Mila Olivier
Editing
Biography
Born in Paris in 1995, Mila grew up in Montreal. She joined the editing department of La Fémis in 2019 and decided to put her strange fascination with fashion youtubers to good use in her diploma film Diamond Himalaya. As an editor, she worked on Virgil Vernier's latest medium-length film.
Known For
Iulia lives alone in Monaco since her father left, who returned to Russia due to sanctions against their country. She no longer attends school. She feels increasingly lonely and threatened.
Imperial Princess
In the 1980s, a family of Algerian origin set off from Parisian Suburb Asnières-sur-Seine in France towards Marseille to take the ferry to Algeria. Lydia is spending her first summer without her big sister, who has just gotten married. The father promises his children that they will discover a wonderful country that he has always been homesick for. In the rickety vehicle they are travelling in, there is an atmosphere of joy and excitement, freedom and nostalgia. But the mood in the small, cramped van quickly turns negative as the father becomes more and more annoyed and patriarchal the closer they get to their destination.
After the Sun
Najib, 16, spends his summer on a video game, until his mother, Asma, discovers the death of their elderly and lonely neighbor. He steals the keys to the apartment, and dives into an unexpected world.
Oceania
Alice is a doctor in a screening center for STDs. Every day, she asks the patients about their intimacy, before taking blood samples. When she returns to her apartment, she finds Bianca languidly waiting for her. When the time comes, Alice spills the patients' blood on her tongue, telling her their stories.
Drinking at a Stream
Los Angeles in the world of rodent exterminators, with Sean Price Williams as cinematographer.
Hidden Hills
Relegated to the middle of an industrial zone in the suburbs, the Muslim cemetery of Bobigny dates back to the colonial era. Fatima Kaci makes it the set of encounters, rituals, voices and presences of its visitors. Fragments of a common memory between France and Algeria erupt from the spoken dialogues and within the hollow of the silences.
The Cemetery
On the Internet, girls tell of their quest for the grail: getting a Birkin, the most prized, expensive and rarest handbag in the world.
Diamond Himalaya
A YouTuber navigates between isolation and connectivity in a crumbling Cuba. Whispers of technology and birdsong intertwine, reflecting the frozen and closed-off state of his world.