The Last Queen

In production
Directed by Stefano La Rosa & Luca Renucci

In a little town on the Venetian lagoon, a woman dedicated to work and family receives unexpected 
news: she is the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France, Italia

Duration

90'

Format

HD

Producers

Thibaut Amri & Antoine Guide / Avant la Nuit (France) Nadia Trevisan / Nefertiti Film (Italia)

Support

FVG Audiovisual Fund, Media Slate, TFL Comedy Award

Amnesia

In production
Directed by Dima Hamdan

In Jericho, on the sacred night of Ramadan, an amnesiac awakens in the middle of the street. His search for identity stirs buried secrets and forces a community to confront choices that could disrupt the city’s fragile balance.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France, Palestine, Jordania, Belgium, Canada

Duration

90'

Format

HD

Producers

Thibaut Amri & Antoine Guide / Avant la Nuit (France) Tony Copti & Jiries Copti / Fresco Films (Palestine) Amel Bouzid / Darnaa Productions (Belgium) Yasmeen Abu-Nuwar & Peter Williams / The Phoenix Production Services (Jordania) Catherine Chagnon / Microclimat Films (Canada)

Support

Visions Sud Est, Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Royal Film Commission – Jordan, FilmLab Palestine, Atlas Workshops, French Institute of Tunisia

French Bear

In production
Directed by Benjamin Costes

A helicopter takes off in a swirl of snow; a line of pickups is parked along a mountain road. Adam, fifteen, follows his older brother up an Alpine pass to block migrants from crossing. Deep in the mountains, engulfed by a roaring blizzard, their paths diverge and an unseen event changes everything.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

25'

Format

HD

Producer

Romain Rampillon & Thibaut Amri, Avant la Nuit (France)

Festival

Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Euro Connection)

Support

Montpellier Métropole

Letters

In production
Directed by Malick Gueye

Milo, a reserved Black man trapped in obsessive routines dreads the swimming test required for his upcoming medical check-up. Convinced that his hands are too small to keep him afloat, he signs up for swimming lessons by correspondence. His exchanges with Lydia, an empathetic and encouraging instructor, slowly begin to crack the rigid shell of his world.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

20'

Format

HD

Support

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

A Cat Under the Wheels

2026
Directed by Jauffrey Gallé


Yannick, a hurried delivery driver, loses his way on a country road and hits a cat in front of an isolated house. When his vehicle refuses to start again, he has no choice but to knock on the door.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

18'

Format

HD

Producers

Thibaut Amri (Avant la Nuit) David Thiers (Marnie Production)

Cast

Frédéric Ambrosini, Eva Chevret

Line producer

Lucas Michalon

Director of photography

Rubens Favreau

1st assistant director

Matthis Brunache

Sound engineer

Tanguy Bénéthuilière

Script supervisor

Émilie Miao

Gaffer

Clément Chat

Key Grip

Lilian Hernandez

Sound mixer

Jean-François Terrien

Sound editor

Philippe Sanchez

Composer

Sylvain David

Colorist

Hugo Brengues

Asphalt Reds

2026
Directed by João Niza Ribeiro

On the day of the violent crackdown on migrants in Melilla, Omar, a young Beninese illegal worker in Porto, gallops through the streets of the city on his motorbike, delivering parcels at the behest of the digital eye of the platforms.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France, Portugal

Duration

29'

Format

HD

Producers

Thibaut Amri, Antoine Guide / Avant la Nuit (France) Leonor Noivo, João Matos, Luisa Homem, Pedro Pinho, Susana Nobre and Tiago Hespanha / Terratreme Filmes (Portugal) Ana Meleiro, João Niza RIbeiro and José Magro / Pântano (Portugal)

Cast

Francisco de Oliveira, Barthelemy Eugene Haba, Nedjemeddin Boutouil (Marouane), Renato Vanderlei

1st assistant director

Cláudia Ribeiro

Line producer

Cristiana Cruz Forte

Director of photography

Miguel da Santa

Set decorator

Ana de Almeida Meleiro

Sound engineer

Jules Valeur

Colorist

Tiago Carvalho

Editor

Tiago Carvalho

Sound mixer

Manuel Mendes

Support

Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual, Filmaporto, Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores,

Laniakea

2024
Directed by Tom Cogo & Matéo Rousson

Since they were children, Aya, Yanice and Maelo have felt a strange energy deep within themselves. One day, they decide to go on an adventure and find out about this energy. This initiatory journey takes them through mountains, forests, and lakes… Until they finally reach their destination.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

26'

Format

16mm

Producers

Thibaut Amri, Benjamin Costes, Romain Rampillon / Avant la Nuit (France) Tom Cogo, Matéo Rousson / Immercif (France)

Cast

Ayaba Ardoin, Yanice Djae, Maelo Hernandez

Director of photography

Romain Rampillon

Set decorator

Lucie Audau

VFX

Frédéric Geffroy

Composer

Nina Besana Mourlaas

Editor

Anna Jacob Gauzit

Colorist

Alexandre Cambron, Alexandra Pocquet

The House is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm

2023
Directed by Mouloud Aït Liotna

​​Yanis, a young Kabyl man, is leaving for Paris the following day. He goes to the nearby village to tie up loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap in a café turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie, first desperate, then thoughtful and melancholic.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France, Algeria

Duration

43'

Format

HD

Producer

Benjamin Costes & Thibaut Amri / Avant la Nuit

Co producer

Mouloud Aït Liotna & Jules David / L'Oeil Vif Productions

Cast

Mehdi Ramdani, Mohamed Lefkir, Idir Benaibouche, Mustapha Mahfoud, Koceila Mahfoud, Taklit Mlihi, Ghani Aït Liotna, Fares Bouali

Director of photography

Jowan Le Besco

Sound engineer

Hocine Mellal

Editor

Esther Frey

Sound editor

Hugo Rossi

Sound mixer

Jean-François Terrien

Colorist

Graziella Zanoni

Composer

Amazigh Kateb et Ptit Moh

Distributor

MAD Solutions

Festival

Festival de Cannes – Directors’ Fortnight, IndieLisboa International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Cinemed – Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, Brive Film Festival, Douarnenez Film Festival, Béjaïa Cinematographic Encounters, Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt, Verona African Film Festival

Support

CNC, Région Occitanie, AFAC

The Man with the Towel

In production
Directed by Jauffrey Gallé

Jacques, in his fifties, takes care of his bedridden, possessive mother Arlette. Their dull, routine-bound life revolves around a daily ritual: after his shower, Arlette dries Jacques’ long hair. One morning, a black bath towel found at the bottom of his well awakens in him a newfound desire for emancipation: to dry his hair on his own.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

20'

Format

HD

Producer

Thibaut Amri & Antoine Guide / Avant la Nuit (France)

Support

Montpellier Métropole, Toulouse Métropole, Région Occitanie

On the Ropes

2026
Directed by Belkacem Lalaoui

Amine, a solitary teenager, reluctantly spends time at the local boxing gym. To escape these painful hours, he fixates on Rayan, a young boxer who stirs unfamiliar desires in him. At night, after school, Amine uses photos of his cousin Sihem to become “Amina” and secretly chat with Rayan on social media.

Genre

Fiction

Country

France

Duration

19'

Format

HD

Producers

Thibaut Amri / Avant la Nuit (France) Arnaud Salavert, Charly Cancel Hugo Mouchart Etienne André

Cast

Ilies Kadri, Noham Edje, Yasmine Boujjat, Rachid Hafassa, Maya Racha, Taïdir Ouazine, Santiago Sabourdy

Director of photography

Konstantin Pape

Colorist

Pierre Brière

Composer

Noé Bailleux

Distributor

Hors du Bocal

Support

CNC, Région Île-de-France, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Département de la Gironde, Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis