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Browse 39 movies from Novanima Productions
Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she's forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who's slumped in her deckchair. The two teenagers don't get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world.
Aug 2024
A 12-year-old boy faces bullying due to his weight and decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and trying to win the heart of the girl he admires. Through his journey, he learns the importance of positivity and standing against body shaming, discovering that true confidence comes from embracing who you are.
Oct 2024
Gabrielle, a 19 years old, finds herself stuck near Death Valley between two parents who no longer speak to each other. The three of them, feeling trapped, try to escape the tension, in a huge scenery that feels unchangeable. The situation seems impossible, until an unexpected event comes to unravel everything...
Aug 2021
Victim of a terrible plot, Captain Dreyfus was sentenced in December 1894 to deportation for high treason. His wife Lucie made a pact with him: to live, whatever the cost, while awaiting rehabilitation. During five years, the Dreyfus spouses exchanged hundreds of letters. They became a weapon of survival for Alfred. This film is the story of the correspondence of a man and a woman who unwittingly became the unsung heroes of the case that bears their name.
Apr 2022
Benoît built his paradise hidden from view, emancipated in his own way, resolved to face the constraints of a space which, in imaginations, conflicts with his identity. The countryside. One day, he and other queers from the area decide to organize the first Pride of the Périgord vert, because it is time to come out, to take up space to celebrate, heal, and finally open a path.
Mar 2026
Everybody knows Bibendum Michelin, but nobody knows the artist who hides behind this world-famous logo. O Gallop ( 1867-1946 ), contemporary of Émile Cohl, is an illustrator for the satiric press, poster designer, pioneer for cartoon movies and the graphic creator of the Bibendum. The great-grandson and the director of this movie investigates the universe of the artist.
Jan 2009
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In 1939 a young Romanian woman met a soldier. Love blossomed, but the man was sent to the front. They continued to write passionate letters to each another, but when she had to move they lost contact. She was never able to forget him. Will they ever meet again?
In the 1990s, eight-year-old Agata leaves her Polish homeland to take a bus to Belgium by herself. Anxious about the journey, she begins to write a letter to her father who has stayed behind in Poland. When she drops her pencil and it rolls away, Agata is forced to overcome her shyness. Searching for it, she weaves her way between the rows of seats and plunges into a fantastical world inhabited by strange half-human, half-animal passengers. Agata’s perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.
Feb 2025
Apr 2021
The surprising story of how a french law punishing the failure to assist a person in danger was created by Vichy France during World War II.
Sep 2022
Sep 2021
Nov 2011
It is often said of me: what a sacred temperament this Hubertine Auclert! It's true, I'm a key figure in activism for equal civil rights between men and women.
Jul 2021
The day of the cremation of her grand mother, Emilie, a young mixed-race Asian girl, buries herself into her grandmother memories. She discovers the Indochina of Hoa, her romantic encounter with Jacques (a French colon), the birth of Linh (Emilie's mother) and her tragic departure to France in 1956. She relives with Linh the arrival into the camp of Sainte-Livrade, the exploitation of the Indochinese women by the market gardeners of Lot-et-Garonne. Between memories, dance, anger and traditional rituals, Emilie learns to accept this heritage.
Jul 2015
Between household chores, an elderly couple recounts their life between Vietnam and France during the war to their granddaughter. From their meeting at the age of twenty to the present day, they detail the major milestones in their relationship, talking about exile and immigration, sometimes with humor, sometimes with gravity.
Feb 2019
One morning, a group of citizens discovers a big whale corpse in the middle of the city. They can't get around it, so they'll have to face the animal body. This meeting is about to transform them in an unexpected way.
Sep 2025
Everybody knows Laughing cow but nobody knows who is the artist behind this famous trademark. Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) is a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating La Vache qui rit (The laughing Cow) and Gédéon le canard (Gideon the duck) he is also one of the pioneers of animated films .
Dec 2013