Gaël Morel

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.

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.

Through the portraits of young adults excluded from their family home because of their homosexuality, Gaël Morel wants to show the disaster of the worst homophobia, that which is practiced in family. How do young people relearn to live, to respect themselves, and to look to the future after being destroyed by those who should have loved them?

Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s downsizing measures. Estranged from her son and without any other ties, rather than go into unemployment, she decides to leave her life behind and follow her work at the factory which has been relocated in Morocco.

Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, menaces of retaliation leave the couple with no choice but to escape from Paris. The runaway begins...

Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, menaces of retaliation leave the couple with no choice but to escape from Paris. The runaway begins...

A journey into contemporary French cinema through a series of exclusive interviews with the leading figures of GLBT French cinematography: André Téchiné, Catherine Corsini, Gaël Morel, Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau and other old acquaintances of our film festival. This documentary offers an interesting insight into the official and non-official cinema from the point of view of gender identity. A look behind the scenes: discussing issues like censorship and self-censorship, women' cinema and misogyny, transvestism and homo-eroticism, cinema d'auteur and popular cinema (was the Nouvelle Vague homophobic?). From past to present, from Jacques Demy to François Ozon.

Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination. The star is not one to let others get too close, but when she gives you her confidence, she keeps her word. If Deneuve’s career covers a half-century of cinema, it also bears witness to the force of a generation that experienced the deepest transformation of mores. This portrait reflects her entirely. The story of a mystery and an adventure.

Eric, a lonely young college student, meets Romain, a student who has been dispelled. Far from the family farm, Eric discovers the new wave musical movement with the help of Romain, and decides to edit a video clip for a song by Romain.

Eric, a lonely young college student, meets Romain, a student who has been dispelled. Far from the family farm, Eric discovers the new wave musical movement with the help of Romain, and decides to edit a video clip for a song by Romain.

Eric, a lonely young college student, meets Romain, a student who has been dispelled. Far from the family farm, Eric discovers the new wave musical movement with the help of Romain, and decides to edit a video clip for a song by Romain.

사랑에 빠져본 적이 있나요?그냥 진실되게 사랑해 본 적이 있나요? 오랜 연인인 이스마엘과 여자 친구 줄리, 그리고 그 둘과 색다른 우정을 나누는 알리스는 파리의 자유 분방한 신세대. 줄리에게 일어난 갑작스런 사고로 이들의 관계에 변화가 생기고, 실의에 빠진 이스마엘은 충격과 슬픔으로 시간을 보내던 중, 예상치 못한 곳에서 사랑을 다시 시작 하는데...

카미유는 아들 프랑수아가 자동차 사고로 죽자 그의 친구 프랑크를 찾아간다. 사고에 책임이 있어 괴로워하는 그를 장례식 날 집으로 데려오고, 딸과 친척들은 비난의 시선을 쏟아 붓는다. 프랑크의 삶에 깊이 관여하기 시작하는 카미유.

카미유는 아들 프랑수아가 자동차 사고로 죽자 그의 친구 프랑크를 찾아간다. 사고에 책임이 있어 괴로워하는 그를 장례식 날 집으로 데려오고, 딸과 친척들은 비난의 시선을 쏟아 붓는다. 프랑크의 삶에 깊이 관여하기 시작하는 카미유.

알제리 출신의 마크, 크리스토프, 올리비에 삼형제의 이야기가 시간순으로 3개의 파트로 나누어져 있다. 첫 번째 파트는 삼형제의 둘째 마크의 이야기로 마크는 껄렁하게 안좋은 부류와 어울리며 마약을 사느라 빚진 돈을 갚지 못해 딜러들한테 쫓기며 불안정하게 살아간다. 두 번째 파트는 장남 크리스토프의 이야기로 감옥에서 출소해 사회에 적응하려는 이야기가 담겨 있다. 마지막 파트는 막내 올리비에의 이야기로 자신의 둘째 형 마크의 친구 이샴과의 열병같은 사랑을 보여주며, 형들의 다이나믹한 배경의 영향과 이샴과의 사랑으로 성장해가는 아련한 청소년기의 모습을 보여준다.

알제리 출신의 마크, 크리스토프, 올리비에 삼형제의 이야기가 시간순으로 3개의 파트로 나누어져 있다. 첫 번째 파트는 삼형제의 둘째 마크의 이야기로 마크는 껄렁하게 안좋은 부류와 어울리며 마약을 사느라 빚진 돈을 갚지 못해 딜러들한테 쫓기며 불안정하게 살아간다. 두 번째 파트는 장남 크리스토프의 이야기로 감옥에서 출소해 사회에 적응하려는 이야기가 담겨 있다. 마지막 파트는 막내 올리비에의 이야기로 자신의 둘째 형 마크의 친구 이샴과의 열병같은 사랑을 보여주며, 형들의 다이나믹한 배경의 영향과 이샴과의 사랑으로 성장해가는 아련한 청소년기의 모습을 보여준다.

Samy, a young Franco-Algerian, hits a policeman at a roadblock and must flee France. He takes refuge with his grandfather in Algeria. But he does not speak the local language, and everything is strange to him, even members of his family: Nadia his cousin, a pregnant widow; and Qu'Issam another cousin, who was expelled from France, and hates everything French. Samy's grandfather lives in the memory of a piece of land that no longer produces any wealth. Samy will never give the reason for his presence, but the chaotic climate of the country will revive the chaos that is in him.

Samy, a young Franco-Algerian, hits a policeman at a roadblock and must flee France. He takes refuge with his grandfather in Algeria. But he does not speak the local language, and everything is strange to him, even members of his family: Nadia his cousin, a pregnant widow; and Qu'Issam another cousin, who was expelled from France, and hates everything French. Samy's grandfather lives in the memory of a piece of land that no longer produces any wealth. Samy will never give the reason for his presence, but the chaotic climate of the country will revive the chaos that is in him.

Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother’s death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge appeals to Sarah’s protector, a young Arab named Saïd, to allow him to meet up with Sarah, promising in return to smuggle Saïd into Europe...

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.

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.

In a French prison, three men are coming to terms with the emotional and physical torment which their incarceration brings them. Arnaud is serving a six-month sentence for drug smuggling; he protests his innocence and will do anything to secure an early release. Francky is a hardened criminal who has all but lost his wife and family and who seeks comfort in self-inflicted abuse. Kader is in prison for theft; he is the most philosophical of the three men, he is growing accustomed to prison life and seems to prefer it to the world outside.

A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling in love with Quentin's very best friend Jimmy, who is kind of stuck in his unability of self-expression and grown up under bad social circumstances. And there is the shy boy Samir, exiled from Algeria, who lost his "brother" and only friend some time ago. Samir heavily falls in love with Quentin, but he can't handle it...

A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling in love with Quentin's very best friend Jimmy, who is kind of stuck in his unability of self-expression and grown up under bad social circumstances. And there is the shy boy Samir, exiled from Algeria, who lost his "brother" and only friend some time ago. Samir heavily falls in love with Quentin, but he can't handle it...

The grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework for this mystery. The deliberately rigorous courses are designed to prepare students to take the brutal examinations for entry into the elite Grand Ecoles, where a select few will gain the skills and education needed to insure a bright, prosperous future for themselves. The story centers on Delphine, a girl from the lower classes, and the upper class Claude. Both young women aspire to attend the Ecole Normale Superieure on the Rue d'Ulm. Delphine lives in humble public housing with her dull mother and two young brothers while Claude, who considers herself a Communist, lives in luxury with her own servant; she is sexually involved with fellow- student, Axel, who thinks himself a fascist.

A sunny winter morning... Two brothers on a countryside path, go intown, as usual... That day, the younger brother has a meeting with his criminal friends. Stéphane, his older brother, isn’t aware of it. Fate will reunite them one last time... but too late. Stéphane, bearer of a terrible secret, is in for a life of suffering...

A sunny winter morning... Two brothers on a countryside path, go intown, as usual... That day, the younger brother has a meeting with his criminal friends. Stéphane, his older brother, isn’t aware of it. Fate will reunite them one last time... but too late. Stéphane, bearer of a terrible secret, is in for a life of suffering...

알제리 전쟁이 한창인 60년대 프랑스. 청년들은 전쟁을 피하기 위해 결혼을 하고, 학생들은 무엇이 옳고 그른지 치열하게 고민을 한다. 기숙학교에서 만난 프랑수아와 알제리인 세르주는 우정 이상의 감정을 갖고 가까워지지만 프랑수아는 소꿉친구인 메이테에게도 마음을 두고 있다. 지독한 성장통을 겪는 청년들의 삼각관계를 시골 마을의 목가적인 풍경과 함께 그린 멜로드라마. (2012년 제7회 시네바캉스 서울)