Films
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28e
Pacific Club
Valentin Noujaïm
France, Qatar, Documentary
In 1979, the Pacific Club was opened in the basement of La Défense—the business district of Paris. It was the first nightclub for Arabs from the suburbs; a parallel world of dance, sweat, young loves, and one-night utopias. Azedine, 17 years old at the time, tells us the forgotten story of this club and of this generation who dreamed of becoming part of France, but who soon came face to face with racism, the AIDS epidemic, and heroin.
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28e
Parc-Ex au coeur de MTL
Ayesha Sheikh
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Every Sunday, Hudson returns to Park Extension to see his father. Along the way, he runs into his childhood friend, Baki. Together, they wander their old stomping grounds, just like when they were kids. As they walk, Hudson reminisces about how the neighbourhood shaped who he has become.
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28e
Peut-être pour toi
Alexander Ophaug
Norway, Fiction
Ruben (11), Mia (6), and their mother live in a suburb outside Bergen, Norway. In the midst of hopelessness and everyday poverty, the desire for normalcy leads to a fateful shopping trip and a surprising theft.
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28e
Pleine nuit
Manon Coubia
Belgium, Fiction
2022. One morning, the police defines a security perimeter on the edge of a lake, in front of the family house where Louison came for the holidays. Weapons from the Second World War have been detected by divers. Louison’s grandmother could be complicit…
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28e
Poisson-globe
Julia Ocker
Germany, Animation
In an ocean full of big, bad fish, the pufferfish is trying to seem as big and strong as possible.
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28e
Preoperational Model
Philip Ullman
Netherlands, Animation
In Preoperational Model, anthropomorphic princess Sophie and her maid Jessica prepare for a new day at the royal court. Sophie's struggle to play her role propels the two protagonists forward and backward in time, through worlds and identities to find a way to live together.
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28e
Primetime Mother
Sonny Calvento
Singapore, Philippines, Fiction
The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity in Sonny Calvento’s bold satire.
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28e
Princesse Aubergine
Dina Velikovskaya
Germany, Animation
A king and a queen have almost everything, but something is missing. Desperate as they are, they search for the perfect seed to grow a child, but the only thing flourishing is their garden.
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28e
Qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte ?
Bram Algoed
Belgium, Animation
L'histoire d'un pilote, d'un capitaine, d'un machiniste, d'un chauffeur, d'un facteur, d'une fille... et d'une boîte géante. Qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte, la boîte géante que le pilote a ramenée d'un pays très très lointain ? Probablement un éléphant, pense le capitaine, et il charge très soigneusement la caisse sur son navire. Le navire boitille et vacille en haute mer. Une forte rafale brise les parois de la boîte en grinçant. Et qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte ? Encore une boîte !
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28e
Quem Salva
Laure Devin & Maxime Bourstin & Nathan Medam & Charles Hechinger & Titouan Jaouen
France, Animation
Sidnei is a young recruit of the fire department fighting forest fires in the Amazon. During his first mission, he will be separated from the group and will have to undertake a perilous mission, guided by his mentor, Joao. Sidnei will be confronted with a choice: follow the orders of the hierarchy or save a thousand-year-old tree at the risk of his life.