Le Dernier Coup de Pinceau
Co-writing, art direction & poster design
Nikon Film Festival 2026
Theme: “Beauty”
How can beauty still exist in a world where everything is exposed, staged, and consumed as entertainment, even death?
Nikon Film Festival
Art Direction
Scenario
Beauty
The festival asked for beauty. We answered with its final act.
The film
A reality-TV finale, shot in the exact codes of today’s competition shows: two finalists apply the last touches to their models, an eccentric host works the room, three judges deliberate. Only close-ups, skin, powder, cream. Then the reveal: each trolley carries a carefully made-up corpse, and the trophy crowns the best mortician of 2026.
The point
A satire of entertainment’s escalating absurdity, where formats keep pushing further and nothing shocks anymore, and at the same time, a sincere look at the last gesture of beauty we offer the dead.
My role
Co-writing, art direction & poster design.
Ranked 128th of 2,511 entries by public vote, first participation.
Credits
Direction: Chani Demeure
Screenplay: Chani Demeure · Juliette Lefort
Art Direction: Juliette Lefort
Cast: Fabrice Tyack · Gaspard Bonhomme · Alice Mettelliev · Barbara Luz Garbarz · Lomig Larvor · Emeline Veron
With the participation of Sterenn Corre · Vito Gennaro Giacalone
First Assistant Director: Maxence Delahaye
Second Assistant Director: Antonio Jury
Script Supervisor: Lee-Carlo Barret-Dufourd
Head of Production: Rebecca Duchemin
Production Runners: Eden Edeeen · Alexandra Guillaume
Director of Photography: Thomas Lallier
Camera Assistant: Eve Ramseyer
Gaffer: Sacha Bonté
Electricians: Vivien Blum · Maxence Delahaye
Key Grip: Lou Jacquet
Grips: Paul Alexandre · Raphaël Lallier
Sound Recordist: Célia Leauhaie
Sound Assistants: Antonio Jury · Lee-Carlo Barret-Dufourd
Head Makeup Artist: Anthéa Pillu
Assistant Makeup Artist: Clara Luna
Graphic design: Fabien Demay · Alina Kozlowska
Editor: Salimatou Diallo
Color Grading: Thibaud Caquot
Sound Editing: Célia Leauhaie
Sound Mixing: Héloïse Borel
Original Music: Julien Agazar · Sylvain Blanquart
On-Set Photography & Video: Terry Kandolo