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Pride month

May 17: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

27 films

Everywhere, filmmakers are working to question prejudice and push back intolerance. The films make visible the individual or collective struggles for LGBTQIA+ dignity and pride in their diversities thanks to the creativity of cinema and authors.

Pride month
  • Drama
  • 2023
  • 1h46
by Claire Burger

Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically active. Fanny is troubled. To win over Lena, she invents a life for herself, to the extent of becoming trapped in her lies.

  • Comedy-drama
  • 2022
  • 1h43
by  Florent Gouëlou

Baptiste, 29 ans, est en couple avec Samia, quand il fait la rencontre de Cookie Kunty, une jeune drag queen de la nuit parisienne. Poussé par l'idée d'un projet photo avec elle, il s'immerge dans un univers dont il ignore tout, et découvre Quentin, le jeune homme derrière la drag queen.

  • Comedy, Comedy-drama, Drama
  • 2022
  • 1h40
by Emmanuel Mouret

A single mother and a married man become lovers. They have pledged to see each other only for an affair and to have no hope of love, knowing well that the relationship has no future. However, they are more and more surprised by their understanding, their alchemy and the well-being of being together…

  • Drama
  • 2022
  • 1h50
by Lola Quivoron

Hot tempered and fiercely independent, Julia finds escape in a passion for motorcycles and the high-octane world of urban ‘Rodeos’ - illicit gatherings where riders show off their bikes and their latest daring stunts. After a chance meeting at a Rodeo Julia finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile clique and, striving to prove herself to the ultra-masculine group, she is faced with a series of escalating demands that will make or break her place in the community.

  • Comedy-drama, Comedy, Drama
  • 2021
  • 1h39
by Catherine Corsini

Raf et Julie, un couple au bord de la rupture, se retrouvent dans un service d’Urgences proche de l'asphyxie le soir d'une manifestation parisienne des Gilets Jaunes. Leur rencontre avec Yann, un manifestant blessé et en colère, va faire voler en éclats les certitudes et les préjugés de chacun. À l'extérieur, la tension monte. L’hôpital, sous pression, doit fermer ses portes. Le personnel est débordé. La nuit va être longue…

  • Drama, Comedy
  • 2021
  • 1h33
by Samuel Theis

Ten year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups and downs of his young single mother's turbulent love life. Things change when a new teacher, fresh from the big city, takes over Johnny's class. Mr. Adamski believes in Johnny and wants to open a new world to him. The sophisticated young teacher also intrigues the boy.

  • 2021
  • 1h16
by Nicolas Peduzzi

Houston, Texas. Alexandra, Will et Nate se débattent pour survivre dans une ville qui dévore les gens – comme les rêves. Ex-cheffe de gang ou gosses de riches reniés, chacun affronte ses démons tandis qu'un ouragan approche. « Ghost song », c'est la promesse d'un nouvel élan de vie, entre musique, hallucinations et espoirs de rédemption. Ce film fait partie du cycle ACID, une vision indépendante du cinéma

  • Comedy-drama
  • 2021
  • 1h23
by Luàna Bajrami

Somewhere in Kosovo, in a small remote village, three young women see their dreams and ambitions stifled. In their quest for independence, nothing can stop them: time to let the lionesses roar.

  • Comedy-drama
  • 2021
  • 29min
by Alexis Langlois

Dorothy, une réalisatrice un poil looseuse, se marre en écrivant son scénario. Mais un coup de fil de sa productrice lui coupe l'envie de rire : il est temps d'arrêter les comédies queer et de faire des films universels ! Pour ne pas sombrer dans l’angoisse, Dorothy se réfugie dans sa série doudou, Romy contre les vampires. Malheureusement, ses démons ont décidé de lui rendre visite ce soir.

  • Historical film
  • 2021
  • 1h23
by Jean-Gabriel Périot

Through the text of Didier Eribon interpreted by Adèle Haenel, Retour à Reims [Fragments] tells in archives an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

  • Adventure
  • 2021
  • 14min
by Lauriane Lagarde

Lina and Inès do not know each other. However, from roof to roof, from low wall to fence, the two teenagers observe each other from a distance, enjoy each other, try to get closer. But, because they do not wish to be seen, they are constantly interrupted.

  • Drama
  • 2020
  • 20min
by Naïla Guiget

In an abandoned hangar, a crowd dances in unison, shaken by 145 BPM of techno music. Among it, Dustin, a young trans person, and his gang: Félix, Raya, and Juan. As the night stretches on, the collective hysteria turns into sweet melancholy, and drunkenness into a lack of tenderness.

  • Comedy
  • 2020
  • 1h38
by Charline Bourgeois-Taquet

Anaïs is thirty and broke. She has a lover, but she’s not sure she loves him anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her. But Daniel lives with Emilie – whom Anaïs also falls for. This is the story of a restless young woman. And the story of a profound desire.

  • Drama, Thriller
  • 2019
  • 1h59
by Arnaud Desplechin

Christmas night in Roubaix. Police chief Daoud roams the city. Burn out cars, violent altercations... In the face of poverty, deception and distress, Daoud knows who is lying and who is telling the truth. Fresh out of the police academy, Louis has recently joined Daoud’s crew. Young, awkward and easily misled, he constantly misunderstands those he encounters. Daoud and Louis are confronted with the murder of an old woman. The old woman’s neighbours – two young women, Claude and Marie – are arrested. They are addicts, alcoholic, lovers… They terrify Louis. But Daoud never judges them. He speaks, he listens to them. With words, rising beyond the horror of their crime Daoud will find a way to give two murderers back their humanity.

  • Drama
  • 2018
  • 1h35
by Filippo Meneghetti

Nina and Madeleine, two retired women, have been secretly deeply in love for decades. From everybody’s point of view, including Madeleine’s family, they are simply neighbors living on the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, sharing the tender delights of everyday life together. Until the day their relationship is turned upside down by an unexpected event leading Madeleine’s daughter to slowly unveil the truth about them.

  • Drama
  • 2018
  • 1h23
by Wanuri Kahiu

"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

  • Drama
  • 2017
  • 1h28
by John Trengove

Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.

  • Biopic
  • 2020
  • 1h25
by Sébastien Lifshitz

Sasha, a 7 year old boy, has lived as a little girl since the age of 3. The film follows his daily life, the questioning of his parents and his brothers and sisters, as well as the unceasing fight that his family must wage to make his difference understood. Courageous and uncompromising, Karine, Sasha's mother, leads a relentless struggle driven by an unconditional love for her child.

  • Drama
  • 2022
  • 2h02
by Christophe Honoré

Lucas is drifting blithely through his last year of boarding school and looking forward to life as an attractive, out young man in Paris. His older brother, Quentin, already lives there; his parents will take care of everything. It’ll be nice. And then, one day, a sudden tragedy strips away everything Lucas took for granted, leaving him filled with anger and despair, his future in shambles. Quentin is lost in his own pain. Their mother, Isabelle, doesn’t know how to reach out to the young man Lucas is becoming. And so he is left to find his way alone, seeking comfort in a Paris that is still recovering from the pandemic.

  • Drama, Comedy
  • 2021
  • 1h33
by Samuel Theis

Ten year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups and downs of his young single mother's turbulent love life. Things change when a new teacher, fresh from the big city, takes over Johnny's class. Mr. Adamski believes in Johnny and wants to open a new world to him. The sophisticated young teacher also intrigues the boy.

  • Biopic
  • 2023
  • 14min
by  Cynthia Calvi

From tormented little mermaid to the blossoming woman she is today, GiGi recounts her journey of transition with humor and sensitivity.

  • Comedy-drama, Historical film
  • 2022
  • 1h36
by Virginie Verrier

Marinette Pichon is one of the world’s greatest stars of football, having held for almost two decades the record for the number of goals and caps for the French team (men/women combined), before becoming a FIFA Legend by being the first French player to have a career in the US. Pioneer of French women’s soccer, the film follows her fight to spread awareness on women’s rights in sport. A path full of pitfalls, from a childhood ravaged by an alcoholic and violent father to the heavy burden of coming out in an era where there is no such thing as LGBTQ+ rights. Her success in sport will fuel her desire to make a difference in the recognition of French women’s soccer, homosexuality, and equal opportunity. It is the story of a woman’s life, a fighter, an uncompromising ode to freedom, to surpassing oneself.

  • Comedy
  • 2022
  • 29min
by Alice Douard

Céline, à la maternité, attend l’arrivée de son premier enfant. C’est Jeanne, sa compagne, qui va le mettre au monde. La nuit, dans le hall de l’hôpital, elle fait la connaissance d’hommes qui, comme elle, attendent.

  • Comedy, Comedy-drama
  • 2023
  • 1h49
by Frédéric Mermoud

Sophie is a brilliant student. Encouraged by her math teacher, she leaves the family farm to try her chance at the entrance exam for top rated schools by enrolling in a preparatory science class. Going through new encounters, challenges, failures and fierce competition, Sophie realizes that entering the prestigious engineering school of Polytechnique, is not just a question of competition, but a challenge of climbing the social ladder.

  • Drama
  • 2023
  • 1h46
by Catherine Corsini

Khédidja works for a wealthy Parisian family who offered her to mind their children for a summer in Corsica. Bringing along her own two teenage daughters Jessica and Farah, it is an opportunity for them to go back to the island they left 15 years earlier, in tragic circumstances. While their mother grapples with her memories, the two girls indulge in all the summer temptations: unexpected encounters, mischief and first love experiences. Meanwhile, questions are surfacing about their distant past on the island, leading them to dig deeper into their mother’s version of the family story.

  • Historical film, Drama
  • 2022
  • 27min
by Arthur Thomas-Pavlowsky

June 26 in Marseille. Within the labor exchange transformed into a boxing arena, the boxers of the Boxe Massilia collective are about to enter the ring in front of a jubilant crowd. And what if, through this ancient spectacle of hand-to-hand combat, another, more decisive and fundamental battle was being played out?

  • Comedy
  • 2021
  • 28min
by Hugo Bardin

Alors qu'elle vient de voler l’urne contenant les cendres de son amant décédé, Paloma, une drag queen haute en couleur, rencontre Mike, un routier silencieux et mélancolique. Ils vont partager un bout de chemin en camion jusqu'à Paris. Un jour et une nuit ensemble pour vaincre leur solitude.

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