Le Mois du film documentaire 2025

Emilie attempts to understand the mystery of her universe: her mother Meaud. Magical grandmother, broken child, punk mother, spontaneous feminist, she fascinates as much as she disrupts. How do you give your children the love that you were denied yourself? How do you nurture your inner child when having gone through childhood trauma? Jump into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey into our own common psyche.

C’est l’histoire d’une classe d’un lycée de banlieue qui propose une méthode pédagogique collective. Basée sur une alliance entre les élèves, leurs parents et les professeurs, elle affiche 100% de réussite au baccalauréat depuis cinq ans.

In the Makarenko public elementary school in the Paris outskirts, children want to learn and to be cheered while teachers know they do not only teach, they also educate. With care, tenacity and efforts, children are trained to become not only responsible citizens but also human beings.

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.

Goutte d'Or district, Paris, Château Rouge metro station, Georges Clemenceau secondary school. Teenagers, burdened with their carelessness and their wounds, have to grow up. They are shaping their personalities, losing their way, searching for themselves. Adults try to guide them despite the violence of the system.

Swan is 8 years old. To protect herself from the outside world, she lives in the countryside, far from the noise. In this unspoilt environment, she has built a poetic universe for herself, and invites us to join her. A sensitive portrait from a child's point of view.

It all begins with photos of a family. An unknown family, yet one we feel we know. In the center: this boy. Who is he? What is his story? What if each individual were also the unwitting hero of a tale? A dizzying family investigation, where reality and fiction intertwine to the point of sometimes becoming indistinguishable.

Can high school friendships last a lifetime? One thing's for sure: before long, Aurore, Nours, Jeanne, Diane and the others will say goodbye to their boarding rooms, swimming in the Drôme and parties in the mountains. Louison will cut his dreads and the little family will break up. For some of them, it's not the first time, and it hurts even more...

It is June 2021 and the end of the school year at the Hénin-Beaumont high school. Linda and Irina are best friends. Between TikTok videos and science classes, they confide in each other about their family, their future, and other teenage preoccupations. But Linda has to move house yet again, and will not be here next term. In spite of her mother’s advice, this time she has grown attached to a friend, and their separation will be a painful one. As the summer begins, her heart is sore. Guillaume Brac films Linda and Irina in this pivotal time of adolescence, where everything is a balancing act between doing what one wants and living up to parents’ expectations, in the run-up to that long-awaited adulthood. A time when one forms unforgettable friendships, fleeting but foundational romances, and fates that will ultimately be upended. The multi-award-winning French director has once again constructed a wonderfully light-hearted tale with Rohmerian touches, in which his two characters are illuminated in a way that makes us feel like we know and love them; just like real film heroines, in fact.