Fanny Lefort

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: September 2021

    A Sundance winner, an ambitious animation and the perfect summation of parenthood make up the trio of films selected by the S/W team as our Best of the Month picks

  • Festival

    Online Now: The 9th Annual "My French Film Festival"

    ((The Festival is now over, and the links to the films have expired) We preview and link to the 10 short films you can watch for free in this year's "My French Film Festival"—Unifrance's innovative online celebration of contemporary French cinema.

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    Dark Comedy François Jaros

    Oh What A Wonderful Feeling

    A surreal portrait of a young woman as she finds her place within a roadside harem, a nighttime truck stop becomes an ominous playground for sexual desires and something much more strange.

  • Festival

    A S/W-Centric Guide to Encounters 2020

    With UK's leading short film festival forced online, we dive into the Encounters 2020 programme and take a look at what the festival has to offer this year - including some new films from some old S/W favourites

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    Dramedy Annie St-Pierre

    Les Grandes Claques (Like the Ones I Used to Know)

    December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.: Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, Santa Claus is late. Denis, alone in his car, is anxious at the idea of setting foot in his ex-in-laws house to pick up his children.

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    Drama Sarah Pellerin
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    Mon Boy (My Boy)

    As he takes part in his brother’s bachelor party, 17 year old Louis is confronted by this ritual that both celebrates and denigrates commitment and masculinity.

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    Drama Carmine Pierre-Dufour & Émilie Mannering

    Mahalia Melts in the Rain

    Mahalia, a timid 9-year-old black girl, feels different from the other girls in her ballet class. Hoping to boost her confidence, her mother brings her to a hair salon to get her hair straightened for the very first time.