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“I’ve been a robber, a thief, a thug. I blew my veins out, I drank, I drank and I fucked chicks. I never stole from the poor. I’m HIV-positive since 16 years. I’m repenting over time. I cleaned myself from my sins. I committed offenses but I never took a human life away. Not yet. Haven’t got an abortion either. These are mortal sins - and as for the others, I paid already. I’ve been the worst of bitches but in this life already I’ve seen the light. My name is Stela, I’m 42 years old and I spent 10 of them in jail. Chaos is my life.”

The small industrial port-city of Fos-sur-mer is located in the South of France. The city and the local population are suffocated by atmospheric pollution from the many refineries and industries surrounding them. Residents have developed strategies based on the convergence of economy and ecology. A culture of togetherness emerged.

A girl and her father speak about their culture, roots and mother.

End of year film produced by Ciné 3, year 2020-2021

"We made our way, we threw ourselves into the arena. We dug the same furrow to explode the stages, sweat on the boards and nothing calculated in concert, as if we were playing our lives, as if it was the last one "...

In 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic raging at historic proportions in the background, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) decided it was its duty to posterity to document the crisis. The communications team took out the mics and cameras to capture what went on inside the hospital walls for one full year.

In 1999, the law on the Pacs is voted, allowing homosexuals to become a couple. In 2013, the law on Marriage for All is voted in turn, allowing access to marriage and parenthood for homosexual couples. In 2021, the law on PMA for all, so that homosexual women are no longer discriminated against in access to maternity, is still being debated while deputies and senators are opposed on many articles of the text. More than twenty years separate these three laws, the fruit of three decades of struggle by activists and associations, women and men politicians. From the ravages of AIDS, the first motor of these struggles, to the agitated parliamentary debates around the Pacs, through the demonstrations of the Manif pour tous, this documentary, illustrated with archival images, gives the floor to the actors to retrace the stages, sometimes forgotten, of this history.

Canada as a refuge for LBGTQ+ immigrants: Yazan from Iraq, Nata from Central Africa, Aida from Iran and Eilyn from Colombia all had to flee their homelands, where violence, threats, hate and rejection prevented them from living their lives and expressing their sexual orientation openly. All they wanted was to be free. From Beirut to Montreal, Quebec City or Vancouver, this ensemble documentary follows the journeys of four people who are determined to change their future. From the terrifying realities they had to flee to the heartbreaking sacrifices they were forced to make, Renaître is a vibrant and luminous tribute to their quiet strength.

A man steals a painting from a museum.

Self Portrait

Lost in the middle of an industrial zone in the working-class suburbs of Paris is Bobigny’s Muslim cemetery, a plot dating back to the colonial era, mixes different worlds and temporalities. Fatima Kaci sets out to discover the rituals, voices, and presences of its visitors. In the woven-together voices and troughs of silence, glimpses of a shared Franco-Algerian memory comes to light.

Veiled Satyr is a science fiction biological tale about the revenge of algae, lichens and fungi on humans: the revolution of microorganisms.

During the summer, the children of Toulouse in France discover their river almost dry. Eager to grow up in a world where fish will not be roasted by the sun, the children imagine their ideal city, a city that no longer uses fossil fuels. But what would a week without oil look like? Children challenge themselves to do without it, and their families, to their great misfortune, will be associated with it willingly or by force. The consequences will not necessarily be the ones we imagine.

A queer re-reading of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. What if the Twelve had been women? Sitting at Christ's table on the eve of the Crucifixion, the apostles question the realities of our common world, and unconsciously come up against the thorny issue of representation.

Do we still believe in love when we are in the autumn of our lives? And how do we love? Through the crossed portraits of septuagenarians, the film questions the love life of seniors today. From André and Marie-France who scour the dating sites in search of a man to their liking to Ginette and Claude, who met in a dance hall and whose Ginette blossoms in her role of housewife always taking care of her man.

2019, Paris, 11-year-old Maxime thinks of jumping into the river. A caped woman stops him. Maxime runs away from this stranger. But Super Marlene as a job to do. The boy reveals that he suffers from not being a Marine to his parents who deny his transidentity. Tonight, Marlene saves Marine and vice versa.

On the border between France and Switzerland, framed by four mountain peaks towering to 4,000 metres, the Aosta Valley offers unspoilt natural landscapes and a rich Alpine heritage. A little corner of Italy whose delicious gastronomy reveals all the flavour of its cheese, delicatessen meats and wine.

When his fiancée Marie dies, Sacha, in the throes of guilt over seeing his soulmate die, learns of his supernatural nature and his destiny, which is linked to the apocalypse and the painful choice between love and saving humanity.

Searching for the real in the world of the virtual, motivated by an urge to exteriorize the feeling of loss and grief. 3D reconstruction of the kitchen of the film author's grandparents, where they had dinner together every Sunday and talked about death.

Uma, a young woman almost reaching adulthood but drowning in melancholy, decides, during her birthday party, to stop time so as never to grow up. At her 20th birthday party, Uma constantly dreads the moment when the cake will be placed on the table and she will have to blow out the candles. Terrified of the responsibilities and blandness of adults, she wishes she could remain a child forever. So she and her friend Sunny decide to stop everything to relive what seemed lost to them...

For 100 years, radio has accompanied the daily lives of millions of listeners. Hosts, journalists, producers, and on-air directors relive the great moments in the history of radio, revealing the behind-the-scenes stories of yesterday's and today's programs, while recalling with emotion their first memories as listeners.

Marseille, a European city like many others. La Plaine, a lively district, a large square, a historic and popular market. A tumultuous battle between, on the one hand, the city council's urban planning services, determined to carry out a major program of "requalification" of the district. On the other hand, a part of the residents, who refuse this gentrification operation, and demand to be associated to the decisions. This epic story lasts 3 years and ends abruptly with the incredible construction of a concrete wall of 2m50 high all around the square. The television of the district, imprinted with the stories of past uprisings, a tool of counter-propaganda throughout this battle, refuses to stop at the report of a defeat and wonders. Summoning the Free Communes of 1871, their joyful and fiery rage, a singular writing takes hold of the fiction. In order to make this collective struggle a victorious human adventure, another way of making the city and the world is envisaged.

Raphaël Colicci is a jack-of-all-trades: osteopath, farmer, beekeeper, forgotten fruit enthusiast, trainer, lecturer... constantly asking himself questions, but above all looking for solutions! It's been nearly 50 years since he rolled uṕ his sleeves in search of concrete proposals to inhabit a living and generous earth.

In the relentless world of professional cycling, every race is a battle-but for the young Breton team known as the "Men in Glaz," the fight is bigger than a finish line. After earning a coveted spot in the 2020 Tour de France, the riders set their sights on an even greater challenge: securing their place in the 2021 edition of the world's most prestigious race. As the team navigates financial uncertainty, fierce competition, and the unforgiving demands of the sport, One Day We'll Win the Tour offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at their journey. Filmmaker Laurent Cadoret captures their grit, sacrifice, and unwavering belief in a shared dream: to stand among cycling's elite and, one day, claim victory on the grandest stage of all.

Victor ends up in a deprived area of ​​the city after the murder of his father. With only his dead father's memory microchip on him, he will be forced to seek help from people he has despised all his life. While searching the murderer, he will discover a tape that will shake up everything he has built himself on.

Alone on a secluded island, a lightkeeper is prisoner of his own madness.

The Chadian national team is unique in soccer. For decades, it has suffered nothing but defeats, failures, and disappointments. Les SAO (The Giants) have never qualified for an international competition final, whether it be the Africa Cup of Nations or the World Cup. Ballon de sable is the story of two football fanatics, Rapide, a former footballer and current coach, and Ezai, a midfielder for the Chadian national team. The film brings to life their deep emotions, frustrations, and shattered dreams.

Based on a poem by Andrée Chedid, animation featuring quilting and other textile crafts as a metaphor for childbirth.

Dordogne, Kingdom of France, July 1749. Adélaïde, a young provincial aristocrat, is about to meet the man her father has chosen for her husband. While strolling through the forest with her cousin, she spots a silhouette in the old abandoned hunting tower.

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the French government has decided to introduce Electric Shepherds to minimize contact between humans and farm animals. Drones have replaced all farmers, breeders, and shepherds. This has led to better hygiene standards, considerably fewer contagion risks, and more efficiency in agricultural monitoring. Even traditional small-scale farming has turned into fully automated animal production. Before this decision, closing city farms were considered, Gilles Amar sheepfold: La Bergerie des Malassis was threatened once again. But closing one more farm would have been a stain on the government's reputation. To correspond to its supposed ecological and green politics, the farm is saved but led by drones. In drone exploitation, Gilles’ words are still written and seem to be the only trace of human-being.