Canadian Premiere
Seven teenage girls are filmed in their rooms performing TikTok dances committed to memory.
Adriana Amos, Lou Bertossa, Mégane Belomo, Charlotte Laurient, Edith Nordmann, Louane Pericot
France/Switzerland
2026
In English and French with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Lionel David Baier, Jaber Debzi, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Thomas Carillon
Screenwriter
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe
Cinematography
Lucie Baudinaud
Editor
Suzana Pedro
Original Music
Jeanne Pâris, Gautier Teuscher
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė
Born in 1995 in Lithuania, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė studied contemporary dance at La Manufacture and visual arts at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne. She founded the contemporary dance company A M A and, with Gautier Teuscher, created Workpiece (2021), Pas de deux (2022), and Tiktok-Ready Choreographies (2024), which have been presented internationally. Her work has been co-produced by Pavillon ADC and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne. She is a recipient of the Leenaards Foundation cultural grant and the June Johnson Prize.
Élie Grappe
Élie Grappeis a French-Swiss writer and director born in Lyon in 1994. He studied classical music before attending the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). His debut feature Olga (2021) won the SACD Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week and was Switzerland’s 2022 Oscar submission. The film won three Swiss Film Awards and was released in 38 countries. Currently, Grappeis teaches at ECAL and is developing his next feature, adapted from a novel by Lola Lafon.
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