Aïmen Derriachi

Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…

At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.

Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.

A devoted partner seeks dignity for his late love, a fugitive in Paris attempts to outrun his past, and a young man searches for clarity as he navigates his desires. From unexpected rooftop encounters to a celestial game of chess, this compelling collection of shorts explores truth, acceptance and the moment we realise there is truly No Place to Hide.

The story hones in on Mia, a 25-year-old Parisian who works in a nail bar on Rue des Dames. Unbeknownst to her employer and in exchange for money, she arranges access, for some of the salon’s female clients, to sought-after parties attended by high-profile footballers…

Blandine's life changes dramatically when her sister makes a deathbed confession that she sent an innocent man to jail 15 years previously by refusing to give him an alibi. Blandine will have to do all she can to get this man released and find out who really killed her best friend.

In their secluded bourgeois mansion surrounded by nature, Athmane and Patricia have decided to wean their eldest son, Idir, off heroine. Sabri, his little brother, roams about aimlessly, waiting for a sense of liberation. He is the one who will take charge of the situation.