Léo by Night

Lord Protocol

"I wish you an excellent first day of the rest of your magical life, where everything will be magic, enchantment and malice. Well, normally there’s a choreography, but right now, I don’t really want to do it for you." Once upon a time, there was an employee named Wanda who had just started working in an amusement park.

Pardon My French

Nathalie is being stalked. By an interesting, intelligent young woman called Anaïs, who makes quite an impression on Nathalie, whose real name is Célimène and who happens to be a writer experiencing a crisis.

La limace et l'escargot

Two limping souls in their sixties collide – literally – on a street corner. What begins as a clumsy accident becomes a quiet spark. Over coffee, they linger. They talk. And just like that, an unlikely intimacy begins to bloom. The Slug and the Snail traces the gentle unfurling of a connection born not of urgency, but of presence of two bodies long ignored by the tempo of the world, finding rhythm in each other. Anne Benhaïem’s film is a tender ode to queer aging, to liminality, to love that doesn't need to shout to be heard. With stripped-down direction and performances that pulse with lived-in truth, the film crafts a space of radical softness. It speaks to loneliness without pity, to affection without spectacle. It reminds us that desire doesn’t fade, it just changes shape. Benhaïem herself plays one half of the duo, bringing a raw, honest magnetism that makes the story feel lived rather than performed. This is cinema as whisper, as mirror, as gentle rebellion.

The Beautiful Person

In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.

Hidden Diary

In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?

His Mother's Eyes

A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who lives with his parents, doesn't yet know the consequences that this story will have on his existence...

Bolero

Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax.

La Papesse Jeanne

The journey of young Jeanne through mountains and faith, from the lonely forests to the plains of Rome.

Sleepless Nights

April 2022 in France. The presidential election is entering its final round and the atmosphere is tense. Solène, a waitress, drifts through the night. She takes drugs, hurts people’s feelings and increasingly loses her grip.

Amélia Starlight

French chanson star Amélia Starlight is dying. More than a decade has passed since the singer abruptly retired from TV shows and concert halls. Tonight, on Danielle Villard's famous talk show, France reunites with her for a very special live show…

Les Inshortables, Vol. 8

Eighth series of short films from "Les Inshortables" with five works on issues dealing with the LGBTQIA+ community. From the bustling streets of Beirut to the homes of Brazil, these stories explore love, ambition, and the twists and turns of fate. Experience Mohammad's transformation on a construction site, Louis' grief over unrequited love, and Paul's challenges in fatherhood. Discover the secrets revealed when guests disrupt the lives of Rafa and Matheus, and follow Leo's descent into paranoia and obsession.

Three Times Mina

Mina is in Cannes to perform three nights during the Festival. She hangs out in cozy clubs and hotel rooms, moving from the arms of lovers to those of friends. There is Mina the performer, but also Mina the Italian singer of the 1970s, whom Mina summons to the stage every night.

Le mystère joyeux et triste de ce qui arrive et part

Looking for Reiko

A man goes to Tokyo to have an interview with Ike Reiko, who was a singer and actress in the 70s. Wandering in the city, he films the unexpected things he discovers.

Kissing Jessica Stein

Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist.

Chef's Special

Maxi thinks his life is perfect. He is a famous cook who owns a successful restaurant in Chueca and is living his life as a gay man without much complex. But when his son Edu and his daughter Alba appear, and a new attractive neighbor comes along, it will have a strong effect on his life resulting in his values being challenged for ever.

Boy Culture

A successful gay male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.

Latter Days

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.