Max Bédrune

Nola, an intrusive Galician grandmother, and her young neighbor Emile have been at odds ever since the latter’s grandfather was placed in a nursing home. When Nola receives a music speaker she doesn’t understand, her quiet routine is disrupted. Will she agree to call on the infrequent Emile?

On the road to Galicia, confined in a car, generations face each other, balancing tenderness and tension. My grandmother, widowed and clear-eyed, shares the love stories and journeys that shaped our family. With my boyfriend Raphael, we explore what it means to love, to commit, and the expectations that weigh on our young relationship.

Do you know the children’s story The Twelve Months? In Prague, everyone knows it. In the tale, little Maruška is sent on an impossible mission to find strawberries in the middle of winter—and she truly does. As we delve into Maruška’s story, we enter a strange space where the boundary between reality and pure fantasy begins to blur. The filmmakers Juliette Léonard and Mathilde Bédrune apply this idea to contemporary phenomena such as ASMR videos and virtual reality. This short documentary was made at the Belgian film and drama school INSAS in collaboration with Prague’s FAMU.