Juliette Barrat

Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.

One late summer afternoon, in a suburb in the far north of France, on the outskirts of Calais and the sea. Children and teenagers kill time at the foot of the tower blocks, between buildings and vacant lots. They talk about love, doubts, and hopes, trying to understand what drives them.

In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population's uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood.

Stéphanie is a jovial and strong single mother. She shares everything with her 13-year-old daughter Léna: their passion for Angèle, their clothes, even the teenager's diary, in which Stéphanie corrects omissions... As they go to an Angèle concert with Kali, Lena's best friend, Stéphanie will realize that her baby has grown up.

After breaking up with Boris, Lara returns to her hometown Barcelona. There, her friends, lovers and the Catalan traditions of the ’castells’ will change her dreams and desires.

It’s hot and the holidays are coming to an end. Arthur, Yuna, Lucie and Jurijn are restlessly circling each other, desperately trying to connect. A film about the drama that is puberty, as unpredictable as the emotional roller coaster of these adolescents.

For a residency organized by the University, Miranda Ackerman, a writer, returns to Caen where she lived a decade earlier. She is astonished to discover that the University is hosting her in the very house where she lived with Richard, her partner at the time. Richard now teaches at the university. As they reconnect, she begins to be disturbed by presences in the house.

Dilber is 27, and her mother wants to quickly find a husband for her — especially now that her younger sister Rena is settling into newly married life. But it’s 2017, a time when Uyghur people are being arrested without people knowing why. And one of those detained is Rena’s husband, questioned and held by the local district committee.

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In 1926, a Brancusi sculpture is stopped at the American border. Non-figurative, this artwork is classified as a manufactured article and its owner forced to pay a duty. The artist, Constantin Brancusi, appealed the decision. Judge Byron Waite, a former member of the Customs Board, is chosen to process the trial.

On a winter night in a ski resort in the French Alps, Mona, a young Italian seasonal worker, has locked herself out. She is struggling in the cold while looking for shelter. Her nighttime journey takes her near an unknown presence.

The story of a son who would do everything to fulfill his mother's last wish: to die in Mali.

Mister Jones, old blind painter and admirer of Van Gogh, is looked after in a rest home by Bob, a young male nurse with whom he falls in love. As their relation evolves between fantasy and reality, the small room is transforming into one of Van Gogh’s famous paintings.

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Winter. In the snow-covered mountains of Bulgan, Mongolia, men and women tend to their animals. Around them, wolves prowl. A hunt begins.

In the french neighbourhood of Rosières, a police officer shot a mother during an intervention. Since then, Mory, Toussaint, and Ali, the victim's son, have been trying to continue living.

Three supernatural tales where eternity items are being traded and, within easy reach, put our time, image and language landmarks in jeopardy.

During the night of September 5th, 1879, Camille Doncieux, wife of the painter Claude Monet, dies from a womb cancer. In the early hours of the following morning, the painter makes a last portrait of the one who used to be his model, before becoming his wife and the mother of his two children.

February, 1871. On the eve of the Paris Commune, Rose Beuret, Auguste Rodin's life partner, is alone in the studio. As Rodin is away, she is in charge of one of his unfinished sculptures – clay must stay moist every day. To forget her solitude, Rose takes refuge in the daily care of this mute, incomplete piece. While revolt is rumbling outside, Rose locks herself in the studio and devotes herself entirely to the statue.

Having arrived from Ukraine, Russia, and Lithuania, Natalia, Igor, Sergei and Anna are employed at the shipyards in Saint-Nazaire. Dimly lit shadows silhouetted against the lights of the port, as the blue hour gives way to dawn they tell Clément Pinteaux what they have left behind and what they hope to find on their journey into exile.