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An encounter. Between waves and cliffs. The night. In a week, he gets married. For years, she no longer believes in pleasure. They meet. They play. They speak. They want each other. As a gift - unconditionally. Like a dance - on the edge of the void. For one night. One night only. Their only night.
Dec 2021
A bed sheet devouring bodies, a radio contaminating minds or a chicken refusing to be butchered…Kraken storms into an apartment building, where everyday soon plunges into bizarre…
Feb 2022
Every year, a family home is turned into a haunted house. The purpose is not only to be as terrifying as possible, but also to create a spectacular attraction to draw the neighbors in. The situation grows increasingly complicated, broken and distressed as the family’s problems intercede in their plans and as their real lives become the film’s true and overriding scary haunt.
Nov 2025
Luisa, a 40-year-old singer, is in a relationship with Julien, who is a guitarist and composer. They have been in a band together for many years. One day, her father, whom she hasn't seen since she was a teenager, comes to see her after a concert. He tells her that he is seriously ill. This encounter unsettles Luisa. She begins to see her life in a different light.
Oct 2017
Two teen boys living in an isolated house in the mountains contemplate their existence while maintaining a video diary of their daily lives.
Sep 2018
Three sisters arrive at their mother's house. Her granddaughter, Zouzou, has been there for a week. The sisters discover that the 14-year-old is having sex upstairs, probably for the first time. Panic ensues.
Jul 2015
Jan 2016
It’s a big day for Joseph, his family is taking him on a trip to the Smile-Rite® toy factory, it’s his tenth birthday. And everybody knows that when you turn ten, that’s when you become a man…
Dec 2017
After a year abroad, seventeen-year-old Alf returns to his Catholic boys' school, only to find that no longer relates to his mates, who are popular and athletic. He finds himself drawn to new classmate Oliver, but in an attempt to dispel rumours, Alf bonds with his old friends and ends up committing a crime to prove he still belongs.
May 2025
A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.
Oct 2015
A teenage boy is playing an online "suicide game" where he must complete 50 challenges in 50 days.
Jun 2022
Hossein, a teenage boy who is connected to the increasingly globalized world, dreams of a freer future far from his native Tangier. His mother Naïma, however, is determined not to let him follow in his brothers’ tragic footsteps, and takes him to the south against his will. In this new setting he gets his first taste of romantic love and disillusionment, and eventually reconnects with his mother, whose devotion he had previously shunned.
Aug 2019
In this study of the lust for youth, Michel, a disillusioned cop nearing retirement, becomes obsessed with the body of a beautiful woman he meets on the beach. His search for an unattainable love drives him deeper into darkness.
Jan 2012
A story which follows the borders that have silently grown between a man and a woman. Interior, emotional borders. The ones which separate us before any other.
May 2017
A portrait of a man who devoted his life to bringing Christians and Muslims together, from a red brick house in Lille to the olive trees of the Jebel mountains in Morocco.
Jan 2000
Inès shares her apartment with Laura. Everything would be perfect if she had not fallen in love with her.
May 1999
Soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are intrinsically tied to a suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Robert embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.
Apr 2011
Apr 2004
Substitute is a film by the French former footballer Vikash Dhorasoo. Filmed before and during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Dhorasoo "recorded his thoughts and feelings throughout the tournament", resulting in a "deeply unconventional sporting film".
Feb 2007
A teenager is fixated on blowing himself up – not for the purpose of suicide or terrorism, but for the sensation and spectacle. His obsession provokes various reactions from his tight-knit group of friends.
May 2019