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Fatiya agrees to replace her cousin at a babysitting gig. When she meets the mother of the young boy she is supposed to look after, prejudice and racism cause the afternoon to take a turn.
Feb 2019
Born into a modest family, Hélène left the Vosges a long time ago. Today, a sudden burn-out forces her to leave Paris and return to the place where she grew up. One evening, in the parking lot of a franchised restaurant, she spots Christophe Marchal, the charismatic field hockey prodigy from her high school days. An unexpected love affair begins between these two people, who are now at odds with each other.
Sep 2025
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.
Mar 2023
Emma and Antoine, who have been together for eight years, visit Antoine's parents for the weekend. But Antoine suddenly breaks down and confesses to Emma that he wants to break up.
Nov 2024
A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins her, forcing a choice between motherhood and her cause
Apr 2025
20-year-old Chloe leaves her dysfunctional family to follow a group of romantic outsiders and help the forgotten of society. During her travel through a shattered Greece, she will dream, fly, and fall in love but also she’ll realize that the true rebels are always alone.
Jun 2025
Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.
Apr 2018
Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin. Her biggest wish: to be given a chance. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends. But an incident changes everything. Hazal is forced to flee.
Sep 2024
Thirty-year-old Thomas has to face facts and accept to forget about his dreams of becoming a film director. But this weekend, his short film is selected in a small, country festival. His last festival before letting it all go. He hopes, for once, to win the prize.He will return from the event with much more.
Aug 2022
Djé arrives in Paris without money, with its charm as only weapon. He seized every opportunity to work, love, sleep. And to kill...
Jun 2021
Oct 2025
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22 euros he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
May 2019
Donovan, a young bodyguard, is mandated to protect a minister’s wife during her holidays in a seaside estate, while violent riots are taking place in the same area. In that luxury environment, Donovan tastes a lifestyle he never experienced before…
Jun 2022
Pablo, Zoe, Thomas and Felix, in their twenties, are attacked at the foot of their tower. Three of them survive. They try as they can to mourn the fourth and start living again.
Jun 2019
Olga, a domestic worker originally from Albania, finds herself in a house she works in downtown Athens, at the right time. Or at the wrong one?
Sep 2022
Yannis (15) and his mother are moving in at her boyfriend’s apartment. Yannis starts hanging out with Olga (40), a socially secluded hard rock woman who lives in the basement of his apartment building. Simultaneously, he associates with a group of teenagers, the leader of which bullies Olga whenever he sees her.
Sep 2021
Agathe loves tractors, and rock! She works in the family farm machinery garage with her father and older brother. When she finds out about an upcoming Airguitar competition, she decides to enter, but her brother doesn't see it that way.
Jul 2025
Remy and Sandra can't have children because they suffer from the "Past Loves Syndrome". To heal, there is only one solution, they must sleep with all their exes once.
Sep 2023
Paris. Nedjma, a teenager living with her mom and sister, spends the summer with her squad. She sees her life turned upside down when she meets Zina, coming from the opposite gang. They are rivals in broad daylight, but lovers in secret.
Mar 2022