Manuel Vallade

From a country famous all over the world as the birthplace of cinema, Impressionism and the humble pain au chocolat, comes four award-winning films about gay life and growing up. Much like their sought after paintings and pastry treats, these delights prove that when it comes to finesse and flavour in filmmaking - you can't beat the French. The short films are: Falling [Tomber] (2018); The Return [Le retour] (2014); Footing (2012); The Swimming Trunks [Le maillot de bain] (2013).

Num hotel próximo a um aeroporto de Paris, dois desconhecidos tentam encontrar algum sentido em suas existências. O norte-americano Gary, engenheiro de informática, submetido a fortes pressões profissionais e afetivas, decide mudar radicalmente sua vida. Algumas horas mais tarde, a realidade de Audrey, uma jovem camareira do hotel, é totalmente transformada depois que ela passa por uma experiência sobrenatural.

One winter morning, a father and his son go for a jog. Along the way, we understand that a gap has grown between Marco, a Parisian who has come to spend a few days in the countryside, and Jean-Claude, a retired policeman who doesn't talk much. Their love is present, but barriers and modesty hold them back from expressing it.

Julie Bataille, com 23 anos, está formada e nao quer pegar pequenos trabalhos. Procura um emprego de verdade. Em uma entrevista conhece Ben, que escolheu viver o dia-a-dia com sua inventiva e pequenos contrabandos. Ele lhe propõe passar o verão no Sul com ele. Julie se recusa mas um dia, num impulso, larga tudo e vai atrás dele.

It is a mild winter and Martin has just settled into the isolated house that was his father's. One night, at the edge of the woods, a strange man called Haruki appears before him. He invites Martin to lose himself in the forest in order to encounter a stranger. The stranger comes in the form of Yoshido, a peculiar Japanese filmmaker, who, assisted by Mathilde, is preparing to shoot a film based on Haruki's unfinished novel La Vie lointaine.

During the Christmas Eve that he spends every year with his family, Antoine, a young provincial of twenty years, is caught between the desire to find the young man he loves and his family duty.