SHORT FILM PROGRAM PART I

Thursday, November 5 – 9:00 am / Friday, November 6 – 11:00 am / Saturday November 7 – 9:00 am • Truffaut Theater

PARFAITE
Drama • France • 2026 • 2’18
Written & Directed by: Léo Grandperret & Nicolas Moreau
Cinematography: Quentin de Lamarzelle
Original Score: Alexandre Chiere
Starring: Ella Binoche, Marie Barraud, Carine Ribert, Ambroise Sabbagh
Produced by: Caroline Anglade (La Pièce Noire)

Ella is participating in her first beauty pageant today, and she’s in good hands.

DIEGO
Drama • France • 2025 • 25’
Written and Directed by: Mélissa Silveira
Cinematography: Jérémie Attard
Original Score: Thomas Krameyer
Starring: Sofian Ribes, Malou Khebizi, David Ayala
Produced by: Eugénie Varela de Casa (Topshot Films, Les Films du Crabe)
International Sales: Manifest

Vanessa (21) lives with her disabled brother, Diego (20), and their father, Antonio. The trio’s happy, well-oiled routine is about to be upset by Diego’s sexual awakening.

GOD IS SHY / Dieu est timide
Animation, Fantasy, Drama • France • 2025 • 15’34
Written and Directed by: Jocelyn Charles
Original Score: P.R2B
Voices: Danièle Évenou, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Anthony Bajon
Produced by: Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry & Joséphine Mancini (Remembers)
International Sales: Manifest

Traveling by train, Ariel and Paul amuse themselves by making drawings of their greatest fears. Then Gilda, a strange passenger, invites herself into their confidences. But that fearful experience doesn’t seem quite as innocent as their drawings.

STUD / Saillie
Comedy, Romance • France • 2026 • 9’31
Written and Directed by: Aude Thuries
Cinematography: Éva Sehet
Original Score:Audrey Ismaël
Starring: Noémie Lvovsky, Guillaume Guallienne
Produced by: Clément Bancel (Topshot Films), Eugénie Varela de Casa (Les Films du Crabe)
International Sales: Manifest

Frédérique, a woman in her fifties, has dressed up to walk her dog, Pauline. On the forest trail, she meets Philippe and his dog, Magic. The dogs gradually get closer. Will their owners follow suit?

FAUX BIJOUX
Drama • France, Lebanon, Germany • 2026 • 22’
Written by: Jessy Moussallem & Jihad Hojeily
Directed by: Jessy Moussallem
Cinematography: Robbie Rayan
Original Score: Amine Bouhafa
Starring: Maria Schmouri, Akram Nayef, Samer Elsayyed, Seidi Haarla
Produced by: Jean-Baptiste Savary, Olivier Muller, Gary Farkas and Clément Lepoutre (Vixens), Jessy Moussallem
International Sales: Salaud Morisset

Mireille promises Johnny a shot on the big screen, dragging him to an audition. But only she really knows the rules of the game.

AGNÈS
Drama • France • 2026 • 15’
Written by: Nora Arnezeder & Caitlin Keats
Directed by: Nora Arnezeder
Cinematography: Jérémie Attard
Original Score: Féloche
Starring: Kim Higelin, Kesley Crane, Carima Amarouche, Avery Wilson, Rhonda Bankston
Produced by: Maxime Delauney & Romain Rousseau (Nolita Cinéma), Lisa Donmall-Reeve (LDR Creative), Anaïs Aidoud & Sammy Lamboley (Blue Face Films), Laurent Fumeron (The Project Film Club)
International Sales: Manifest

Agnès, a young French actress in Los Angeles, dreams of making it big in the United States. But a quick stop at the supermarket, just before a neighborhood party, changes everything.

WATER GIRL / Fille de l’eau
Animation, Drama • France, Portugal, Netherland • 2025 • 15’
Written & Directed by: Sandra Desmazières
Original Score: Manuel Merlot & Cedryck Santens
Produced by: Jérôme Barthélemy, Daniel Sauvage & Olivier Catherin (Caïmans Productions), Vanessa Ventura & Nuno Amorin (Animais), Richard Valk (Valk Productions)
International Sales: L’Agence du Court Métrage

Mia has spent her entire life free diving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, leaving its traces on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.

VULTURES
Drama, Thriller • France, South Africa • 2025 • 15’
Written &  Directed by: Dian Weys
Cinematography: Pierre de Villiers
Starring: Edwin Van Der Walt, Jill Levenberg, Albert Petrorius
Produced by: Emilie Dubois & Anaïs Bertrand (Insolence Productions), Leroux Fourie (Electronic Roof Films)
International Sales: Salaud Morisset

In the volatile moments after a car crash, but before the authorities arrive, a hot-headed yet desperate tow truck driver fiercely protects his tow. However, the situation quickly spirals out of control.

CRAZY SHOOT / Les Bronzés font du psy
Comedy • France, Switzerland • 2026 • 11’
Written & Directed by: Marie Leconte
Cinematography: Kevin Laurent
Starring: Patrice Leconte, Grégoire Champion, Léa Hochstädter
Produced by: Éric Bitoun & Adèle Ménard (Skopia Films), Nicholas Hochstädter (H Productions)
International Sales: Skopia Films

As part of an audacious artistic project, an eccentric photographer sets out to cast renowned French filmmaker Patrice Leconte in the unlikely role of a psychiatric hospital patient.

SISTERS’ SWIM / Le Bain des sirènes
Animation, Drama, Coming-of-age film • France, Belgium • 2026 • 15’
Written by: Lola Degove & Zoé Bertemont
Directed by: Lola Degove
Original Score: Aliénore Doublet
Voices: Mara Taquin, Éva Huault, Yolande Moreau
Produced by: Priscilla Bertin & Judith Nora (Silex Films), Vincent Tavier & Hugo Deghilage (Panique!)
International Sales: Miyu Distribution

Every year, Rose and Lina, two sisters who aren’t particularly close, must make a trip to Ostend, Belgium for the traditional New Year's Day swim imposed by their mother. But this year, she is no longer there.

HOOVER DISCO
Drama • France • 2026 • 21’
Written & Directed by: Kei Lam
Cinematography: Arthur Lauters
Original Score: Paul Sabin
Starring: Elise Tilloloy, Yingying Hou, Matthieu Lucci, Natte You, Zhuoer Zhu
Produced by: Emmanuel Chaumet (Ecce Films)
International Sales: Ecce Films

Twenty-five-year-old DJ/composer Nora, who grew up in France, seeks her modest Chinese-immigrant mother’s approval, but they don’t speak the same language.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD / La Plus belle fille du monde
Comedy • France • 2026 • 17’
Written & Directed by: Vassili Schneider
Based on the short story by: Raphaël Haroche
Cinematography: Léo Schrepel
Original Score: Benjamin Grossman, Vassili Schneider
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Eva Danino, Juliette Blanche, Xavier Thiam
Produced by: Jeanne Breteau (Ad Vitam Court), Anthony Vaccarello (Saint Laurent Productions)
International Sales: Manifest

Gabriel has befriended “the most beautiful girl in the world.” Obsessed and eager to please her, he sets aside all his convictions.

LIPPENSTIFT
Drama, Comedy • France • 2025 • 18’53
Written & Directed by: Elsa Diringer
Cinematography: Jean-Baptiste Moutrille
Original Score: Thibaut Barbillon
Starring: Maud Wyler, Christophe Paou, Evan Boisson, Sacha Wolff
Produced by: Emmanuelle Latourrette & Fabrice Préel-Cléach (Offshore)
International Sales: Manifest

Tomorrow is Benedicte’s stepfather's funeral. She has to deal with her children’s anxieties, see her patients before leaving, make sandwiches for the trip, and put up with her husband’s sarcasm. So far, she’s holding it together.

DANSE MACABRE
Animation, Horror, War • Netherlands, France, Belgium, Hungary • 2026 • 5’
Written & Directed by: Hisko Hulsing
Based on the music of: Dmitri Shostakovich (Symphonie #10, second movement)
Produced by: Richard Valk (Valk Productions), Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit), Viviane Vanfleteren (Vivi Films), Réka Temple (Cinemon Entertainment)
International Sales: Autour de Minuit

A sinister army emerges from the darkness, sounding the trumpets of war. Shostakovich’s music drags us into an apocalyptic maelstrom of terror and destruction, incarnating past, present and future wars.