Annick
Elsa, 23, has always been very close to her older brother Franck, an astronaut who mysteriously disappeared 3 years earlier during a space mission. Elsa cannot grieve and her life is on hold. One day, she is contacted from space by an unknown life form who claims to be able to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay…
Rosemay, 16, lives in a foster home and only joins her biological family for the vacations. One day, her father is not there to welcome her as planned. Moreover, he does not reappear and seems to have evaporated. Her questions are met with lies, and Rosemay can only rely on her intuition.
Irène
Natacha (25), a young single parent who works as a fast-food waitress, struggles to raise her 8-year-old son Enzo. Torn between a strong desire for independence and the comfort that her mother Irène unfailingly wants to provide for them, Natacha feels trapped. Her encounter with Walid, who is waiting to save enough money to pay for his crossing to England will open new horizons for her.
Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.
Cathie
Like every summer, little Salomé returns to her family village nestled in the Portuguese mountains for the holidays. As the vacations begin in a carefree atmosphere, her beloved grandmother suddenly dies. While the adults are tearing each other apart over the funeral, Salomé is haunted by the spirit of the one who was considered a witch.
Brigitte
Cuando María consigue un trabajo en el equipo de limpieza de la prestigiosa Academia de Bellas Artes de París, su vida da un vuelco. Inmediatamente se lleva bien con Hubert, el excéntrico conserje de la escuela, obsesionado con dominar los icónicos movimientos de baile de Elvis Presley. El vínculo que crece entre ellos rompe la soledad de María, que se redescubre a sí misma y a un mundo nuevo de emociones. ¿Se atreverá a dejarlo todo para disfrutar al máximo de la vida y el amor?
La journaliste
Un escritor de éxito que disfruta de una cómoda existencia junto a su familia. Sin embargo, la llegada de una chica joven a la casa provoca un terremoto en el que se desvelarán terribles secretos del pasado y que desencadenará el miedo y la violencia.
Marjorie
Recientemente enviudada, Béatrice vive con su hijo y su madre. Su encuentro con Mokhtar, un profesor iraní que ha llegado ilegalmente a Europa, cambiará su día a día y sus convicciones. Por amor a él, tendrá que desafiar los prejuicios de quienes la rodean y las leyes de su país.
Dr Alievitch
(S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she transitions from boy to girl. But in this tiny rural town, where everyone knows everyone else, it’s an impossible challenge. Juju will have to move in with her mother while her parents break up. Juju becomes Emma, and sings in a rock band at her new high school. With everyone seeing her as a girl, she’ starts to blossom. But as her popularity grows, social networking sit’s rekindle the nightmare she thought she’d left behind...
Mother
Capucine, her sick mother and Eugénie hit the road to try to escape the radioactive cloud that is heading straight for their little town.
L'infirmière principale
Thomas regresa a la granja donde creció. En ella vive su familia. Su hermano no volverá; su madre, que está a punto de irse para siempre, y su padre, con el que tiene mala relación. En ella encuentra todo lo que dejó atrás doce años antes. Sin embargo, hay algo nuevo: Alex, su sobrino de seis años, y Mona, la madre de éste.
La psychiatre
In an attempt to move on from the death of Paul, the love of her life, Korine leaves Paris to undertake a project in Mongolia. But after meeting the shaman, Oyun, her trip takes a different direction. Korine has a rare gift that Oyun intends to unveil. She agrees to initiate herself in the practice of Shamanism, leading her to discover an ancient and forgotten culture, but most importantly herself.
Isabelle
A hen house that causes a diplomatic incident, a child falling from the sky, a capitalist Christmas father, a plucky plumber with a Flemish accent and a killer bear: The best of the Belgian comedy. Five multi-award-winning shorts in the world.
Bérénice, the mother
It's All Saints' Day. Bérénice criss-crosses the city. Flowers must be found for the grave. Her son Sacha has other projects. Too bad. Flowers must be found for the grave.
Odile Bijou
La historia gira en torno a Martin Clément, nacido Marvin Bijou, quien escapa de su pequeña y provinciana ciudad de origen y de su familia. Contará su historia a través de una pieza de teatro que se convertirá en todo un éxito crítico de la escena parisina.
Catherine
In Thierry's living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job... and quickly. But we're in Brussels, so nothing goes quite as planned.
La conseillère Pole Emploi
“Santa Claus is a capitalist. He brings toys to children of the wealthy and sweaters to those of the poor”. Nikos, aged five.
The mother
Alex is fifteen years old. Back from boarding school for the weekend, he reconnects with his little country village and his family, a family which seems to care more for its dogs than for Alex. This of course annoys him. He's better off without them. He's better off down at the cross-country motorbike track with Kader and the turning bikes. But he's obliged to take his grandmother's dog with him and it disappears into the forest.
La juge
Marlon is visiting her mother in jail for the first time since her imprisonment.
Tata
Julie's Mother
Pavel, an emotionally volatile and socially alienated young man, sets off across Europe in search of his idol, the enigmatic painter Arnaud. Desperately lonely and adrift, Pavel tries to adhere to the host of characters he meets along the way.
Catherine
Sex shop boss
Ana se acuesta con Hugo, Dalhia con Graciano, Léo con Louis y Arthur con todo el mundo. Son amantes y amigos, jóvenes urbanos treintañeros residentes en Bruselas. Hasta que un conflicto emocional rompe ese equilibrio.
Catherine
Tom, un cómico flamenco, sustituye a un amigo doblador. En general, Tom es la voz de personajes de dibujos animados, pero ahora él se encuentra en el estudio para una película pornográfica en francés. Catalina, una actriz con experiencia, será su compañera. Tom hara de fontanero. (FILMAFFINITY)
The ex girlfriend
Laurent has to undergo a colonoscopy. Nothing is more worrying than a doctor who tries to reassuring you. However, it is next to nothing: Just a camera which goes in your colon.
Friend
Después de 15 años juntos, María y Boris se separan. Ella fue quien compró la casa en la que vive con sus dos hijas, pero fue él quien la ha reformado completamente. Ahora se ven obligados a vivir juntos allí, ya que Boris no tiene los medios para pagarse un alquiler. A la hora de hacer cuentas ninguno de los dos quiere dejar de lado lo que considera haber aportado.
Head of convalescent home
A man's hypochondriacal relationship with his mother.
Sophie Tinlot
Jacques Arnault, presidente de la ONG 'Move for kids', planea una gran operación: él y su equipo piensan sacar del Chad a 300 huérfanos, víctimas de la guerra civil, y entregarlos a parejas francesas que han tramitado solicitudes de adopción. La periodista Françoise Dubois los acompaña para cubrir la información. Inmersos en la brutal realidad de un país en guerra, los miembros de la ONG empiezan a desmoralizarse y empiezan a preguntarse cuáles son los límites de una intervención humanitaria.
Nathalie
Melanie y Maxime son dos adolescentes de quince años que exploran su sexualidad. Con el tiempo, ella se queda embarazada y, junto a su pareja, acaba decidiendo que va a tener al bebé. Esta decisión supondrá tener que lidiar con sus padres y cambiar muchos de los aspectos de sus vidas cotidianas.
Martine
Marie lives alone with her 16 year old son. She struggles to get by with this teenager who gets deeper and deeper in violence and juvenile delinquency. Speaking sentimentally, things are not going better: the relationship with her lover has come to an end. It may seems depressing, but Marie doesn’t give up, even if love seems to be an inaccessible dream. But love, there is. We can feel the affection of this mother for her troublesome child, thanks to Mathilde Seigner, who gives an astonishing performance. A subtle directing, a strong and captivating story, in short: a must see.
Gladys Valée
Tras ser abandonado por su madre, el joven Malony lleva desde que tenía 6 años entrando y saliendo del juzgado de menores. El matrimonio formado por Florence, instructora de menores a punto de jubilarse, y Yann, maestro que también tuvo una infancia difícil, adoptará al chico, de 15 años, para reformar su comportamiento. Por ello, Malony es enviado a un estricto centro educativo, donde conoce a Tess, una chica muy especial que le ofrecerá razones para cambiar.
Béa
Five friends have encounters with black bears in a national park.
Catherine
Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English woman 48 years old who can no longer have children. To make sure everything goes well and keep an eye on her future child, Emily decides to welcome Melody into her home and stay by her side throughout the pregnancy. Although they first appear to come from completely different worlds, the two women end up adopting each other: Melody finds in Emily the mother she never had, and Emily sees in Melody the daughter she always wanted to have. Evidently, the bonds that emerge during this double maternity create all sorts of doubts and questions.
Patsi
Juliette
Sandra dispone sólo de un fin de semana para ir a ver a sus colegas y convencerlos de que renuncien a su paga extraordinaria para que ella pueda conservar su trabajo. Su marido la acompaña para apoyarla.
Adèle's Mother
Adèle tiene quince años y sabe que lo normal es salir con chicos, pero tiene dudas sobre su sexualidad. Una noche conoce y se enamora inesperadamente de Emma, una joven con el pelo azul. La atracción que despierta en ella una mujer que le muestra el camino del deseo y la madurez, hará que Adèle tenga que sufrir los juicios y prejuicios de familiares y amigos. Adaptación de la novela gráfica "Blue", de Julie Maroh.
Brigitte
Celine and Brigitte are tired of organizing tupperware parties.
Isabelle
Ombline, a 20-year-old woman, is sent to prison for three years after committing a violent assault on a police officer. Just when she has lost all hope for the future, she discovers that she is pregnant. The law allows her to rear her newborn for the first 18 months of its life, after which time the child must be given up and placed into state care. Ombline has no intention of surrendering her beloved little boy and is prepared to do anything to convince the authorities that she is capable of rearing the child after she has left prison. As her maternal instincts assert themselves, the young woman finds she has a cause worth fighting for, and an opportunity to rebuild her shattered life…
Catherine
Jean-Paul is different. His father is his mother. He deeply loves dogs. But he prefers beer. When the moon is bright, Jean-Paul lit up too Tomorrow he won't remember anything.
Jan's friend
Gracias a la posible venta de la propiedad familiar, dos gemelos que ya son mayores dejan a su madre divorciada y descubren la naturaleza de los vínculos que los une. La proximidad es insoportable, el alejamiento imposible; la violencia invade el trío. Celosos y supersticiosos, los hijos prohíben a su madre vender la casa familiar. Desesperada por la ausencia de libertad, y animada por su amante, la madre deja la propiedad. Durante su ausencia, el careo entre los mellizos estalla.
Writer
The efforts of a Belgian director who has to stick posters of his film everywhere and harass crowds to get people to come and see his film. When it turns out to be a flop, he is jobless and his partner leaves him. An ironic account of rising director Joachim La Fosse’s directing debut.
Anne
The efforts of a Belgian director who has to stick posters of his film everywhere and harass crowds to get people to come and see his film. When it turns out to be a flop, he is jobless and his partner leaves him. An ironic account of rising director Joachim La Fosse’s directing debut.
Pascale
Pascale leaves Jan to start a new life with Didier. Unwillingly, Jan accepts to get a babysitter for their seven year old son, Thomas. She leaves him at his family home where she now has to live with her new partner. But when Pascale comes to love with Didier, Jan is still there and refuses to leave the house and separate herself from her child. Very quickly, conflict explodes and in less than a day, the destiny of each character is turned upside down.