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For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

From the tower blocks of Paris to the countryside of the Drôme region, Shaï and Djeneba lead summer camp activities while grappling with growing up and growing apart.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a love triangle involves three models under the spell of a demiurge fashion designer. TABLEAUX D'UNE EXPLOSION is a collision, a reinterpretation of the Petrushka tale set to Mussorgsky's music, 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.

Laura, 22, is invited to Paris to meet her favorite influencer, Isïa. Camera in hand, she films every moment of her weekend with the goal of creating her first vlog. But behind the glitz and Instagram Stories lies a far more chilling reality. What was supposed to be a meeting with her idol gradually turns into a descent into hell.

Garance is a young actress, but not a star. She manages everything as best she can, valiant, cheerful, a soldier, and she finds in alcohol an unconditional fuel, a source of comfort. Garance changes her life and begins an eight-year journey of moves, work, encounters, parties and anxieties, joys and hardships… An intimate, friendly, and sexual revolution. But she consumes, more and more. Until the very possibility of death…

Oikonomia, a personification of economy, governs the dominant civilization. Their mad conquest leads them to extract water from rare and surreal oases that have been hidden in a digital matrix. Blind by the water rush, their objective is to find and steal until the last drop of water to turn it into energy. The Rebels, one with nature, have devoted their lives to saving the last remaining water and fighting Oikonomia troops who came to plunder them. Their war is waged like a digital game. Oikonomia civilization corrupts the planet with attacks that leave devastation in their wake. Deprived of water, all humankind waste away and die. The balance is broken. This struggle leads to a breakthrough, a radical shift in how our economy, society, and environment work. The Economy must invent a new, responsible dynamic to co-exist peacefully with Nature.

Traveling through the abyss, underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths and ages. From her childhood, a slave of Sanja and her barbarian horde, to her accession to the summits of cruelty at the doors of our world.

Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky’s ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Amandiers.

A serial killer, nicknamed Le Ver(s) Solitaire (The Lone Worm) for the alexandrines left at the crime scenes, is spreading terror. Under the orders of a commissioner, Clarisse Sterling, a rookie in the crime squad, can only rely on her instinct, 200g of chouquettes and the virtues of a well-placed pineapple to solve this investigation and save her skin.

A gender-questioning stock market trader is determined to make it in the world of finance — not for the glory or wealth, but because it's leading them on the path to freedom.

On the night their favorite bar closes, Eden, Crystal, and Ibtissame, three young black and arab queer girls, experience strange events: Crystal mysteriously disappears, kidnapped by a purple star. Eden starts looking for the one she loves, until she discovers that Crystal is trapped in another fantastic and strange world...

Thirsty one night stands, confused straight boys, rooftop confessions and a ménage-à-trois that explodes with hilarious results - it's all just part of the package in this latest offering of spirited story-telling from our Gallic friends. The short films are: Discreet [Scred] (2017); Distinguished Feelings [Sentiments distingués] (2019); Rue des Roses (2012); First Love [Premier amour] (2021); The Edge [4 fromages] (2019); Without Transition [Sans transition] (2021); Fragile [Babtou fragile] (2021).

Two young men - a dancer and a pizza delivery man - inadvertently become trapped on the rooftop of an apartment building.

The writers Cesare Pavese and Jean-Luc Lagarce had a tragic destiny. The first committed suicide after a sentimental disappointment and the second died of AIDS. Sex holds a central place in their diaries.

A devoted partner seeks dignity for his late love, a fugitive in Paris attempts to outrun his past, and a young man searches for clarity as he navigates his desires. From unexpected rooftop encounters to a celestial game of chess, this compelling collection of shorts explores truth, acceptance and the moment we realise there is truly No Place to Hide.