Short film made by the students of the ‘Moteur, ça tourne’ film workshop at Lycée Les Bourdonnières during the 2021–2022 school year, depicting an alternative reality where homosexuality is the majority.
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Lucille Guillemot
Arthur Boton
Sandrine Cornillot
Ophélie Le Van
Enzo Chauvat
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Two gay dads fumble to provide their straight son with meaningful support after the loss of his first real love.
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Four families recount how they met and formed their families at a time when marriage and civil unions were denied to LGBT+ people. The film demonstrates what homophobia seeks to attack: love and family.
Drag queen Frannie P. Bodied takes on the most mortifying gig of her career: babysitting a bubbly child baseball player.
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Seventy years after his grandfather escapes from Nazi Germany to Palestine, Israeli documentary director Tomer Heymann returns to the country of his ancestors to present his film "Paper Dolls" at the Berlin International Film Festival, and there meets a man who will change his life. This 48-hour love affair, originating in Berghain Panorama Bar, develops into a significant relationship between Tomer and Andreas Merk, a German dancer.
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An evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.
When Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob, another Chinese kid from school, Rob’s dad gets suspicious about Gabriel's feminine behavior and decides to intervene.
Film geek Josh is looking for the subject of his new documentary when a chance meeting puts the perfect star in his sights—Dylan, his school's most popular junior. But Dylan's hopes of using the film to become Blossom Queen don't quite match with Josh's goal to make a hard-hitting exposé about popularity. Will Josh shoot the film as planned, or show Dylan as the truly interesting person she is?
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A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.
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A concert documentary shot during the Glee Live! In Concert! summer 2011 tour, featuring song performances and fans' life stories and how the show influenced them.
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The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
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