BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
Paul Diallo, a history teacher, lives a quiet life with his wife and kid. During summertime, he lends their house to their nanny and her husband. When they return, the locks have been changed and the new occupants maintain they are now in their home. With no one around to help, Paul gets closer to Mickey, a shady character with a penchant for all things extreme and illegal. Soon the once anti-violent teacher reaches the point of no return.
FIVE INTERCONNECTED STORIES EXPLORE THE EXTREMITIES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Algorithms, Technophobics, Dating App addicts, Vloggers, cloud security breach… each one of us can relate to the wired madness happening on screen. In five subversive and hilarious Black Mirror-like tales, Selfie takes on our digital shortcomings and shows how the new 2.0 era is driving all of us nuts!
A DEEPLY MOVING THRILLER SET AGAINST THE DRUG WARS AND EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE PHILIPPINES
In the summer of 2016 in Manila, newly elected Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte launches an anti-drug campaign called Operation Tokhang. Local officials and law enforcement go door-to- door and invite Maria and Arturo, suspected drug users, to surrender and add their names to the “drug watch list.”
Soon after, Arturo is found dead in the streets under mysterious circumstances. Maria is left to fend for their three children in a virtual police state. As she delves into Manila’s dark underworld of cops, criminals and drugs to find answers, she realizes the truth is never black and white, and that she must confront her own darkness to keep her family safe.
THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN FROM THE PROJECTS READY TO DO ANYTHING TO BECOME A PRO SURFER
Samir lives in the projects of a second zone city in France. he is bored, rebellious, and on the verge to become a small-time criminal. Until his dad brutally dies and he has to become a plumber to be the breadwinner
for his family. But accompanying his younger sister to the public library, he stumbles upon a surfing magazine and has a revelation: he too shall ride the waves professionally one day. The hiccup ? he doesn’t even know how to swim. Enters, an ex-bodybuilding champion and local loser who will takes him under his wing and decides to help. Samir then leaves for the French surfing beaches, decided to make his dreams come true.
A tender, feminist teen noir that redefines the highschool movie.
In rural Illinois, a young girl’s disappearance traumatizes the small town residents, as secrets are revealed, destroying some relationships and strengthening others. Three girls, Charlotte, Laurel and Joanna, form a bond in the aftermath of the tragedy. Sophomore year in the racially diverse com- munity turns strange when a succession of traumas accelerates each charac- ter’s coming-of-age and mysteries emerge from every complication.
Their girlhood is a place of transcendence but also transgression in a movie that embraces its own style, reminiscent of such beloved teen classics like American Graffiti, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Dazed and Confused, Mean Girls and Brick that form part of its rich cultural DNA.
Knives And Skin is Jennifer’s second feature. Her first feature, Signature Move, world-premiered at SXSW and played in over 140 festivals around the world receiving the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding American Narrative Feature at L.A. Outfest in 2017 as well as best director at FilmOut San Diego. Reeder’s short work in the past ten years has been seen at a number of the major festivals around the world, including Berlin, Sundance, Rotterdam, London, SXSW, the Venice Biennale.
A feel-good comedy about the difficult situation of migrant kids.
Damien and his sister Melanie lived a happy childhood, yet shaken but the constant battles led by their militant parents. After the sudden death of their mother, the rebellious spark of the family went off. 20 years later, Damien is an educator in primary school. When one paperless kid is about to be expelled out of the country with his mother, he decides to tell the authorities he is the father.
Soon he convinces his sister, now a fierce delusioned lawyer, and his best friend Rudy to join the fight. Together, they will do anything to help kids from being sent back in their dangerous countries, even if it means adopting many more…
Welcome to Paranoia, the ultimate escape game.
Rule #1: Nothing is real
Rule #2: One of you will die
Lucas and Chloe, two passionate gamers, decide to participate to Paranoia, a very exclusive escape game.
After solving a first riddle, they make it to the location of the finale in an abandoned mental hospital, lost in a frightening forest.
There, four other participants are waiting on them. They soon realize that only one of them will get out of there alive.
Based on the best selling novel “Puzzle“ by Franck Thilliez, with more than 330’000 copies sold: “Hellish settings, characters manipulated like puppets, all the key ingredients to great suspense. All the pieces of the puzzle fit perfectly“.
From Cannes selected director Xavier Durringer comes an intense look at the gangster life in paradisiac Thailand.
After a heist in Paris, five friends live the good life in Phuket : beautiful girls, swimsuits and Havaianas on their feet every day. They own and run go go bars, beach restaurants, hotels and clubs. They were nothing in France, now they’re kings in Thailand.
Until Mehdi, who was left behind at their last job and considered the meanest of them all, is released from prison after 15 years of silence protecting them.
Now he arrives in Phuket to meet his brother and friends. But mostly to get his long-awaited share. The problem is, there’s no share left. That’s when Mehdi decides to turn their paradise into hell.
Shot on locations where no cameras were ever allowed before, and boasting some of the biggest French rap stars on the soundtrack and on the screen, Paradise Beach will take you for a ride with a new generation of criminals.
With its razor-sharp dialogue, breathless action, themes of true love and wicked humor, a stylish romantic thriller in the vein of Bonnie & Clyde and True Romance.
Seven, a high-end drug dealer, has his game perfected. His life revolves around trust-fund clients, model parties, and crazed drug-fueled escapades. A perfect setup that he shares with Maddie, the yin to his yang and soulmate. Until a long lost childhood friend of Seven appears out of nowhere and asks for help with a sketchy deal. Against his better judgment, Seven accepts for old times’ sake, unaware that it will set off an irreversible chain of events where no one is spared and everyone is to blame.
Pierre Niney stars in this inspirational journey based on a true story.
Frank is one of the best firefighters in Paris. Their motto: to save or perish. Married with newborn kids, he is happy. Waiting for what all men like him are waiting for: test by fire. When that test arrives, Frank sacrifices himself, stuck in the blaze and rescuing his unit. He miraculously wakes up at the Serious Burn Unit and understands that his face melted in the flames and his body is changed forever. A long recovery process starts where Frank will need to accept to be saved as well.
