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Browse 30 movies from Stenola Productions
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, has just died of a heart attack, Ellias goes to Quebec to settle the estate. The young creator will discover that he has inherited much worse than his father's fragile heart.
Nov 2023
After the explosion of the Earth, the Ukrainian space trucker Andriy becomes the only human in the Universe until French woman Catherine calls him from the faraway space station. Andriy decides to see her despite all the obstacles.
Apr 2025
Leila and Damien are deeply in love. Despite his bipolar disorder, he tries to pursue his life with her, knowing he may never be able to offer her what she desires.
Sep 2021
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.
Jul 2019
Despite adversity, Sana wants her twins to have a spring vacation, but all her plans fall through. They secretly decide to stay in her former in-laws' villa on the Riviera, without telling anyone. Six days of sunshine that mark the end of innocence.
Nov 2025
Astrid is the wife of an acclaimed lawyer. Silenced for 25 years, her family balance suddenly collapses when her children initiate their search for justice.
Jan 2024
1542, the year of Jacques Cartier's second mission to Canada. Pregnant by a man other than her future husband, the expedition's commander, the young Marguerite de la Rocque is abandoned on a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland with the man who raped her and his maid. She will remain there for two years, surviving hunger, cold, despair, and madness.
Mar 2026
After her father is involved in a serious accident, 11-year-old Yuna’s life is turned upside down. Reunited with her mother, Yuna faces the possibility of a drastic change, which she refuses to face.
Feb 2025
This is the story of a father, Jan, a cultural host in a hostile environment, and his daughter Marie, an occasional stripper, who are on the edge of a precipice. She wants to jump and he tries to hold her back. How? By telling him stories, as in the tales of "Arabian nights". As long as he holds her attention, she will not jump.
After the sudden death of one of them a group of friends grieves trough sexual encounters.
Oct 2016
In Jacmel, Haiti, the sea, the churches, and the spirits shape everyday life. Marie Madeleine is a free woman. She lives from prostitution and moves through the nights without submitting to the rules of those who claim to save souls. Her path crosses that of Joseph, a young evangelist. A relationship forms between these two opposites. As Joseph’s faith begins to waver, Marie Madeleine draws him into a world where desire and the search for freedom open up a space in which everything can be reinvented.
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On the death of his mother, a filmmaker makes a film to see how much her disappearance has changed his vision of the world. It is an opportunity for him to look back over his relationship with her: a relationship that made him a free individual, as a man and as a filmmaker. The second night is the final part of a trilogy that began with Letter from a filmmaker to his daughter, which was followed by Dreaming films. The making of this " Cabin Trilogy" is the fruit of fifteen years of work and reflection.
Mar 2016
Can a weapons manufacturer be tried for complicity in war crimes? For a year and a half, Alice Odiot and Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale, winners of the Albert Londres Prize, followed the progress of an investigation that could shake the impunity of the arms industry. The filmmakers captured a secret and unique legal battle in a film constructed like a thriller.
Jan 2020
Apr 2022
This is the story of a Greek physician who collects pendants and bracelets. This is the story of an Italian woman who has been fighting for 15 years to «make bodies talk.» This is the story of those who watch over the forgotten migrants.
Nov 2019
After an accident, a young woman has to take care of her best friend's child, whom she has agreed to be the godmother of.
Jan 2018
Sep 2022
Albert, an idealistic young African, works for a Belgian NGO in the heart of his country. When the crisis hits Europe and Belgium, the NGO has to close. This is a catastrophe for him and his family. Idle, he decides to set up an NGO to save ailing Belgium. He obtains the support of a local minister, but the latter is only interested in using the operation for electoral purposes. He imposes his collaborator, Immaculée, on them. She's going to run the NGO and bring back propaganda images. Chaleur Sans Frontières arrives in Belgium. The Belgian authorities, forced to take in this team of weaklings, have no desire to be "saved" by Africans. After failing to distribute their humanitarian aid, Immaculée stages the crisis they have failed to find.
Biniam Girmay is a promising young cyclist from Eritrea. He dreams of taking part in the Tour de France one day. Despite all the obstacles in his way, Biniam climbs the world rankings step by step and competes in races in Europe. Will he manage to join a top team for the pinnacle of competitive cycling?
Mar 2024