car, three childhood friends. Every day they hang out, living their routine while observing it. Laughter, joints, bad jokes... A day like thousands of others, but one that will forever mark their destiny.
L'Amour sans le sexe
2010
5.2Sami and Julie, twenty-something, live together in a small village in the south of France. One evening, they get ready to shoot a clip for Sami's new song, but it looks like it's going to be more complicated than they expected.
Big Boy
2021
5.2Sami and Julie, twenty-something, live together in a small village in the south of France. One evening, they get ready to shoot a clip for Sami's new song, but it looks like it's going to be more complicated than they expected.
Big Boy
2021
7.0It is the life in a village, this cloistered world that produces stories, boredom, some necessary friendships, the author says. During a day, he paints a portrait of the past Clement with his band of mates, his parents, his sister, the stories told, the pictures in his house, his room intact and videos that remain of him.
Il venait de Roumanie
2014
No synopsis available yet.
Jo ou Joe
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Jo ou Joe
2011
Guilhem lives in a small village in the Hérault valley. He is 39 years old and has never really been with a girl. While waiting for true love to miraculously fall into his lap, Guilhem leads the life of a confirmed bachelor. When he's not at his vineyard, he's at the bar or with his best friend Raph. They have always lived this way: the streets, friends, the village, soccer. One day, he encounters a miracle. Her name is Marie, she is an angel, and she is free. He doesn't know how to approach her, he thinks he is ugly, he is afraid of women, he has no chance, but never mind. He sets off in search of true love.
L'homme qui avait peur des femmes
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Guilhem lives in a small village in the Hérault valley. He is 39 years old and has never really been with a girl. While waiting for true love to miraculously fall into his lap, Guilhem leads the life of a confirmed bachelor. When he's not at his vineyard, he's at the bar or with his best friend Raph. They have always lived this way: the streets, friends, the village, soccer. One day, he encounters a miracle. Her name is Marie, she is an angel, and she is free. He doesn't know how to approach her, he thinks he is ugly, he is afraid of women, he has no chance, but never mind. He sets off in search of true love.
L'homme qui avait peur des femmes
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