Simon Guélat

UFE (Unfilmévénement)

César Vayssié

Pauline Hubert, Antoine Allory

Progressing from movement workshops led by dancer Dimitri Chamblas, choreographer Mathilde Monnier and performer Yves-Noel Genod into a multi-layered story, the film follows a group of young artist-performers as they attempt to stage a revolutionary action.

Boys Feels: I Love Trouble

Simon Guélat, Giancarlo Sanchez

Thijs Boermans, Mathieu Lourdel

Whether it's playing games in a military zone, cheating at school tests, crossing borders for cheap thrills or doing whatever it takes to make illicit money - these boys know that with every risk, they move closer and closer to an irreversible jeopardy. Deftly exploring masculinity and peer-pressure, these five coming-of-age tales from France, the Netherlands and Lithuania from burgeoning new filmmakers demonstrate that sometimes young hearts can run dangerously free. The short films are: Gotta (2015); The Last Day of School (2019); Tree House [Cabane] (2016); Gameboy (2014); Pollux (2018).

Hiatus

Kevin Haefelin

François Florey, Edmond Vullioud

In his classroom a philosophy teacher opens the discussion on the place of religion in society. Out of his course he faces the realities of the street.

BPM (Beats per Minute)

Robin Campillo

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

Ma nouvelle Héloïse

Francis Reusser

Alexandra Camposampiero, Simon Guélat

Déchaînées

Raymond Vouillamoz

Adèle Haenel, Irène Jacob

Lucy, a 19-year old law student and intern at a Swiss television network in Geneva, comes across her double in archival footage about the woman’s liberation movement in the 70’s. Her family’s resistance to talk about this time convinces Lucy that a secret lurks behind this mysterious woman, named Genevieve.

Émile de 1 à 5

Lionel Baier

Adrien Barazzone, Raphaël Bilbeny

Two young men are playing in a bathtub. Then a third and fourth slip in to join them. They are called Émile and they are looking for their “perfect mother” when a fifth man arrives, the Émile who reconciles them all.

Cabane

Simon Guélat

Simon Boutin, Devi Couzigou

All summer long, four teenagers gather illegally in a military zone to build a hut. But school will soon begin again and the golden days of cabin-building are coming to an end.

Les Fantômes de la veille

Manuel Billi

Olivia Csiky Trnka, Matthieu Favette

A shadow in the woods, a sunny summer afternoon. Antoine and Philippe part without saying goodbye. That same day, a blond girl writes their names on a window of her house. Her mission is to heal other people’s wounds, help lost lovers to forget or disappear.

Carnaval

Adrienne Bovet

Géraldine Bagnoud, Prune Beuchat

Carnival in a small town: Margaux, Louisa and Théo are getting ready for a night out. They put on their costumes, drink too much. Each one of them apprehends this evening in a different way. A night like so many others… But on the next morning, their lives will have changed forever.

Aline

Simon Guélat

Paulin Jaccoud, Schemci Lauth

Alban lives in a ski resort with his mother. Each night, the teenager slips away to meet up with Julien – this boy who curiously has the same name as the hero of the novel Alban is devouring.