Gaël Métroz’s quietly observant documentary follows Roger Rey, an 84-year-old former racing driver who, after decades caring for his wife Marylou following their son’s death, is asked in her final wish to return to the track in her honour. The film is a patient portrait of grief, memory and resilience, contrasting the tactile mechanics of a forty-year-old car with fleeting moments of speed. Intimate close-ups and deliberate rhythms render ageing, loss and the ritual of return with tactile, melancholic clarity.

In presence of director Gaël Métroz

Stéphane Brizé’s incisive social drama tracks Carla, a newly hired HR officer tasked with an ambitious employer-branding campaign. Navigating the tension between employee well‑being and corporate performance, she edges toward ethical compromise as institutional pressures mount. Anchored by intimate performances from Alba Rohrwacher and Vincent Lindon, the film favours restrained framing and observational pacing to examine labour, responsibility, and moral erosion. Sparse, tactile visuals and a steady emotional undercurrent render a lucid portrait of power, compromise and the cost of goodwill.

Original French version with French and English subtitles

Halla, in her fifties, declares war on the local aluminium industry that scars her country. Benedikt Erlingsson directs this quietly fierce drama with a blend of dark humour and human warmth. As Halla risks everything to protect Iceland’s highlands, an unexpected orphan enters her life, forcing small domestic moments to collide with political resistance. The film explores solitude, activism and the ethics of protest through striking landscapes, intimate performances and a tonal balance between satire and tenderness.

Film screening and discussion exclusively for 15–25 year-olds.
Original Icelandic version with French subtitles.

Lucy lives with her family on a small isolated island, where her extraordinary gifts provoke suspicion and rejection. When she meets Milly — a little girl only Lucy can see — she sets off on a poignant adventure to unravel the mystery of her powers. Told with a lyrical, intimate eye, the film explores themes of belonging, otherness and the fragile border between imagination and reality, using windswept landscapes and close, expressive images to evoke mood and emotional truth.

In French.

Vincent Chabloz’s first feature is a lyrical portrait of Derborence seen through the lives of its wild inhabitants. Filmed with intimate ecological curiosity, the director follows animals as they encounter the occasional human presence in the valley, blending tenderness and wry humour. The film alternates close, observational sequences and sweeping natural vistas to evoke wonder while quietly arguing for the urgent need to protect the living world to which we belong.

In French with English subtitles.
In the presence of director Vincent Chabloz.