Short Films

INVISIBLE
by Thomas Scohy
With Thibaut Gonzalez, Léa Swan, Pascal Lifschutz, Denis Leluc, Cécile Baxas, Olivier Ruidavet, Michaël Msihid
Pierre, a very shy genetician gets to work with the girl he secretly loves. He decides to test a chemical product in order to stop blushing when he's in the same room as her. But the experiment goes wrong, and Pierre becomes invisible. And this is how he is going to become truly visible to her eyes.

Vortex
by Kristell Chenut et Vincent Lacrocq
With Pablo Cobo, Ilian Bergala, Olivier Hermon, Céline Milliat-Baumgartner, Ben Badra Afif, Isy Chautemps et Tess Boutman, Abdé Maziane
Driss is 17 when he decides to run away from home because of an abusive father. Ridden with guilt for leaving his mother behind, he decides to return to the place he left twelve years ago.

Ce soir ou jamais
by Joseph Lantigny
With Anaïde Zamzem, Aurélien Carrara, Rio Vega et Zakaria El Baialy
En voyage avec leur lycée, David, Carlos, Hasna et son petit frère Walid s’échappent pour sortir en boite de nuit. Trop occupés à flirter, les trois ainés perdent de vu Walid, le plus jeune de la bande. Ils partent alors à sa recherche et certaines rencontres surprenantes les attendent.

Toubib
by Marion Le Corroller
with Tiphaine Daviot, Makena Diop, Anouchka Csernakova, Myriam Bourguigon
Emma, 32 years old, is a doctor practising in the Courtillières district in Pantin, a suburb of Paris. One day, Mr. Dialo'shealth is declining critically. Emma wants to hospitalize him as quick as possible but he insists on staying home.

Slim the man
by Samir Oubéchou et Chérif Saïs
with Kamel Abdelli, Jhon Rachid, Linda Massoz, Fatsah Bouyahmed, Nader Boussandel, Hoda Safiah, Jonathan Chiche, Tassadit Mandi
Two brothers go through the belongings of their deceased father and encounter a trunk full of memorabilia. The ensuing flashback to 1961 Lyon shows the formative period in the father's life and how he once was Slim the man.

Mariam
by Faiza Ambah
with Oulaya Amamra, Ahmed Hafiene, Fadila Belkebla, Lou Levy, Louka Masset, Dounia Nairi, Soumaye Bocoum, Natalie Beder
It's 2004 and France has passed a law banning religious symbols in public schools. Mariam, French-born with Arab parents, recently wore the hijab after performing the hajj with her grandmother. At the start of the academic year she doesn't want to acknowledge the law and be forced to make a decision. To complicate matters, a popular young Arab boy in school, Karim, starts paying attention to her because of her hijab…

Vengeance et terre battue
by Mathieu Sapin
with Charlotte Le Bon, Gustave Kervern, Riad Sattouf, Thomas Soliveres, Vincent Lacoste, Winston Ong
Rita Cerveau, the most intelligent woman in the world, is depressive. While she tries to fight against the spleen by having her skull massaged by a stranger, she is called to solve a criminal investigation: Ruben Gonzales, the international star of tennis, has been murdered.

L’Hachouma (la Honte)
by Chad Chenouga et Laurent Canches
with Chad Chenouga, Jérémy Corallo, Jeanne Dansoy, Elodie Sorensen
Abdel, head waiter in a dynamic restaurant in Lyon, is waiting for a promised social promotion which is a long time coming. Uptight, he’s going to imagine that the young waiter he has just hired is an obstacle to his career advancement.

Putain de lune
by Lou Bohringer
with Romane Bohringer, Richard Bohringer, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Xavier Aubert, Frédéric Broeckx, Philippe Rebbot
Rose is frantic at the idea that her future husband could leave her one week before the wedding. She goes to seek help from her father, Serge, old low-life bachelor who lives with his childhood friend.

Des gars, une fille
by Alice Houri
with Heleno Pereiro, Naguim Benditi, Kallen, Manon Millon
Mathilde works as a waitress for the summer in a small bar in Marseille. She gets along with the group of regulars who casually flirt with her. Like every night, after closing up, she walks home. But this night will not be like the others.

Twaaga
by Cédric Ido
with Sabourou Bamogo, Harouna Ouedrago
Burkina Faso in 1987 is a country in the throes of revolution. Manu, an eight-year-old who loves comics, tags along with Albert, his big brother. When Albert decides to undergo a magic ritual to become invincible, Manu realizes there are real powers to rival those of his comic-book superheroes.

Sanctity
de Ahd Kamel
with Ahd Kamel, Mohammed Baker, Mohammed Osman
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. Areej, a pregnant young lady, loses her husband suddenly. She has lost her parents and the tradition would expect her in-laws to support her financially. But Abdullah, the brother of the deceased, does not agree : Areej's husband owed him a lot of money. He orders her to pay off the debt in question.

La Promotion
by Manu Joucla
with Manu Joucla, Anne Girouard, Luc Anoni, Eric Collado, Giorgia Sinicorni, Eric Massot, Rebecca Potok
For his first board meeting, a recently hired human resources manager, Antoine, doesn't let the fearsome big boss, Duprécy de Chastenay, intimidate him. After the meeting, Duprécy comes to Antoine's office to ask him for a favor…

Les Meutes
by Manuel Schapira
with Abraham Belaga, Nicolas Maury, Cédric Ido, Sigrid Bouaziz, Giorgia Snicorni, Laetitia Spigarelli, Thomas Blanchard, Nicolas Bridet
Friends Franck, Hugo and Philippe attend a housewarming party in a Parisian apartment. At the door, two uninvited men try talking their way inside. The tension escalates.

Passion mécanique
by Ludovic Piette
with Dominique Pinon, Moussa Maaskri, Fazilden Aboudou, Clémentine Sambuc
Amine works as an apprentice in Cherif´s run down garage, not far from Marseille. Polo, Cherif´s employee for many years, never misses an opportunity to make fun of the young man for being a virgin..

Donde esta Kim Basinger
by Edouard Deluc
with Phillipe Rebot et Yvon Martin
Marcus and his brother Antoine land in Argentina to celebrate their cousin’s wedding and to discover the pleasures of the capital, Buenos-Aires. Marcus is joyful, while Antoine, who has just been dumped, is completely down. Marcus is well decided to cheer up his little brother.