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Mahamadou, Diané and Farid each lost a brother due to French police interventions over the past ten years. Since then, they have lived with the pain, the impossibility of mourning and the determination to obtain justice.
Apr 2022
In a motel in Dallas, in 1963, an FBI agent bugged the next room occupied by mobsters. After several days of listening, he must infiltrate them to find missing agents. Our hero then finds himself trapped. It's too late when the veil is lifted on the mysterious disappearances.
Oct 2006
Berlioz is a young, overqualified man who can't find a job. In order to avoid being struck off the unemployment register, he accepts an offer of a highly responsible job removing all the push pins from the wall of an empty building.
Oct 2021
Leïla is late. But not any kind of delay : her period is late. This is going to be hell.
Sep 2020
Agnes and Selma, best friends, shared everything. When Selma leaves their Copenhagen flat, a void settles in. Left on her own, Agnes drifts. The harder she tries to hold on, the more the bonds begin to fray.
May 2026
Berlin, 1923: It is the first time that Minna enters a women's literary salon, invited by her friend who's already part of the scene, Edith. She aspires to become part of the salon and its circle of intellectual, empowered women. Intimidated by the self-confidence of the others, she doesn’t have the courage to step on stage. To make matters worse, Lars, a self-proclaimed poet, intrudes the intimacy of the evening. He takes over the stage without invitation to speak out against women’s right to vote and shamelessly flirts with Minna. The culmination of pressure leads Minna to the stage, to vocalize her defiance against Lars and show everyone what she is really made of.
Sep 2023
Nov 2025
Jan 2010
Once upon a time, a girl and her brother fled their past to live their love freely. To do so, they had to cross the river.
Nov 2021
After the disaster, the border must be retraced. Men dressed in white survey the mountains to do it.
Dec 2024
A jester costume worn by dressmaker Dolores comes to life when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Haunted by the gloomy jester, Dolores tries to maintain her normal life and vehemently refuses to tell her family about the diagnosis.
Jan 2025
On a battlefield, Clovis, a knight, regains consciousness, cut in half vertically. A soldier from the opposing camp, Richard, is in the same state. Fighting, the two half-men stick together. The only thing left for them to do is to find a way of separating.
Jul 2018
An essay film exploring the relationship between humans and propaganda, spanning from the enslaved individuals of 16th-century Saint-Domingue to the digital 'Sisyphus' role embodied by NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in the popular video game, Assassin's Creed.
After three weeks' training, young aspiring CRS officers are deployed in the field. Most of them have never set foot in a demonstration before. Each arrives with certainties, but also with questions. They train, apprehend and fantasize about their opponents.
Jan 2021
In a close future, a private company developed a technology aimed at boosting our brain capacity. But it requires from its clients to store their memory data on one single server. In this highly controlled world, a young woman has the power to change things.
Oct 2013
At the Star Palace, Nikolaï performs his usual magic act: poetic, but a bit old-fashioned. The same evening, his career is shattered when the owner of the place announces that he will not book him again, despite the magician's promise to renew his style with “Meteor”, a new and modern trick that is very visual. Disillusioned, Nikolaï wanders in the deserted surroundings when, as if by magic, Maxime appears - it's Ariane von Star, a drag queen artist from the cabaret.
Jan 2023
One afternoon, three high school students sneak out of their all-girls Catholic boarding school. Sunny, the new girl, has gone for a swim in the river. Sarah is eager to join her, even though Clémence disapproves.
Oct 2024
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Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find the money.
May 1997