Isidore Bethel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isidore Bethel
Born
Atlanta, United States
CitizenshipUnited States
France
EducationHarvard
École Normale Supérieure
SAIC
Occupation
  • filmmaker
  • professor
Years active2013–present
Works
Of Men and War
Acts of Love
Caballerango
AwardsChéries-Chéris Jury Prize[1]
IDFA Grand Prize[2]
Málaga's Biznaga de Plata[3]

Isidore Bethel is a French-American filmmaker whom Filmmaker named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020.[4] The films he edits, directs, and produces use filmmaking to make sense of overwhelming experiences and touch on recurrent themes of displacement, grief, therapy, aging, trauma, and sexuality.[5] His first feature film as director, Liam, premiered at the Boston LGBT Film Festival in 2018 and received the Jury Prize in the Documentary section of the Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival.[6][7] His second film, Acts of Love, co-directed by French actor Francis Leplay, premiered at Hot Docs in 2021.[8]

He edited and associate produced French director Laurent Bécue-Renard's Of Men and War, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,[9] won the VPRO Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, received a Best Documentary nomination at the European Film Awards,[10] and screened at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight[11] before airing on POV.[12]

He has worked with French director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade[13] and pied-noir director Dominique Cabrera, editing her feature film Grandir, which received the Cinéma du réel's Potemkine Prize,[14] and her short film "Goat Milk," which screened at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.[15] He has also worked with Mexican directors, editing and producing Juan Manuel Sepúlveda's La Balada del Oppenheimer Park, a Best Documentary nominee at the 59th Ariel Awards,[16] and editing Juan Pablo González's Caballerango, which screened at IDFA and received Guadalajara's Best Jalisco Film Award.

In addition to work in the United States, Mexico, and France, he has also edited and produced films with filmmakers in Lebanon,[17] the United Kingdom,[18] Ethiopia,[19] and Turkey.[20] Critics have characterized his editing as demonstrative of "admirable restraint,"[21] "Wiseman-esque,"[22] "tender,"[23] and "elegant."[24]

A graduate of Harvard University, the École Normale Supérieure,[25] and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,[26] Bethel has received grants from the Institut Français,[27] France's Île-de-France region,[28] the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation,[29] and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation[30] as well as support from Berlinale Talents,[31] IFP,[32] Film Independent,[33] the Logan Nonfiction Program,[34] and Eurodoc.[35] He has taught film at Sarah Lawrence College in Paris and at Parsons Paris.[36]

Filmography[]

Feature films[]

Year Title Editor Director Producer Notes
2013 Grandir Yes No No Directed by Dominique Cabrera. ACID Cannes.[37]
2014 Of Men and War Yes No Yes Credited as associate producer. Directed by Laurent Bécue-Renard. Cannes Film Festival.
2016 La Balada del Oppenheimer Park Yes No Yes Directed by Juan Manuel Sepúlveda. Cinéma du réel Heritage Award Special Mention.[38]
2018 Caballerango Yes No No Directed by Juan Pablo González. IDFA.[39]
2018 Liam No Yes Yes Jury Prize in the Documentary section of the Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
2020 Yes No Yes Credited as associate producer. Directed by Daniel Hymanson. True/False Film Festival.[40]
2021 Acts of Love No Yes Yes Co-directed with Francis Leplay. Hot Docs.

Short films[]

Year Title Editor Director Producer Notes
2013 "Goat Milk" Yes No No Directed by Dominique Cabrera. Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.[41]
2021 "Some Kind of Intimacy" Yes No Yes Directed by Toby Bull. Visions du Réel.[42]

References[]

  1. ^ "Documentaire: Liam, d'Isidore Bethel". University of Évry Val d'Essonne. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2014 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2017 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Isidore Bethel". Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Isidore Bethel – Projects". Isidore Bethel. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD PREMIERE: Liam". Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Chéries-Chéris : Grand Prix pour " Les Moissonneurs " et deux films brésiliens au palmarès". Komitid. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Acts of Love". Hot Docs. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ^ "OF MEN AND WAR (DES HOMMES ET DE LA GUERRE)". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. ^ "European Film Awards Archive". European Film Awards. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Film Screenings, Of Men and War Archive". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Of Men and War". POV (TV series). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  13. ^ "The Staircase: Last Chance, Credits". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Les Films autobiographiques de Dominique Cabrera". Potemkine Films. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Goat Milk". Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  16. ^ "List of Selected Projects, Screenings 2015". Cinéma du Réel. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Video Works 2016". Ashkal Alwan. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Some Kind of Intimacy". British Council. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Shadow of His Wings: Doc Lab Fellows Level Up (and You Could be Next)". Film Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Bazaar Protocol". IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  21. ^ "True/False 2020 Dispatch 1: The Viewing Booth, So Late So Soon, That Cloud Never Left". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  22. ^ ""Addressing Their Wounds is a Revolution": Laurent Bécue-Renard on Of Men and War". Filmmaker. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  23. ^ "So Late So Soon". The DocYard. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  24. ^ "Daniel Hymanson 25 New Faces of Independent Film". Filmmaker. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  25. ^ "MANUEL SEPULVEDA". Riviera Maya Film Festival. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  26. ^ "Cooke Alumni Buzz". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  27. ^ "HORS LES MURS : LAURÉATS 2016". Institut Français. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  28. ^ "AIDES À L'ÉCRITURE DE SCÉNARIO : 23 AUTEUR.TRICE.S SOUTENU.E.S". Film Paris Region. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  29. ^ "LAURÉAT DE LA BOURSE 2013". Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  30. ^ "JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2014 GRADUATE ARTS AWARDS RECIPIENTS". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  31. ^ "ISIDORE BETHEL EDITOR, PRODUCER". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  32. ^ "IFP Announces Documentary Projects For Its Annual IFP Labs". Independent Filmmaker Project. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  33. ^ "Shadow of His Wings: Doc Lab Fellows Level Up (and You Could be Next)". Film Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  34. ^ "Logan Nonfiction Program Announces 12th Class of Journalism & Documentary Fellows". Logan Nonfiction Program. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  35. ^ "EURODOC Current Cycle Participants". Eurodoc. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  36. ^ "Cooke Alumni Buzz". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  37. ^ "GRANDIR (Ô HEUREUX JOURS)". ACID. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  38. ^ ""La Balada del Oppenheimer Park" – International festivals". Cinéma du réel. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  39. ^ "Caballerango". IDFA. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  40. ^ "'So Late So Soon': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  41. ^ "Goat Milk". Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  42. ^ "Some Kind of Intimacy". Visions du Réel. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
Retrieved from ""