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Ciné Club
Short movies in French to discover
On the occasion of the short-movie festival (La fête du court-métrage) and Francophonie month.
Movies suitable for ages from 12 years old and above.
Enjoy short movies!
Browse through for our selection of short movies:
(Pre-session)
AFFRANCHIES
Freed
On the occasion of International Women's Day, we are offering a pre-session with
AFFRANCHIES (Freed), a selection of portraits of women who stand out and who, through their choices, demonstrate audacity, independence and assertive freedom.
À POINT (The Right Time) by Aurélie Marpeaux
Anna, eighteen years old, has always lived in a housing estate in Bourg-en-Bresse. But when a great professional opportunity obliges her to leave for Paris, she does not seem ready to leave behind her, her neighborhood, her friends and her memories. All his identity, in short. What will she be willing to give up?
By Aurélie Marpeaux | Year: 2021 | Duration: 20min
Genre: Comedy-drama, Biopic | With Zoé Héran, Iliès Kadri, Philippe Rebbot
BEACH FLAGS by Sarah Saidan
Vida is a young lifeguard swimmer from Iran. Favorite in her team, she is determined to fight to participate in an international competition in Australia. But, with the arrival of Sareh, as fast as she is, she will be confronted with an unexpected situation.
By Sarah Saidan | Year: 2014 | Duration: 00:13:39 | Country: France
L’AVENTURE C’EST L’AVENTURE
Adventure is adventure
This series will start with a short movie:
INVASION DAY
A gigantic spaceship disrupts the tranquility of Paris life, sucking up everything in its path.
By Vincent de Bellis, Milos Eratostene, Terence Guilpin, Léo Lefebvre, Raphaël Leylavergne, Arthur Loiseau, Mohamed Oumoumad, Dimitri Trouve | Year: 2016 | Duration: 00:03:00 Country: France | Genre: Fiction | Production : ISART Digital
Follow the main characters of the following short movies in their explorations of all kinds.
PARIS SHANGHAI
At the start of his 20,000 kilometre bike ride Manu crosses paths with Victor, a teenager behind the wheel of a stolen car. Manu enjoys travelling, open spaces and making new friends. Victor does not.
By Thomas Cailley | Year: 2010 | Duration: 00:25:0 | Country: France
Genre: Fiction | With Franc Bruneau, Constantin Burazovitch, Marie Fédélic, Laure Gouzian, Rose Beignier, Élizabeth Marty, Alain Marty, Arthur Monteilhet
Music: Guillaume Becker, Fabricio Nicolas, Stanislas Delannoy, Rémi Bourcereau,
Thomas Cailley | Production : Little Cinema
Coproduction : Fenêtre sur Prod, Les Films Dorla
CANYON
A tourist bus on an excursion in the mountains. After a short pit stop, part of the tour group suspects that one of their own is missing ; despite the confusion, the bus isn't risking leaving anyone behind, especially in such a harsh environment. The group wavers, doubts and begins to lose patience - who is it really that is lost ?
By Martin Scali | Year: 2020 | Duration: 00:19:00 | Country: France
Genre: Fiction | With Pauline Lorillard, Emmanuel Matte, Coralie Russier, Anne Broussard, Fred Epaud | Music: Nico Motte | Production : Vixens
An interlude:
VICIOUS CYCLE
Vicious Cycle features a group of little autonomous robots performing a range of repetitive functions, driven by mechanical devices. But as the mechanisms mercilessly start getting faster and faster, things take a turn for the worse for the helpless robots.
By Michael Marczewski | Year: 2017 | Duration: 00:03:22 | Country: France
Genre: Animation, Experimental | Music: Marcus Olsson Autoproduction
ÉCHAPPER À LA RÉALITÉ
Escape reality
All means are good to escape reality, even the most absurd.
L’HOMME SILENCIEUX (The silent man)
On the esplanade of La Défense, a man in a suit wanders about, lost. He has just been dismissed and he hasn't gone home. From one of the high towers of the business district, his former colleagues observe him and wonder why he is still there, and what he may have in mind.
By Nyima Cartier | Year: 2020 | Duration: 00:14:30 | Country: France
Genre: Fiction | With Alexandre Steiger, Jules Sagot, Victoire Du Bois, Solal Bouloudnine
A transition:
SUBWAY IDIOT 2
An idiot who runs along the subway trains falls in love...
By Colin Elzie | Year: 2016 | Duration: 00:01:40 | Country: United States
Genre: Fiction | With Arthur Meyer, Becky Krause, Seth Reiss Autoproduction
SORTIR DE NOS PRISONS
Getting out of our prisons
Whether real, mental, or family, we always find a way to break free from our prisons.
RODÉO
Eighteen-year-old Mike is passionate about wine and is preparing to pass his end-of-studies sommelier exam and to go and work far from his family. At the same time, his father, a farmer who uses brutal methods, involves him in an old territory war.
By Sylvain Pioutaz. | Year: 2017 | Duration: 00:18:55 | Country: France
Genre: Fiction | With Rio Vega, Anthony Paliotti, Léonie Simaga, Adil Dehbi, Lancelot Cherer, Laurent Fernandez | Music: Sylvain Lemêtre | Production : Takami Productions
To conclude:
GÂTEAU GATO
"Gâteau Gato", new short-film by Alexandre Dubosc, specialized in cooked stop motion.
By Alexandre Dubosc | Year: 2018 | Duration: 00:01:28 | Country: France
