Alliance Française de Malte
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In the year 2200, Aline Ruby, a stubborn private detective, and her android partner, Carlos Rivera, are hired by a wealthy businessman to capture a notorious hacker on Earth. Back on Mars, a new case leads them to venture into the depths of Noctis, the Martian capital, in search of JunChow, a missing cybernetics student.
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Here is the schedule of screenings:
Both kids and adults are invited to vote for their favorite short film. A ranking will be made at the end of each event.
Duration :
41:56
Age:
5 to 7 years old
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By Rémi Durin – 2023
10 : 32
Alphonse, a squirrel, always has his head in the clouds. He loves to gaze at them and sometimes even take pictures of them. Neither his parents nor his friends understand this passion. Yet, contemplating clouds is no easy task. Alphonse even has to show a certain amount of courage, worthy of the greatest explorers…
By Claudia Rothlin – 2008
03:21
A little girl is very afraid of monsters. She sees them everywhere: in the basement, on the street, and even under her bed.
By Alexandre Labarussiat – 2023
10:29
What imagination nourishes children’s drawings? A poetic and sensitive dive into a world of colors and emotions. A portrait of a kindergarten class in the middle section, in Montreuil.
By Noémie Cathala-Vergnaud – 2017
02:34
A little girl is bored at the supermarket with her mother. She spots a sword on one of the shelves and rushes to grab it. The world around her changes as she dives into a daydream.
By Toma Leroux – 2017
15:00
On vacation at her grandfather’s, Lili decides to build an airplane…
Duration :
51:06
Age:
10 to 14 years old
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By Michel Gondry – 1998
13:52
One evening at the end of December 1999, Stéphane talks with his older brother about the anxiety of the approaching turn of the millennium, but also about girls, and more specifically about Aurélie, a classmate whom Stéphane is clearly in love with. The next morning, Aurélie invites Stéphane to come see her: she has a letter to give him…
By Mathieu Labaye – 2008
09:29
“It is through movement that we claim our own life. Through the freedom to go, to come, to express gestures of love, of anger, no matter what. When one is deprived of movement, as I am, if one wants to survive, one must reinvent movement in another way.”
By Emma Benestan – 2016
15:45
It’s the aftermath of a rumor sparked by the sharing of an ambiguous Snapchat. Two friends, Bilal and Adil, set out to find girls to save their reputation. But the journey is far from what they had imagined…
By Mikey Hill – 2015
15:00
Imagine a world where an orchestra of tiny musicians follows you everywhere, playing the soundtrack of your life, expressing your emotions, your fears, and your hopes. In this world lives Ederly Vernon, a lonely man whose crippling shyness causes his little orchestra to play horribly out of tune…
Duration :
01:37:10
Age:
From 12 years old
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By Maxime Roy – 2019
22:00
Daniel struggles, as best as he can, with the despair of his mother, who has heard nothing from his father. When the latter shows up at his place the day before his surgery to become a woman, Lisa, he has to force his father to finally tell the truth.
By Amartei Armar – 2018
15:00
An orphan’s life is turned upside down when he learns that his youngest brother has been chosen by an American adoptive family
By Alexandre Labarussiat – 2023
10:29
What imagination nourishes children’s drawings? A poetic and sensitive dive into a world of colors and emotions. A portrait of a kindergarten class in the middle section, in Montreuil.
By Alexandra Naoum – 2022
23:13
Separated from her daughter during her incarceration, Laura tries to manage her anger through prison yoga classes. But during her first parole, she reunites with her mother, a woman with an explosive temper, who is taking care of the little one while Laura serves her sentence…
By Marianne Gaudilière & Arthur Bacry – 202
19:57
Gary and Tom, father and son, are deaf. It’s vacation time, and they’re hitchhiking on a highway rest stop, heading south. For Gary, it’s an adventure; Tom would have preferred to go by car, like everyone else.
Duration :
01:21:56
Age:
From 12 years old
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By Laura Henno – 2018
13:00
In the Highlands of Mayotte, a space of secrecy, magic, and escape, men and dogs share a filial, almost fusion-like bond, a companionship between species that share the same territory of transformation and autonomy. Smogi has a special relationship with dogs, but also with the power of the elements, nature, and the mischievous spirits that inhabit it (the djinns). Djo encounters different belief systems in a wild syncretism, where the call to Muslim prayer also marks the moment of reunion with the animist and impure forces of the forest.
By Adiel Goliot – 2023
20:35
Mauricette Bonnarien works as a longshorewoman at the port in French Guiana. The rest of the time, she performs slam poetry. Deeply self-conscious about her last name, which was imposed on her ancestor during the abolition of slavery, she fights to complete a process to change her name. It is time to make her new surname heard by those around her.
By Nicola Séry – 2023
20:21
In a public housing estate in La Réunion, as the celebration of the Eid al-Kebir sacrifice approaches, 12-year-old Ibrahim, of Comorian descent, is stigmatized by Evan, a neighbor of his age, who accuses him of being an animal killer. When Ibrahim learns that a goat will be delivered to his building, he wants to save the animal… but Evan is watching.
By Nelson Foix – 2020
28:00
While being chased, Chris discovers a baby on his doorstep who seems to be meant for him. Doubting his paternity, he embarks on a search for the child’s mother.
For ages 6+
In French with English subtitles
Natanaël, almost 7 years old and unable to read, is disappointed when his aunt Eléonore leaves him her vast library. However, he soon discovers that at night, characters from the books, like Alice, Fairy Carabosse, and Captain Hook, come to life and need his help. They warn him of a great danger that could erase them forever. To save his tiny friends, Natanaël, brave adventure to defeat threats like the treacherous Pictou and a giant crab. Will he manage to read the magic formula in time to save them all? ✨📖
