Toulouse: former high school students passionate about cinema embark on the 7th art by filming with Arielle Dombasle
Former friends from high school in Aude have decided to launch an audiovisual production company. “Film Begin” multiplies the projects. Latest: a shoot at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse with Arielle Dombasle.
It all started with a group of high school students passionate about short films. Originally from Limoux in Aude, Gabriel Belloc and a dozen friends set up the Film Begin association. At twelve, they get together to shoot and produce videos of all kinds. We are in 2016.
Four years later, with high school over, the band of friends have moved on to serious business. “Out of all, three of us wanted to set up an audiovisual production company”, slips Gabriel, former president of the association and now president of Film Begin. In 2020, this is the big leap for the three Audois. The trio made up of Hugo Alandry, Marc Besset and Gabriel Belloc now works in the creation of various video content and is based in offices in Toulouse.
Newly, this young team has been talked about by working for the 7th art. “We were contacted to shoot alongside Jean-Claude Besset, a director from Aude. In a hurry, we organized the shooting and filmed several scenes of the film The girl and the boy in the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse with Arielle Dombasle, says, still moved, Gabriel. Basically, we quickly organized this shoot but the museum is under construction. There were priceless works everywhere.” An experience he describes as “incredible” and which he hopes will be good with his renewed team as much as possible.
Filming with Jean Lassalle, meeting with André Téchiné…
Since the creation of the company in 2020, in the midst of a health crisis, Film Begin has combined various projects, in particular the creation of videos as a support for awareness campaigns. The most recent concerned the fight against homophobia.
“For less than two years, we’ve been doing a lot of different things and that’s the whole point of our activity. For example, we did a shoot with Jean Lassalle in the back of a car, we also had the chance to meet the director André Téchiné”, enumerates with passion the president of Film Begin. All three hope to continue to multiply the reports and already dream of directing feature films.