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Paris Paris

Paris Paris

Director Isabelle Tollenaere

1 hr. 18 min. · Belgium, 2026 · Drama · French · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

In a ghostly, seemingly abandoned apartment block in Paris, Yi-En, Junior and Hamzah build a home together. All three have left their countries behind and carry the burden of exile. They share not only a living space, but also memories, dreams and different ideas of what home means. Their unlikely household teems with life, offering shelter to a stray cat and a rescued fish, yet the refuge they have so carefully created remains fragile. Both intimate and atmospheric, the film explores migration, identity and the elusive meaning of home. Tollenaere found inspiration in the urban and social transformation of a replica of Paris in China and in its echoes across the French capital itself.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 18 min.
Country, year
Belgium, 2026
Genre
Drama
Language
French
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Isabelle Tollenaere
Screenplay
Isabelle Tollenaere
Producers
Bo de Group, Hans Everaert
Cinematography
Thomas Verijke
Music
Kwinten Van Laethem
Cast
Yi-En Chen, Mahmoud Beshtawi, David Mutamba
More information
www.imdb.com
Isabelle Tollenaere

Director

Isabelle Tollenaere

A Belgian filmmaker of Lithuanian heritage, Isabelle Tollenaere explores the role of spontaneity and improvisation in cinema. Her work focuses on the interplay between the rapid transformation of the physical world and the human experience of time and memory. Her short films and documentaries have screened at the Venice Film Festival, the Berlinale, IFFR, the Centre Pompidou, Viennale, Visions du Réel, FIDMarseille, IDFA, CPH and IndieLisboa. Her work has received the Caligari Film Prize at the Berlinale in 2020, the FIPRESCI Prize at IFFR in 2015 and the Special Jury Prize at IndieLisboa in 2020. Paris Paris, her first narrative feature, competed in the Proxima section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Screenings

3 screenings in 2 cities.

  1. Wednesday, November 11 16:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 10 Tickets
  2. Friday, November 13 19:10 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 11 Tickets