A selection of shorts from UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy’s Young French Cinema program. Featuring the work of Yulia Aronova, Hadrien Bichet, Maïmouna Doucouré, Paul Wenninger, and Just Philippot.
These films are a part of the Young French Cinema program, which was made possible with the support of UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
One, Two, Tree
Director(s): Yulia Aronova | Runtime: 6 min | Country: France/Switzerland
It’s the story of a tree, a tree like any other. One day, it jumps into a pair of boots and goes off for a walk, inviting everyone it meets to follow. Boring everyday life fades as they all skip and dance along happily.
Don't Speak About Love (Ne parlez pas d'amour)
Director(s): Hadrien Bichet | Runtime: 22 min | Country: France
Samir, a junior in high school, edgy and impulsive, is in love with Lea, a classmate in a wheelchair. After he is unjustly expelled from school, he is set upon revenge.
Mother(s) (Maman(s))
Director(s): Maïmouna Doucouré | Runtime: 21 min | Country: France
Aida, 8 years old, lives with her family in the Parisian suburbs. The day her father comes back from his trip to Senegal, their mother country, Aida’s daily life is completely upset : her father is not alone, he came back with a young Senegalese, Rama, whom he introduces as his second wife.
Winner Short Cuts Award for Best Film, TIFF 2015
Uncanny Valley
Director(s): Paul Wenninger | Runtime: 13 min | Country: France/Austria
In Uncanny Valley, we are at once bombarded by the psychological and physical intensity of a battle fought between desperate soldiers during the First World War. Within the horizon of a physiological apparatus and a gaze towards war, Uncanny Valley develops a dramaturgy of the image interrupted, a stuttering picture that interrupts the narrative structure of the scenic sequence.
Breath (Ses souffles)
Director(s): Just Philippot | Runtime: 23 min | Country: France
Lizon has just attended her friend Marie’s birthday. The friends around the birthday cake, the candles to be blown, the wish to be made amazed her. For her ninth birthday, Lizon wants the same thing. A birthday with a cake, candles and her friends, at her home: in the car.
Unifrance films Award for Short Film, 2015 (Prix Spécial)
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