Gabriel e a montanha

Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa : 2017
Gabriel and the Mountain

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination. Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa's second fiction feature was winner of the France 4 Visionary Award when it premiered in competition at the Semaine de la Critique at Festival de Cannes 2017.

La familia

Gustavo Rondón Córdova : 2017

Twelve-year-old Pedro roams the streets with his friends, raised by the violent urban atmosphere around him in a working class district of Caracas. After Pedro seriously injures another boy in a rough game of play, his single father Andrés decides they must flee to hide. Andrés will realise he is incapable of controlling his own teenage son, but their situation will bring them closer than they have ever been. Gustavo Rondón Córdova's feature premiered in competition at the Semaine de la Critique at Festival de Cannes 2017.

120 battements par minute

Robin Campillo : 2017
BPM (Beats Per Minute)

120 BPM. The average heart rate. Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, ACT UP Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference, demanding action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the epidemic. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant, who throws his last bits of strength into the struggle. Robin Campillo's feature was winner of the FIPRESCI Prize, the François Chalais Award, the Grand Prix of the Jury, and the Queer Palm when it premiered in competition at Festival de Cannes 2017.

Rodin

Jacques Doillon : 2017

Paris 1880, Auguste Rodin aged 40, finally receives his first State commission: he creates The Gates of Hell, composed of figurines. Some of these will become his most famous works, such as The Kiss and The Thinker. He shares his life with Rose, his lifelong partner, when he meets the young Camille Claudel. His most gifted student, she quickly becomes his assistant, then his mistress. A decade of passion, mutual admiration and complicity ensues. Following their break up, Rodin continues to work relentlessly. He faces both the rejection and enthusiasm provoked by the sensuality of his sculptures, and with his Balzac, rejected during his lifetime, creates the undeniable starting point of modern sculpture. Jacques Doillon's feature premiered in competition at Festival de Cannes 2017.

Loveless

Andrey Zvyagintsev : 2017
Nelyubov

Boris and Zhenya are going through a divorce. Arguing constantly, and in the process of selling their apartment, they are already preparing for their new lives: Boris with his younger, pregnant girlfriend and Zhenya with the wealthy lover who is keen to get married. Neither seems interested in their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until he disappears. Unheard, unloved, and above all, unwanted, the introverted and unhappy boy feels that he is an intolerable burden, however, what his parents don't know is that he can hear every single word. As a result, when Boris and Zhenya finally realise that Alyosha has been missing for nearly two days, it is already too late. But is this a simple case of a runaway teenager? Andrey Zvyagintsev's fifth feature was winner of the Jury Prize when it premiered in competition at Festival de Cannes 2017.