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No Skate!

A friendship forms between Isaac and Cleo over their shared disdain of skaters.

 

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Director
Cast

Michael Zindel, Raïka Hazanavicius, Alexandre Desrousseaux, Nathan Roche, Brice Gardebien, Hafid Hammouti, Marion T.

Credits
Country of Origin

France

Year

2025

Language

In French with English subtitles

Links
18+
24 min
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LES FILMS NORFOLK (Noëlle Levenez), ROSA FILMS (Salomé Fleischmann)

Credits & Director

Producer

Noëlle Levenez, Salomé Fleischmann

Screenwriter

Guil Sela, Joséphine Ha

Cinematography

Pauline Doméjean

Editor

Paul Nouhet

Production Design

Ysé Braconnier

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Guil Sela

Guil Sela is a filmmaker and photographer born in 1996. His first short film was The Olympic Flame (2023), followed by Santa Maria Kyoko (2023), which was presented at Côté Court. Montsouris Park won the Leitz Cine Prize at the 2024 Semaine de la Critique, and his newest short, No Skate!, was presented at the 2025 Semaine de la Critique. He is currently writing his debut feature film, Life is a Beach!, which explores the irony of tragic current events with humour and melancholy.

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