Launched in 2019, First Window is dedicated to documentary debuts of features and short films by young creators enrolled in art schools, university film programmes, filmmaking courses of any kind, or creating outside of any specific training environment. From 22 to 29 March, the thirteen films will be screened at Paris’s Reflet Médicis, and will be available online on a dedicated section of the Mediapart website, where visitors can vote for their favourite film.
First Window selections:
- ALASSANE, MOUSSA, TYSON by Hugo Franconeri | France | 2024 | 4′
- L’AVENIR by Magalie Vaz | France | 2025 | 24′
- CORRUPTED BLOOD by Elouan Le Bars | France | 2024 | 16′
- DORTOIRS by Hugo Mazzoccoli | France | 2025 | 22′
- LES GARÇONS, LES FILLES by Camille Sisman | France | 2024 | 17′
- JE NE SUIS QU’UN CORPS by Éva Morin | Belgium | 2024 | 22′
- LAND OF TÊMÊLE, WE DÊLÊME by Assya Agbere | South Africa | 2024 | 18′
- MA VIE EST ICI by Clara Jeany | France | 2024 | 26′
- MERCEDES COMME PAPILLON by Marthe Perret | France, Belgium | 2024 | 21′
- REZBOTANIK by Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro | Brasil, Portugal, Spain | 2025 | 18′
- SÉCURISE TES IMAGES : DÉTRUIS LES by Lory Glenn | France | 2025 | 10′
- SUEÑOS DE VIERNES by Collective Harrotu Ileak & Zine–Lab | Spain | 2024 | 14′
- UNE LETTRE SI LONGUE by Zhang Kaini | France | 2025 | 18′
As earlier announced, 37 films are selected for the festival’s Competition section. With running times ranging from 10 to 119 minutes, and set within locations “from China to Canada or from France to Suriname,” the films will “once again showcase contemporary documentary in all its diversity, as world, international or French premieres.”
