SYNOPSIS

Director｜Fabien Ara

Screenwriter｜Fabien Ara

Cast｜CAPUCINE LESPINAS, ANGE-NICOLAS CASTELLOTTI, MARIE-PIERRE NOUVEAU, BRIGITTE AUBRY, GENEVIÈVE EMANUELLI, ERGE BARBAGALLO, NATHANAÊL MAÏNI

Producer｜RESPIRO PRODUCTIONS

Cinematographer｜Thomas JACQUET

Genre｜Short Film

Length｜13min21s

Year｜2019

Dialogue｜Français

Subtitles｜English

Region｜France

Production Company｜RESPIRO PRODUCTIONS

Synopsis

SIMON : ”I want to be a girl, mommy.” Alma freezes. She doesn’t know how to react: from now on, her 8-year-old son wants to dress up like a fairy to go to school. She asks for help from her neighbors. Soon the whole building is debating about Simon’s right to his gender choice.

Director Biography

I’ve been an actor for more than ten years, I acted in several leading roles such as Sebastian in LIEBMANN by Jules Hermann, selected at the “Berlinale”, and at the 2016 “European Film Awards”.

Director’s Statement

Recently, I was laureate of the thirteenth edition of the “Nouveaux Cinémas” screenplay competition, which allowed me to direct my first short film “CLAC! “which has won about fifty prizes to date, including the “Ça tourne en Ile de France” prize at the “Paris Courts Devant” festival. Thanks to this experience, I was able to direct my second short film ” Féeroce “, produced by Respiro Productions, winner of the “HLM sur Cour(t)” competition, with the support of Arte, TV5 MONDE, the CNC, and the Corsican region. It has won to date twenty awards out of twenty festivals.