Mad Dog

Johanie, the single mother of a dysfunctional family, takes a dim view of the arrival of Ian and his dog in the neighborhood. Like a trench dividing the two camps, the back alley becomes the witness of a rivalry where prejudice, fascination and frustration mingle slyly with the sound of barking.

Jan Kounen - Intégrale courts métrages

All Shorts film of Jan Kounen Director

Automagic

On his return home, androgynous-looking Madhu attempts to seduce Ratnakar, his rickshaw driver, who is practicing celibacy in preparation for a religious pilgrimage.

Junket

Chaos ensues as a gay actor and his female costar fake being a couple as they try to save the press junket for their new television show.


First Wednesday of the Month

Sacha, 23, spends a Wednesday afternoon with his 9 year old brother Marlon. While he had promised him a day dedicated all to himself, they run into Ariane, his first high school love.

Oh Sheep!

Two flocks of sheep are searching for companionship. But their shepherds, being at odds with each other, do everything to keep them separated.

The Swap

Insortable

Two Night Owls in Paris

Near the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont-Neuf, Camille, a second-hand bookseller, crosses paths with Paul, an Eiffel Tower trinket seller. Over the course of one night, these two young souls give in to the captivating rhythm of the City of Light.

Taxi

Claude Léveillée expresses the frustrations of a taxi driver steering his vehicle through the obstacle course of downtown traffic. Accelerated camera action heightens the fury and the frenzy.

Never Without My Denture

The fight against oppression of a gang of four crazy retirees. Four residents of a retirement home want to watch their favorite soap opera but the head nurse confiscates the remote control.

Veni Vidi Vici

Ruth

The year 2000. Maya, a young Londoner, goes to the small village of her Spanish girlfriend, Ruth, who has just died in an accident. She wants to say goodbye, but the shock and anxiety of presenting herself as the “foreign girlfriend” to family and friends she doesn't know and who speak a different language, is compounded by the perplexity of discovering that nobody knows who she is.

La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec

Documentary presenting the different stages of General de Gaulle's trip to Quebec in 1967, accompanied by extracts from his speeches.

Lapse

Jason et les royaumes

After a suicide attempt, Jason spends the summer with his grandmother, Aimée. Each week, a taxi takes him to his physiotherapy sessions, driven by Agatha. To escape the truth about his accident, Jason invents a new life for himself during the rides, turning the road into an imaginary and romantic escape.

Pardes

Tom is a teenager who lives with his single mom in a small southern Kibbutz, and deals with his (and other’s) sexuality.

Boullea

Skai Blue

Tom meets Simon, a Cameroon refugee on a dating app. They have a short, but passionate relationship and both hope to find a better life, happiness and love. However, Tom realizes that this relationship has a huge impact on his own life and is forced to make a difficult choice...

Brûlure douce

Lou, a 16-year-old boy, is invited to spend the summer holidays at the home of Paul’s grandparents, a classmate of his. Their budding friendship grows stronger day by day, fueled by the idyllic atmosphere of the place and their work restoring an old boat they’ve decided to fix up. But what thread is this summer euphoria hanging by?