Friday, December 15, 2023
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Separated by the melting polar ice, two arctic foxes must overcome many dangers in hope of being reunited to raise their future cubs together.
Une histoire d'amitié forte et émouvante, en lien avec la projection du film Le Royaume de Kensuké de Neil Boyle et de Kirk Hendry, pendant Les Arcs Film Festival. Lecture à partir de 7 ans
2123. In a future where drought has ravaged the Earth, humanity is forced to sacrifice part of its population by turning people into trees...
After four years apart, Ahmad arrives in Paris from Tehran at the request of Marie, his French wife, to complete the formalities for their divorce. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers Marie's conflicted relationship with her daughter Lucie.
A teenage girl’s family falls for a cosmic cult promising salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. As flashbacks leading deeper into the past unravel the family’s struggle to get a hold on life, the girl has to decide if to follow her parents or to make her own way on earth.
This screening is free !
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
The ceremony will be followed by the opening film Making of of Cédric Kahn.
La réservation pour cette séance est fermée. Cependant, il vous est toujours possible de venir sur place pour profiter des places restantes en salle.
Screening in presence of the director Cédric Kahn and the cast members Jonathan Cohen, Stefan Crepon and Xavier Beauvois.
Christian is preparing his next exhibition, entitled "The Square", around an installation that encourages visitors to be altruistic. But sometimes it's hard to live up to your values: Christian’s foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations.
A farmer that lives a quiet life in the countryside is forced by the state to sell his home. He leaves everything behind, relocates to the capital, and soon meets a 10-year-old paper delivery boy. Their friendship proves to be transformative for them both.
Denmark 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen set out to conquer a Danish moorland reputed to be uncultivable, with one aim: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. An ambition that the lord of the region will relentlessly seek to stifle...
A guard on the Soviet-Chinese border who, after surviving a deadly attack, decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT. Will they ever meet again?
The incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
American West, end of the 19th century. A young woman named Liz leads a peaceful life with her family until a grim preacher pays them a visit. Liz has to run away from this man who tracks her down since her childhood.
It's the end of the school year in Budapest. Having failed his oral examination in history, Abel decides to lie to his parents about the reasons for his failure, thus unintentionally triggering a political and media scandal.
A teenage girl’s family falls for a cosmic cult promising salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. As flashbacks leading deeper into the past unravel the family’s struggle to get a hold on life, the girl has to decide if to follow her parents or to make her own way on earth.
In 1991, Luc Jacquet set off on his first mission to Antarctica. Thirty years later, he comes back where everything started. An invitation to travel to the heart of a wild and grandiose nature that has never ceased to fascinate mankind and attract the greatest explorers.
15-year-old Holly calls her school to say she is staying home for the day. Soon after, a fire breaks out at the school, killing several students. Anna, a teacher, intrigued by Holly and her strange premonition, invites her to join the volunteering group she runs. Holly’s presence seems to bring peace of mind, warmth, and hope to those she encounters. But soon, people begin to seek out Holly and her cathartic energy, demanding more and more from the young girl.
Etienne falls in love with Valérie at twenty and becomes a father to Rosa not long after. When Valérie abandons them, Etienne refuses to fall apart. Sixteen years later, Rosa is about to leave the home, both of them must on their own, but the past resurfaces.
The incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Pierre Bonnard would not be the painter everyone knows without the mysterious Marthe, who alone occupies almost a third of his artwork...
Julia discovers that her husband is having an affair. To save their marriage, she suggests they experiment with polyamory and invent new rules for their married life. A whole new world of love opens up for them.
Monday, December 18, 2023
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts search for evidence, and Aly, Anna and Dary face the consequences of that night they cannot escape from.
There will soon be wolves all around France, so learning to "live with wolves" is a challenge. Going beyond polemical stances, the director invites us to take a different outlook on the natural world around us and the animals that inhabit it: roe deer, chamois, ibex, etc.
Native American teenagers protest against a pipeline project at the bottom of the hill of their ancestral land. Their grand-father evokes a unique re-telling of the creation of the universe, highlighting the increasingly pressing need to live in harmony with the environment, before it is too late.
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, just died of a heart attack, Ellias travels to Quebec to settle the succession. The young designer discovers that he inherited far worse than his father's fragile heart.
On a remote Indonesian island, during the waning days of the colonial era, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Agathe is desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, but when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water.
Having remained silent for 25 years, Astrid, the wife of a prominent lawyer, sees her family’s equilibrium shatter when her children initiate their quest for justice.
Sylvie has been a nurse for 40 years in Marseille’s north hospital. All she does is work. What if she decides to take care of herself? To retire? Is she allowed to and does she really want to?
It's the end of the school year in Budapest. Having failed his oral examination in history, Abel decides to lie to his parents about the reasons for his failure, thus unintentionally triggering a political and media scandal.
1962: Johannes Leinert, together with his doctoral advisor, travels to a physics congress in the Swiss Alps to defend a theory on the existence of parallel worlds. But nobody believed it, not even his tutor. Yet the mysteries keep piling up... Reality seems very fragile in this place.
Fernando, a talented chef, arrives in the village of Cadaqués during the 70s, residency of the internationally renowned Salvador Dalí. The paths of the chef and the artist crossed, sparking the birth of a new culinary genius.
Denmark 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen set out to conquer a Danish moorland reputed to be uncultivable, with one aim: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. An ambition that the lord of the region will relentlessly seek to stifle...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
What if you started to act without a social filter?
Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.
Six-year-old Lucía is a little girl born in a boy's body. Her mother Ane, in the midst of a professional and emotional crisis, goes back with her children to her home village, where her mother and her Aunt Lourdes live. This summer will change the lives of these women from different generations.
Around the film Sirocco et le Royaume des courants d'air. In partnership with 22D Music and La Sacem.
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On a remote Indonesian island, during the waning days of the colonial era, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Agathe is desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, but when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water.
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts search for evidence, and Aly, Anna and Dary face the consequences of that night they cannot escape from.
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, just died of a heart attack, Ellias travels to Quebec to settle the succession. The young designer discovers that he inherited far worse than his father's fragile heart.
It's the end of the school year in Budapest. Having failed his oral examination in history, Abel decides to lie to his parents about the reasons for his failure, thus unintentionally triggering a political and media scandal.
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
Screening in presence of the show runners Maxime Crupaux and Baptiste Fillon and the cast members Margot Bancilhon, Pierre Lottin, Astrid Whettnall and Xavier Beauvois.
Pierre Leprieur is a respected figure from a powerful dockers’ union in Le Havre. But on the night of his 60th birthday, his world is turned upside down. His two sons find themselves involved in a cocaine bust. Believing he is the target of a plot, Pierre decides to investigate…
The young lawyer Nora feels she didn’t live much when she embarks on her first criminal case. From her first day in police custody to the trial, Nora discovers the cruelty of the world, both in her personal and professional life.
15-year-old Holly calls her school to say she is staying home for the day. Soon after, a fire breaks out at the school, killing several students. Anna, a teacher, intrigued by Holly and her strange premonition, invites her to join the volunteering group she runs. Holly’s presence seems to bring peace of mind, warmth, and hope to those she encounters. But soon, people begin to seek out Holly and her cathartic energy, demanding more and more from the young girl.
France, 1870s. Rosalie hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry. Will Abel be able to love Rosalie?
Julita Wójcicka, a young journalist, is investigating the mysterious death of a TV celebrity. In order not to become the next victim of the killer, she must infiltrate a network of cyber connections and reveal secrets that may be best kept hidden.
Pierre, 33, a successful florist, finds his life turned upside down when his quirky and excessive mother, Judith, comes unexpectedly back to him after spending two years apart. All Pierre can think about is getting his life back on track, but nothing goes according to plan.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Native American teenagers protest against a pipeline project at the bottom of the hill of their ancestral land. Their grand-father evokes a unique re-telling of the creation of the universe, highlighting the increasingly pressing need to live in harmony with the environment, before it is too late.
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
12-year-old Niki and 11-year old Vika are hiding from the terrifying war at a Kharkiv metro station. Daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, they are living under the constant glow of neon lights.
DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT. Will they ever meet again?
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
Flow invites you to float with the wind on what seems at first glance, to be a day like any other, with its turbulence: a night in the life of a woman, painted by the ebb and flow of air currents.
Smells, heat, breathing, natural and artificial gusts of wind, the air currents, affected by invisible presences, make the imperceptible perceptible. They reveal to us a series of events in which the woman - that we are invited to follow during her wanderings - takes part. They immerse us in a world entirely made of air.
But when the storm calms down, and the woman wakes up from what turns out to have been a dream, the world is no longer the same.
Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and maths teacher, starts her first job at a high school. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. But the more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young idealist teacher threatens to break.
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, just died of a heart attack, Ellias travels to Quebec to settle the succession. The young designer discovers that he inherited far worse than his father's fragile heart.
Sidonie travels to Japan to promote the re-release of her best-seller. Even though her devoted Japanese publisher shows her the country’s traditions, she gradually loses her bearings… Even more so when she meets her husband, who has been gone for years !
50 years in the life of a farm, through the words and actions of the people who have succeeded one another, the film reveals compelling life journeys where work and transmission occupy a central place: an intimate, social and economic story of the French farming world.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Tomas, Ebba and their children are enjoying a dream winter holiday in the Alps. Until, sitting on the terrace of a high-altitude restaurant, they witness an avalanche that sends everyone into a panic. While Ebba calls her husband for help and tries to protect their children, Tomas has already fled.
50 years in the life of a farm, through the words and actions of the people who have succeeded one another, the film reveals compelling life journeys where work and transmission occupy a central place: an intimate, social and economic story of the French farming world.
Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.
On the occasion of a trip to the East of France for the release of her latest novel, Christine Angot returns with a camera to Strasbourg, the city where at thirteen she met her father. He died several years ago, but his wife and children still live there. She rings the doorbell.
In Sarajevo, a teenager seeking validation claims that she had sex for the first time during a game of "truth or dare" among middle schoolers. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy and becomes the center of a controversy that spirals out of control.
A portrait of the artist Apolonia Sokol as a young woman. Apolonia is talented, but is that enough to break into the art world? An impressive film that covers 13 years in an anything-but-average life.
Faced with an invasion of spiders, the residents of a block of flats have to survive.
Three intertwined destinies – three stories of humans and their dogs. Tom tries to seduce Cecile by adopting a chihuahua. Greta is devastated after her dog and her assistant died in a car crash. Franck must choose between Lola, his new lover, and Perdita, his amazing dog.
Friday, December 22, 2023
Elaha is seeking to have her hymen reconstructed before her wedding day. Despite her determination, doubts creep in. Why must she appear to be a virgin, and for whom? As a dilemma seems inevitable, she is torn between honouring her traditions and her desire for independence.
The film was selected by high school students at the Bourg Saint Maurice school.
Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and maths teacher, starts her first job at a high school. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. But the more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young idealist teacher threatens to break.
What if you started to act without a social filter?
Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.
The ceremony will be followed by the closing film On the pulse by Alix Delaporte, in the presence of the director.
1947. On a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress and young mother, meets François, a wealthy, and cultivated student. They hit it off immediately, as though it were fate. But as their destinies intertwine, it's obvious what Madeline wants to leave behind, while the world that Francois is running from is only slowly revealed.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
On a remote Indonesian island, during the waning days of the colonial era, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Agathe is desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, but when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water.
Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and maths teacher, starts her first job at a high school. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. But the more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young idealist teacher threatens to break.
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, just died of a heart attack, Ellias travels to Quebec to settle the succession. The young designer discovers that he inherited far worse than his father's fragile heart.