Salim Kechiouche

Except for Amine and Kimmy, the young couple of neighbors she meets regularly, visitors are rare in Constance Brunel's antique store. Loneliness is also her life. One night, Amine, in a panic, seeks help at her house: Kimmy has fallen badly when she slipped and she has killed herself. Thinking that the police will not believe this version because of his judicial past, Amine borrows Constance's car to take the corpse and make it disappear. In the days that follow, this shared secret brings Constance and Amine closer. But one morning, an anonymous letter accompanied by photos demands a ransom: someone in the building has seen everything, the blackmail begins.

Everything seems to be smiling again at Yazid, an actor with a sulphurous past. He is trying to regain custody of his son and find a stable family life. But despite his efforts, he is overtaken by his old demons...

Everything seems to be smiling again at Yazid, an actor with a sulphurous past. He is trying to regain custody of his son and find a stable family life. But despite his efforts, he is overtaken by his old demons...

Everything seems to be smiling again at Yazid, an actor with a sulphurous past. He is trying to regain custody of his son and find a stable family life. But despite his efforts, he is overtaken by his old demons...

After losing her home and all that she's known, a widowed Turkish woman finds herself in an unexpected love affair with a young Syrian refugee in Istanbul.

Comedian and educator, Karim is only approached for caricature roles. In studies, the issue of discrimination is addressed by children. In the evening, at a screening of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, Karim is disturbed by the entry into the cinema hall of an Arab man and decked out with big bags...

Comedian and educator, Karim is only approached for caricature roles. In studies, the issue of discrimination is addressed by children. In the evening, at a screening of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, Karim is disturbed by the entry into the cinema hall of an Arab man and decked out with big bags...

1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team of five outlaws, who are promised freedom if the mission succeeds.

After seven years abroad in Italy, Tarek returns home to Tunisia, he meets Khaled, who is everything he isn't: successful, handsome, and helpful..

Salim comes to grieve beside his mother’s dead body. But very quickly, between religious customs he doesn’t understand and the constant comings and goings of people he doesn’t know, the young man feels uncomfortable in the small family apartment.

It's the end of summer vacation for Amin. The young photographer spends cozy evenings with Charlotte, the ex-girlfriend of his Casanova cousin. She talks to him about literature, he photographs her. Nobody knows that they see each other, especially not Ophélie, his childhood friend, who instead confides her troubles to Amin : her father wants her to take over the family farm, her fiancé Clement will return soon from Iraq for their wedding, she is pregnant with Tony’s baby, and Tony wants to keep their affair secret instead of having a serious relationship. Ophélie constantly contemplates her choices : would it be better to get an abortion in secret and marry Clement or to follow her maternal instinct and keep the child, perhaps seeking refuge with Amin in Paris?

Voyoucratie is FGKO’s new film project. It’s a dramatic fiction about a young gangster’s chaotic path into life crushed by a criminal universe that he can’t escape from. It’s also about a frozen portrait of a youth trapped by a system that leads you to delinquency as the only way to exist. The pitch: Sam, a little bandit, finds himself trapped by a corrupted police officer who forces him to get information about Ali, one of the high crime boss known to be very dangerous.

Verano de 1994. Amin (Shaïn Boumedine), un joven aspirante a guionista y fotógrafo, regresa a su pueblo costero en el sur de Francia después de vivir un año en París. Nada más llegar descubre que su primo Tony (Salim Kechiouche) mantiene un romance secreto con la joven Ophélie (Ophélie Bau), que está prometida. Amin pasa el tiempo en la playa mientras se reencuentra con sus amigos y familia, todos de origen tunecino. Conocerá a varias chicas que disfrutan del verano, especialmente la liberal Céline (Lou Luttiau) y la cándida Charlotte (Alexia Chardard), seducida por el mujeriego Tony. Por la noche todos salen de fiesta a divertirse. Siempre discreto y reservado, Amin observa los juegos de seducción a su alrededor, anhelando vivir su propio romance como en las películas, pero cuando se trata de amor, solo el mektoub ("destino" en árabe) puede decidir.

Samia emigra ilegalmente a Francia. Obsesionada con la idea de que su hermano, extremista islámico, pueda estar espiándola, encuentra refugio en Imed, un conocido de su pueblo natal, y en Leila, una misteriosa mujer que le ofrecerá su primer trabajo como asistenta del hogar.

A family comedy about arranged marriage

La familia Versini es la propietaria de la conocida empresa de perfumes naturales que lleva el mismo nombre. Los Versini pelean por dirigir la compañía, todo se complica cuando encuentran muerto al cabeza de familia, Henri Lombard.

NOIR chronicles the lives of four people living in a neighborhood plagues by poverty and violence, aspiring to freedom and happiness. Kadhafi, a 26 year old aspiring rapper and ex-member of a street gang, just out of prison, wants to steer clear of troubles. Fleur, a 17 year old Haitian mother in an abusive and passionate relationship with her daughter's father, dreams of leaving the ghetto and becoming a nurse. Suzie, a 20 year old stripper who falls for a gang member. Dickens, 16 year old Haitian wants to be part of the street gang controlled by his older brother.

Mohamed holds the wall in the suburb. For almost thirty years, he has been there, always in the same entrance to a building, with the same friends. It's boredom, unemployment. Dreams are extinguished. However, around them, it circulates, it lives. It also succeeds. Women, they work and pass without even seeing them. And there are more and more strollers. Dozens of strollers. Even the younger generation is already parents. What if that was "the solution", the way out of a universe without a future? No one takes Mohamed seriously. And yet! By opening, against the general opinion, a "wild" nursery, by offering working women to keep their babies, Mohamed and his friends will offer themselves a future, a job, respect for all ... and who knows , maybe, love!

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.

Yacine, brillante estudiante de Ciencias Políticas y de origen modesto, obtiene un apoyo inesperado de la parte de Richard, su profesor de filosofía política. Este, le propone ayudarle a obtener unas practicas en el Elíseo.

Maya (Reem Kherici, Colombiana) es una joven de origen marroquí que vive en París desde hace más de 20 años. Es una de las actuales chicas de moda y, de hecho, está a punto de convertirse en la primera estilista de la importante casa de moda en la que trabaja. Sin embargo, su fantástica vida cambia de golpe cuando descubre que su permiso de residencia ha expirado y que en 24 horas tiene que volver inmediatamente a Marruecos.

The life of a Middle-East family of immigrants in Europe. The father carries the heavy burden of banishment. To rescue his culture, his traditions, is mandatory, so he remains faithful to his past, his origins, to himself. His daughter is now a grown-up. He worries and wishes she would get married soon. The young woman leaves the family home every morning, but changes her clothes in a bar before she goes to work, her hair down. She puzzles the young boss of the company that employs her. He fell in love and is ready to do anything to marry her. But the young woman keeps her freedom of choice, just like her mother had done with her father. She won’t have time to introduce the only man for her to her parents. A friend of her father’s catches them. In a cafe.

Adaptación de la novela de Yasmina Khadra, ambientada en los años 30. Younes sólo tiene nueve años cuando su padre se queda arruinado y decide dejar al niño a su hermano, un farmacéutico integrado en la comunidad occidental de Orán. Ahora, el nuevo nombre de Younes es Jonas, crece entre jóvenes colonos de los que se hace amigo inseparable. Descubrirá con ellos las alegrías de una existencia privilegiada que ni la segunda guerra mundial ni las convulsiones de un nacionalismo árabe en plena expansión pueden perturbar. Hasta el día en que llega a la ciudad Émilie, una joven fascinante que se convertirá en el objeto de deseo de todos ellos y que pondrá a prueba la complicidad fraternal de los cuatro amigos, divididos entre la lealtad, el egoísmo y el rencor que la guerra de la Independencia agrava.

Amine, a young Algerian, rents a camcorder and films souvenirs on his way to Eldorado.

Leila is Moroccan, Mathieu is French. They made the decision to get married. The marriage approaches and they only miss one more document: the certificate of Leila's celibacy which will be delivered to them only if the young woman marries a Muslim. No choice, Mathieu has to be converted to Islam.

Salim arrives in France, happy like a hummingbird at the idea of joining again with Sofia, a young French woman of Moroccan descent whom he married there according to the country tradition. But he quickly becomes disillusioned when she tells him she no longer wants to be his wife. Here in France she is free and nobody can force her. Between brothers and sisters who support Sofia, a disoriented Salim who wants to return to Morocco, and parents who would like him to build a new life in France, with or without Sofia, the situation is intractable. Marriage Blues, a bittersweet comedy, is thumbing its nose at the arranged marriage.

Francia /// Malik, hijo único de una rica familia tunecina, vuelve a casa después de pasar algunos años en París. Tras varios días, siente la necesidad de confesar a su madre que está enamorado de un chico.

Emmanuelle lives in the suburbs near a shopping mall. Since her father's death, she feels increasingly out of sync with the world around her. Her mother is distracted, high school bores her. She has just turned 17 and, this particular year, her life will take an entirely different turn.

BOYS BRIEFS 4 is a collection of six short films about gay male hustlers. While sex plays a key role in these films they aren't mere exploitation vehicles. Instead BOYS BRIEFS 4 reveals the true experiences of the hustler resulting in a series of slice-of-life vignettes that are surprisingly poignant and emotionally compelling. 6 Shorts: Into the Night (2002); Boy (2004); Gigolo (2005); Build (2004); Rock Bottom (2002); Gold (2005).

He is young, good-looking and of Arab descent and gets lost amongst the glamour of Paris international jet set.

Annecy no es un destino turístico para tres hermanos argelinos de clase trabajadora y su padre, unos meses después de la muerte de su madre. Marc está profundamente perturbado y trata con traficantes de drogas duras. Christophe acaba de salir de la cárcel y Olivier, de casi 18 años, puede ser estar enamorado

Un grupo de jóvenes entra en una de las "Grande École" que forman a los futuros dirigentes y abren las puertas al poder. Son la flor y nata estudiantil y, si se cumplen las previsiones, se convertirán en la élite del mañana. Pero, a menudo, la vida nos gana en imaginación. Porque a grandes escuelas, grandes amores, difíciles de vivir, por cierto. Con la confusión del ego y del juego, de los sentimientos, del espíritu y de la carne, se tambalean los principios y los jóvenes tendrán que contar consigo mismos, ser lo que son y darse cuenta de que la Gran Escuela quizás no sea la que lleva este nombre.

The turbulent life of Pasolini, filmmaker, writer. Of his many trials and political scandals in his troubled relationship with prostitutes in Rome through his relationship with Ninetto Davoli, the embodiment of life and gaiety form a striking contrast with the poet haunted by death.

Mathieu, un joven de 18 años, está pasando el verano con su familia en Bretaña. En la playa conoce a Cédric, un chico de su edad, y a partir de este apasionado encuentro comienzan una relación. Cédric es abierto y se lanza al futuro sin problemas, pero es más complicado para el instrospectivo Mathieu el cual tiene que lidiar consigo mismo y encontrar su camino.

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

Érase una vez una chica llamada Alice, que vivía en los suburbios. A esta preciosa chica le gustaba jugar, a juegos de seducción, a juegos de violencia. Un día Alice decide matar a Saïd, un guapo compañero de clase. Pero ella no puede hacerlo sola. Así que Alice manipula a su ingenuo novio Luc para que cometa el crimen a sangre fría, como prueba de su amor. No fue tan fácil como Alice pensaba. Los asesinatos pueden ser confusos y agotadores. Alice pensaba que lo tenía todo totalmente planificado, pero la vida de un verdadero asesino puede estar cargada de muchas dificultades y pronto descubrirán que la vida no es un cuento de hadas.

Francia /// En una pequeña ciudad del sur de Francia, Jimmy vive en la nostalgia de su infancia pasada en el campo. Fogoso y desordenado, caótico y apasionado, su máxima es vivir el momento sin preocuparse del mañana. A las puertas de esta ciudad, Julie disfruta del confort de su casa paterna. Su amigo Quentin, hijo de un obrero, consigue publicar un libro gracias al cual adquiere cierta fama, y se sirve de esa fama para reivindicar su procedencia social. Quentin conoce a Jimmy, a los dos y queda fascinado por su singularidad.

A fish that is caught, frozen and sold to a man travels from the Kabyle mountains to the coast. After coming to its senses, it finds its way back to the sea.

It’s the end of summer vacation for Amin. The young photographer spends cozy evenings with Charlotte, the ex-girlfriend of his casanova cousin. She talks to him about literature, he photographs her. Between Amin’s encounters with these women and his dreams of cinema, many choices open up to him.

Violaine, a twenty-year-old young woman, spends her time photographing people in secret. One morning, when leaving her home, she discovers her neighbor, half dead. This event is going to upset her and to incite her to come out of her solitude to discover who is this man that she has probably saved.