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Pride Month short films

The French Institute is celebrating Pride Month with a selection of 3 short films by Lauriane Lagarde, Arthur Thomas Pavlowsy and Drag Race France winner Paloma/Hugo Bardin on 6th June.

Pride Month short films

About Pride Month short films

Dive through the first moments of a lesbian love story in the outskirts of Strasbourg, an inclusive boxing club in Marseille and the unexpected encounter of a truck driver and a drag queen.

Featuring :

Un corps brulant by Lauriane Lagarde – 14 minutes

La lutte est une fin by Arthur Thomas Pavlowsy – 27 minutes

Paloma by Hugo Bardin – 28 minutes

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