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- DirectorEva HussonStarsFinnegan OldfieldMarilyn LimaLorenzo LefèbvreIn the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted sixteen and seventeen year olds are ordinary adolescents who take a singular path.
- DirectorDanielle ArbidStarsManal IssaVincent LacostePaul HamyThe 90s. Lina, 18, arrives to Paris for her studies. She is looking for what she can't find in her home country Lebanon: a taste of freedom. She experiences different sides of the Parisian jungle and becomes conscious of her own place.
- DirectorRudi RosenbergStarsRéphaël GhrenassiaJoshua RaccahGéraldine MartineauBenoit, the new kid at school, is bullied by a gang of arrogant boys. Determined not to be pushed around, Benoit organizes a big party, but only three students turn up. What if this bunch of losers was to be the best gang ever?
- DirectorAnthony DoncqueStarsLouis DunetonMatthieu DessertineAlain BeigelMartin is seventeen and spends all day recording everything with his Hi8 camera. One day Martin meets Dominique, who works as a watchman at his school.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsÉdouard Tremblay-GrenierPier-Luc FunkVassili SchneiderA young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
- DirectorPatrice LalibertéStarsTéo Vachon SincennesSandrine BissonStéphane F. JacquesOne night, Mathieu, 17, goes under an overpass to do a graffiti.
- DirectorValérie DonzelliStarsAnaïs DemoustierJérémie ElkaïmFrédéric PierrotAn aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.Cannes Film Festival 2015
Nominated Palme d'Or
Nominated Queer Palm - DirectorLéa FehnerStarsFrançois FehnerMarion BouvarelMarc BarbéThey go from town to town, a big top on their backs, their show over their shoulder. They bring dreams and disorder to people's lives. They are ogres, giants. They've devoured the theater and miles and miles of road. But the imminent arrival of a baby and the return of a former lover make almost-forgotten feelings resurface. So the party begins.
- DirectorAntoine CuypersStarsThomas BlanchardArnoArthur BolsDuring a long awaited family soiree Cedric challenges his relatives why they keep him from his journey.
- DirectorStéphane AubierVincent PatarCowboy and Indian are always up to some harebrained scheme, with Horse left to clean up the mess. In Christmas Panic, their out-of-control antics lead Horse to call Santa and cancel the presents. But the boys figure they can still save Christmas - if they break into their neighbor's house to steal his yule log. In Back to School Panic, a class assignment yields a special prize, but only Pig knows the answer. Cowboy and Indian use a special shrinking potion to sneak into Pig's brain, where they discover a sodium-packed world of pig cops riding in bacon cars and sausage cycles.
- DirectorSarah Van den BoomStarsFred BianconiJulian CaseyMiranda HandfordThree characters have in common a secret and intimate experience which seems to have a strong impact on their life...
- DirectorMikhaël HersStarsAnders Danielsen LieJudith ChemlaMarie RivièreA French young woman unexpectedly dies in Berlin, where she lives with her boyfriend. Her sudden passing ruins the lives of her famliy and partner. They struggle to find new meaning in Paris, Annecy and New York.
- DirectorAurélien PeyreStarsFaustine LevinPauline AcquartAurélien VacherMaglone and Juliette are 19. After high school, Juliette has started studying visual arts. She has new friends that she has invited to her holiday home in Normandy, an opportunity to introduce them to her longtime best friend Maglone. "Juliette and I have known each other since sixth grade. I don't really know her crew, but - my friend's friends are mine too."
- DirectorBenoît MartinStarsAzzedine BouabbaSoumaye BocoumAlison ValenceAs Hakim is waiting for the bus after class, he is caught in a vendetta between teenagers. He is not exactly keen to get into a fight, but how can he possibly avoid an awaited confrontation?
- DirectorPierre-Emmanuel UrcunStarsRemy FerreiraRidwane BellawellMehdi BouguettoucheRemi is struggling to get by and has had enough. That's it: he's going to enlist. The problem is that he hasn't the courage to tell his four best friends.
- DirectorEleonora MarinoniElice MengStarsMathieu AmalricAmid a population of "birdmen", Moann is shamed when her wings disappear and a strange cracking sets in beneath her feet. In a society where all that matters is the size of one's wings and ambition, Ciobeck, the nihilist, would like to protect her. But how can they survive in a barren land, pervaded by "caved in" spirits?
- DirectorEmmanuel FinkielStarsNicolas DuvauchelleMélanie ThierryDriss RamdiHaving just been injured in a mugging, Eddy earned the sympathy and attention of his estranged family and gotten back on his feet. The same cannot be said for Ahmed whose life starts falling apart after he's wrongly accused of the crime. When the case against Ahmed starts to unravel, Eddy has to go back on the defensive.
- DirectorSébastien MarnierStarsMarina FoïsJérémie ElkaïmJoséphine JapyHaving been fired from her old job as a real estate agent, 40 years old Constance thinks her former boss will hire her in a vacancy, but he chooses a younger and prettier woman. Constance can't take that and starts her stalking.
- DirectorKarim BoukerchaStarsVincent CasselAlexis ManentiQuentin FaureEvery night, a mysterious woman wearing a burka taunts police officers patrolling the projects. Meanwhile, Vince, a former street legend, must face his demons and avoid falling off of the wagon, and back into the streets...Venice Film Festival 2015
Nominated Venice Horizons Award Best Short Film - DirectorFrédéric MermoudStarsEmmanuelle DevosNathalie BayeDavid ClavelDiane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha (Moka) color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the driver lives.
- DirectorBaya KasmiStarsVimala PonsMehdi DjaadiAgnès JaouiCharming thirty-year-old Hanna Belkacem has inherited the gene from her parents: she is unable to say no. And as she is the Director of Human resources of a big firm such infirmity is not without its problems, particularly when she has to fire someone. The only solution she has found to be forgiven is to... get laid with the men she lays off! One day, not wanting to upset someone as she is wont to, she finds herself in a very embarrassing situation: she is mistaken for a former school-friend of a hospital doctor mourning his mother. She of course goes to bed with him. As a result, Dr. Paul Martin falls in love with her while mistaking her once again... for a prostitute this time!
- DirectorClémence DemesmeStarsMarianne PouységurUranie GauillardCharles PouységurLaura, a young teenager, lives alone with his father in a little village in Auvergne (France). At 14, she faces the daily constraints and makes her way thanks to her own refuges.
- DirectorMaïmouna DoucouréStarsSokhna DialloMaïmouna GueyeEriq EbouaneyThe 8-year-old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburb. The daily life of Aida and the whole family is overwhelmed when her father comes back from Senegal, their country of origin. Actually, he did not come back alone. He returned with the young Senegalese Rama whom he introduced as his second wife. Aida is very sensitive to her mother's distress. She decides then to get rid of the new visitor.Sundance Film Festival 2016
Won Short Film Jury Prize International Fiction
Nominated Short Film Grand Jury Prize - DirectorJulie GourdainStarsNina MazodierSonia AmoriClarisse NormandThe year is 1968 and Marianne is 19 years old. She was sent to an young girls house, away from her family and friends. In this house she meets other girls whose secrets will radically change their lives.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsCorinne MarchandAntoine BourseillerDominique DavrayCleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
- DirectorPierre-Marc DrouinSimon Lamarre-LedouxStarsSteve LaplanteRichard FréchetteEve DuranceauRemy, a hitman for a small-time Montreal mobster, has to kill Fernand, an old associate who talks too much. The plan is simple: invite him for coffee, offer him a ride and shoot him in the alley. Easy! A done deal...
- DirectorNicolas CharletBruno LavaineStarsNicolas CharletBruno LavaineJon DoughA pandemic infects people everywhere with infinite lust, and the only ones who can save us are a group of astronauts in space, desperately looking for a solution.
- DirectorMéryl Fortunat-RossiXavier SeronStarsTom AudenaertCaroline BerlinerFrançois EboueléTom, a Flemish comedian, makes voices of cartoon characters. Today, he finds himself in a studio for a pornographic film in French.