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Recently immigrated to France from Syria, Ghaydaa is preparing for a special day: It is the first return of her son Shahin in France, but the separation between mother and son is proving more difficult than she thought.

It’s hot and the holidays are coming to an end. Arthur, Yuna, Lucie and Jurijn are restlessly circling each other, desperately trying to connect. A film about the drama that is puberty, as unpredictable as the emotional roller coaster of these adolescents.

A sweltering July evening on a Manhattan balcony. A cast-iron flowerpot shatters the chair Richard Sherman had been sitting in just seconds before. His upstairs neighbor has accidentally knocked over her tomato plant. This incident, which could have been fatal for Richard, turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to him.

Guillaume, a computer scientist in his thirties, has never managed to overcome his pathological shyness with girls. In desperation, he consults a seduction coach, but the course turns out to be a scam. Humiliated one too many times, Guillaume goes behind his computer screen to take revenge.

On the salt lake of Bonneville, thrills of engines are heard in the distance. At the wheel is Icare, a chimpanzee determined to exceed the known speed limits. In iconic vehicles and ever more powerful, Icare will try to reach the ultimate speed of 400 mph, considered inaccessible for land vehicles. Will he succeed in surpassing himself or will he be consumed in his destructive quest?

Khadiga is a young 18-year-old mother living alone with her baby after her husband left for work in a remote city. One day, she makes her way through the hustle of Cairo streets to do some visits where she feels uncomfortable with the surroundings.

This short film presents graphic designer Philippe Apeloig's installation: "Ces murs qui nous font signe" (These walls that beckon us). At the Panthéon, on September 16, 17, and 18, 2021, from 8 p.m. to midnight, photographs of more than a thousand Parisian commemorative plaques from World War II will be projected onto the exterior walls of the monument. Denis Podalydès reads a text by Philippe Apeloig, accompanied by music by Noëmi Waysfeld.

After an early death, a girl is reborn into a new existence, cast into the confines of the perpetual. But she soon develops a passion for her new body and begins to feel a deep desire to inhabit it.

An ongoing portrait of Max Turnheim that begun in 2002 when he was 20 years old.

Piano virtuoso Sofiane Pamart was just 4 years old when he took up the piano. A child prodigy with an ultra-competitive spirit, he proclaimed himself the ‘Piano King’ and clearly defined his ambitions: To be the world's number one piano player.

When the French authorities closed their borders, landed their planes, confined their citizens to their homes, spreading the police on the streets. I was in Paris. Without any planning, the memory coming from Palestine began to flow and merge with the diaries I live here, and the virus began to awaken other viruses, which made me spontaneously, as a Palestinian citizen, besieged in the most beautiful Parisian neighbourhood (Montmartre), busy documenting aspects of diaries and memories in a period of time that changed the face of the scientist.

One ordinary citizen keeps his family out of poverty by cleaning up bloody crime scenes across Mexico City. This innovative feature, mixing documentary, surreal animations and a Mariachi chorus centres around Donovan Tavera and his struggle to continue his bloody work whilst keeping not only his wife and daughter together but also his mind. The film brings many of the haunting dead clients of Donovan back to cinematic life and thus denounces the terrible violence raging in Mexico. It thereby reveals the extraordinary balancing act between life and death needed to survive in modern Mexico.

After being constantly bullied at school by her classmate Kevin, 8-year-old Claire discovers that the boy who is giving her hard time is also suffering and might need her help…

June 2042. The organic farm of L'aiguille is bustling with activity. Midsummer is near, announcing, like every year, the end of the compulsory ecological service. It is time for Nour, Léon and the others to say goodbye and to choose the life they wish to lead.

A smile travels through the world of sadness, transformed by emotions and thoughts but a kiss of love brings it back home.

Karim is a young queer science fiction filmmaker. The grief of his break-up with Paul prevents him from writing the script for his film Nuit de Chine. On his mother's advice, he gives up science fiction to write a film about love. One afternoon at the café, he runs into the hero of his film, Fouad, and falls in love.

Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into action: it was time for the "New Deal". This bold plan, designed to turn around a nation on the brink of collapse, where unemployment was at an all-time high and the working poor were suffering from the precariousness of the job market, was intended to give hope to a country that had been battered before anything else. Once he came to power, the new president from the Democratic Party immediately passed some fifteen laws designed to revive the economy.

Year 2038. France is continuing its energy transition plan and travelling more than one hundred kilometres is prohibited. At the wheel of her electric van, the intrepid Luna braves the ban to drive her 20-year-old son, Erwan, to the Free Zone. Savouring her last moments with him, Luna rides with him to perhaps better let him go.

On June 26, 1813, Austrian Foreign Minister Klemens von Metternich went to meet Napoleon Bonaparte at his headquarters in Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony. Although the French emperor still dominated Europe, the disastrous Russian campaign had sapped his military power. Could France continue to count on Austria's support? A nine-hour private meeting would decide the fate of Europe.

The military history of animals is surprising and little-known. Starting from a strange London memorial dedicated to war animals, the evocative power of animation and the testimonies of those who are passionate about this long history, this documentary sets out to meet these anonymous heroes.

Every year in northern Canada, polar bears migrate to Hudson Bay to hunt seals. From October to November, while waiting for the ice pack to form, they take up residence on the outskirts of the town of Churchill. Hunted for a long time and now the stars of safaris, the bears have become a tourist attraction and therefore a considerable source of income for Churchill.

Boris Labbé offers a rearranged, reworked, re-dubbed version of the scenographic work produced for Angelin Preljocaj’s 2020 creation: Le Lac des Cygnes. The videos show the constant tension between natural and architectural elements. The landscapes, often very dark, are both hyper-realistic and hyper-artificial. They bring us face to face with the possibility of a world which is tipping ever more towards virtuality or disproportionate construction.

Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he was both a direct witness and a narrator of his times and his poem is a remarkable geopolitical chronicle of a tumultuous period of the Middle Ages from 1300 to 1320, a time when Kings, Popes, rulers and warlords played a deadly chess game for the control of Europe. In this high end docudrama, some of the world's finest scholars will help provide historical context to the unfolding of events, making them accessible to a wide audience, and giving us a privileged viewpoint over one of the most eventful and funding chapters of European history.

It's raining in the horned quartet's field. Marguerite, Aglaé, Clarisse and Rosine are grumbling about the bad weather. When it's raining you can't have any fun! Isn't that right Charly?

Accompanied by Vladimir Cauchemar, Thomas will be joined by many guests: Camille Chamoux, Teddy Riner, Kad Merad, Matthieu Longatte, Marie Portolano, Roman Frayssinet, Samir Guesmi, Jean Imbert, Hafid Benamar, Mister V, Dominique Armand, Redouane?

Pollution, global warming, overpopulation. For Jean-Claude and Maddy there is only one solution: Leave Earth asking for help from aliens. But when a little green man lands to save them, things are not going to go as planned.

While, all over the world, multiple wild species are threatened, raccoons are displaying an unprecedented expansion. Beneath the innocent and graceful plush exterior hides an unparalleled "survivor" temperament. Omnivorous, curious, intelligent and extremely adaptable, raccoons prove to be very good at overcoming any challenge thrown by humans. But how do these clever creatures manage to survive both in the wild and in urban settings? Set in one summer in Georgia, USA, this film follows a litter of young raccoons from birth to adulthood on Jekyll Island.

Accompanying activist Nardjes with his camera, Karim Aïnouz documents the youth culture, which is confidently taking to the streets for a democratic future in Algeria, whose independence their parents and grandparents have already fought.

Mixing history, romanticism and passion for the arts, this film tells the saga of the Morozov brothers, Russian textile industrialists. Mikhail and Ivan Morozov assembled one of the most remarkable collections of French art in the world.

25-year-old Ghofrane dreams of becoming a politician and having an influence on the future of Tunisia. As a young black woman from the working class, it is a dream that requires stamina – and she has plenty of it. Raja Amari’s film follows her up to the election in 2019 when she is on the streets to gather votes and give especially young people renewed faith in democracy in a polarised society plagued by racism and inequality. A smaller film might turn a blind eye on realism in favour of a good story, but here both Ghofrane nor Amari are aware of the exhausting struggles that have to be overcome before she can bring about the change she so fervently longs to see happening. An inspiring film about a true idealist and a rich image of a society full of contrasts.

He is confident, funny, imposing, and speaks his mind: the complete opposite of his best friend, who is shy and reserved. Two boys, two friends with contrasting personalities, yet brought together by circumstance. What would they be without each other...?

Beyond his talent as an imitator, Thierry Le Luron is first of all a caricature of his contemporaries, whether politicians, journalists or music stars.

After a decade of isolation in psychiatric institutions, Jon, a paranoid schizophrenic, finds his salvation in online video games.

Rue de Rennes in Paris, February 11, 1984. A ceaseless ballet of motor vehicles and passersby create a hypnotic choreography.

Die Reise nach Wien was filmed in parallel with the retrospective of Gérard Courant's films at the Studio Molière organised by the French Institute in Vienna. Die Reise nach Wien is a cinematic tour of the city of Vienna. The film takes place at length in front of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera).

When he arrives at a prestigious military boarding school, Woyzeck, an officer's son, meets Bakary, his roommate, who comes from a modest background. On an induction night, the two young boys will try to find their place within the "Famille traditionnelle" (meaning traditional family), a group of influential students.

In a summer Paris, during an epidemic, a ghostly character from another time discovers our contemporary urban life. His contemplative wandering, from afternoon to dawn, gives him ideas of alexandrines; those of Melancholia, written by Victor Hugo in 1856...

Soan, 20, is a young man like many others but suffers from obsessive disorders. He would like to share his music in the open but the outside world seems hostile to him. Will he be able to overcome his difficulties to realize his artistic dream?

A series of scenes shot in different countries around the world, which explore the relationship between people and smoking, under various situations and emotions, which rise up certain questions about the reasons that motivates them to smoke in these moments of their lives.

A young man on Christmas Eve prostitutes himself in the streets of Paris. He is going to meet his guardian angel.

Two explorers in search of a forgotten treasure disturb the romance between an octopus and its beloved.