Director

Yann Les Jours

Lyon, France · 4 films

Yann les Jours was born in Lyon, France, and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He studied Art History and English Literature at Lyon II Lumière University and later attended the Documentary Summer School at the Locarno Film Festival and the Ji.hlava IDFF Academy. His documentary work is often described as poetic, abstract, and experimental. His debut short film, Repetitions, had its world premiere in 2022 at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. In 2023–24, Yann created a series of three short experimental documentaries: Mars which premiered at Short Waves Poznań in the RAW Competition (2023). kindergarten which premiered at 20minmax Ingolstadt ISFF (2023), winner Best International Short at L'Alternativa Film Festival, CCCB Barcelona, in 2024. Sonnet which premiered at ShorTS IFF in Trieste, Italy (June 2025). This film won the awards for Best Director and Best Sound Design at the Indy Film Library Experimental Showcase 2025, Amsterdam, NL, and the award for Best One Minute One Shot Film at ONE SHOT IFF Yerevan, ARM. 2025 also saw the premieres of Fireworks (Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille), The Hedgehog (Riga IFF), My name is Renata, she says (Côté Court, Pantin), and Happiness (FLIGHT, Genoa, Ann Arbor 2026). In 2026, 4 of his films have entered the catalogue of the Film-Makers' Cooperative: kindergarten, Mars, Repetitions and Fireworks. In June 2026, he premiered Our streets at Côté Court festival. When not working on projects for screens, Yann les Jours extends his cinema work in the sphere of live performance: in 2024 he created Europa (on empathy) at OHM club curated by KOOKOO, Berlin. In 2025 he created a sound peformance "Close your eyes" at VIDEOAKTION#6 curated by attaque(e)r le visible, Berlin.