Phénix Brossard

Hugo is 19 years old. Like every summer, he spends his vacation on an Atlantic island, in the small family home. But this year is different; Hugo has physically transformed and arrives accompanied by his girlfriend, Queen, a beautician whose wit and long rhinestone nails contrast with the young man's sobriety and shyness. (imdb)

Since he was a kid, Yazid has one big passion, pastry making. Raised between foster homes and group homes, the young man will try to make his dream come true: to work with the greatest pastry chefs and become the best. (imdb)

Thirteen-year-old Nathan is about to join Malik and his gang for a strange integration ritual.

Algeria, 1961. France has just detonated its fourth atomic bomb. A group of seven soldiers is sent to the point of impact to take samples and measure radioactivity. But the further they go, the more the Captain, a war veteran in his fifties, is confronted with the paradoxes of a changing world. (imdb)

Alice; a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe.

The Van finally stops, the doors open and the Son comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his Father with him. (festivalscope)

In Simon Amstell's affecting, bittersweet comedy, a rising young filmmaker is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance and the upcoming premiere of his second feature. (imdb)

Chloé, a young policewoman, is transferred to Cayenne, the capitol of French Guiana. The day after her arrival she is confronted with her first case, which she and her Guinean colleague Dialo are assigned to solve. (imdb)

After five years of higher education, Red is still looking for work and struggles with exclusion every day. Slowly, he moves away from Anna, the love of his life. Following a letter notifying him of his dismissal, he went to the Employment Agency, where he was refused an appointment. With nothing left to lose, he then takes the staff and the public hostage. (allocine)

An otherwise nuclear family unravels in the South of France. (imdb)