Adam Amara

The Serpent Queen

Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

Croisement Gaza - Boulevard Saint-Germain

Our Brothers

Inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill

The Shift

Brussels. Seventeen-year-olds Eden and Abdel carry out a terrorist attack in their school. Isabelle and Adamo, two paramedics who rush to the scene after the explosion, find Eden injured and unconscious, and load him into the ambulance without imagining that he is one of the terrorists. When Isabelle realizes that he is wearing an explosive belt, it is too late: Eden has woken up.

Catch the Wave

When Antoine (20) gets invited by friends for a week at the ocean, the stakes are high. He knows he earned his ticket thanks to his car, but it's now or never to shine and join the pantheon of cool people. The only problem is that Antoine — at the ocean or anywhere else — is anything but cool. On the beach, Antoine seizes an opportunity to pass himself off as a talented surfer. And it works… Suddenly he's thrust into a role whose full consequences he hasn't begun to grasp.

Toutes les nuits

Belleville. A working-class Parisian neighborhood. Nadia teaches french to Chinese prostitutes in an association. Committed to her work, she gets close to one of her students, Mei, who is saving money to make his son travel to France.