Here, young filmmakers from all over the world show their debut works. Among the discoveries of the Semaine de la Critique are Ken Loach, Wong Kar-wai, Guillermo del Toro and François Ozon.
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The Myth of the American Sleepover
Independent, Comedy
2010
1h.33min
16+
On the last night of summer, 4 teenagers navigate suburban Detroit looking for love and adventure. A poignant coming-of-age drama.
The Sea Ahead
Drama
2021
1h.56min
16+
This riveting feature tells the story of a young woman returning home to a crisis-ridden country and family she barley recognizes.
Buy Me a Gun
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2018
1h.24min
16+
In a dystopian Mexico, a drug-addicted father tries to survive, as a groundskeeper at a baseball field, with his young daughter Huck.
Bloody Milk
Drama, Comedy
2017
1h.27min
16+
A dairy farmer and his sister, who is a veterinarian, get into a conflict over how to deal with a dangerous cattle disease.
Our Mothers
Drama
2019
1h.16min
16+
Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.
A Violent Life
Drama, Thriller
2017
1h.53min
16+
In this complex story of politics, loyalty, and identity, a Corsican resistance fighter returns to his homeland despite the threat of death.
Hope
Drama
2014
1h.33min
16+
On their flight from the Gulf of Guinea to the Moroccan coast, two people, despite or because of the omnipresent danger, find each other.
Dear Prudence
Drama
2010
1h.17min
16+
17-year-old Prudence lives alone in Paris. After a botched shoplifting attempt she meets Marilyne at the police station.
Let the Sunshine In
Comedy, Romance
2017
1h.35min
12 FSK
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
One Week and a Day
Comedy
2016
1h.38min
6 FSK
When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor.
This ...
Tehran Taboo
Animation, Drama
2016
1h.36min
16 FSK
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...
XXY
Drama, Queer
2007
1h.27min
12 FSK
15 year old Alex has a secret – through a fluke of nature she is a hermaphrodite, both boy and girl. The first honest film about the topic.