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Browse 15 movies from Hélium Films
In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest’s destruction.
Oct 2024
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
Sep 2016
In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man's identity by taking his head off.
May 2014
Short film shown in Cannes.
Jan 2005
When Julien discovers that his newborn daughter, Rose, carries an undiagnosed down syndrome, his entire world collapses. How can he cope with his daughter’s handicap? Will he be able to love her fully, even though she isn’t the child he expected? Supported by his first-born daughter Alice, guided by her innocence and her infinite goodwill, the young father finds the strength to overcome his anger, and travel the difficult road that will lead him to the unconditional love and acceptance of his child.
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Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a small isolated farm in the countryside. They hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare.
Aug 2023
Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.
Mar 2009
A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…
Apr 2012
They have a job that suits them, enjoy their colleagues and take time to enjoy the simple things around them. They wake up every morning next to their loved one. Yet they no longer enjoy anything, constantly being pushed around by a society that demands more and more of them, and burdened by problems that are beyond them.
Jun 2023
Linda is a little girl rejected by other children and by her family. She lives in a small town where a serial killer is prowling. But one day, she sees a strange character on the street carrying a bag with an arm hanging out of it.
Apr 2013
It’s raining. A small village is in big trouble due to the incessant tears of a young girl.
Oct 2010
Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man's bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers.
Mar 2007
A tragic musical comedy about an Ogresse who lives alone in the woods until a young man determined to kill her arrives and fatally wins her heart.
Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. One evening he opens up a tin of ravioli for dinner. Much to his surprise, a Genie jumps forth, promising to fulfill any two wishes.
Apr 2005
When a four-year-old girl discovers a dead bird in the garden, her mother is swept into a world where reality unfolds like a cartoon. Inspired by a poem by Nick Flynn, this film is a meditation on a mother's attempt to protect her daughter's sense of wonder.