GABART
When winning is no longer enough

Elsa Blayau 

France / 2024 / 84′

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Sailing genius and successful entrepreneur François Gabart has won every major ocean racing competition. A new kind of modern hero, he has proved, at the age of 35, that it is possible to sail around the world single-handed in 42 days on the strength of the wind, while running his own business. But while he's at the top of his game, difficulties are piling up... Gabart has to reinvent himself. As an athlete, but above all as a man. Immersion for four years with an extraordinary sailor.

PARIS, SPORTING LIFE

(Narrated by Thierry Henry)
Rob Noonan 

France / 2023 / Documentary / 45′

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France hasn't hosted the Olympic Games for a hundred years. That was then amidst the challenges and difficulties of the post-First World War reconstruction period. In 2024, Paris will once again host the Games. In the century that has passed, even if tragedy seems to have followed every triumph, Paris has established itself as a great city of sport hosting unforgettable events. And in its streets, the City of Light has remained itself, a shining light that will welcome athletes and sports fans from all over the world. Paris, the great survivor, is preparing for a spectacular and triumphant demonstration of solidarity, unity and hope.

NUESTRA ALMA (OUR SOUL)

David Commeureuc 

France / 2023 / 61′

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In the heart of Argentina, experience an unrivalled passion for the quest for the Holy Grail, the 2022 Football World Cup. Sport is not just a physical exercise that develops our bodies. Sport is not just a physical exercise that develops our bodies, but a spiritual exercise that develops the spirit, the soul, through the effort, the values and the sensations it brings and makes us experience... And sport can interact with an entire people, becoming much more than a passion, quite simply the Soul of a nation! For 36 years and the victory in 1986, they have been waiting for this moment! "Nuestra Alma" is a plunge into the heart of the Argentinian people, who have a rendezvous with their innermost selves... Life and the country come to a standstill and live in unison with the World Cup! Experience the story of the Argentinian people's quest for the Holy Grail, the quest of a lifetime!

La Vie Acrobate

Coline Confort

Switzerland / 2023 / 78′

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Silke, a top-level para-cycling athlete, is preparing intensively for the Tokyo Paralympics. But? in between training sessions, she nourishes the hope of returning to the circus ring, the scene of her accident with her husband and partner Didier. Torn between her responsibilities as a competitor and her dreams of acrobatics, Silke will have to assert her choices.

THE RACE FOR THE LEAD

Julien Raison

France / 2023 / 68′

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UTMB. Four letters, three countries and a myth: 170 kilometers and 10,000 meters of ascent around the summit of the Alps. Created in 2003, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc has established itself as the world's greatest nature race. An epic and popular spectacle, carefully scripted. Through the stories of those who have won the UTMB, we understand how this race has revolutionized ultra-trailing, making thousands of anonymous people dream.

DUPONT, NATURALLY

Guilhem Garrigues

France / 2023 / 64′

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Rugby player Antoine Dupont is one of France's greatest sportsmen. The scrum-half has just shone and won the Bouclier de Brennus with Stade Toulousain in a totally insane final, the apotheosis of his incredible club season. But who is he? From his beginnings in his Pyrenean village to the captaincy of the French national team, we take a look back at the young life of the gifted Antoine Dupont. The documentary is based on six years of archive footage, the exclusive testimony of Antoine Dupont and the confidences of those close to him (family, friends, coaches, team-mates).

McENROE

Barney DOUGLAS

France / 2023 / Documentary / 100′

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Tennis legend John McEnroe talks about his life and career. The story of an extraordinary man who transformed modern tennis into a total spectacle. His dramatic arrival on the circuit, his legendary rivalry with Borg, his explosive temperament, his brilliant but chaotic career - all these things have shaped McEnroe's unique character. This intimate, introspective portrait, which also includes the testimony of his close friends and family, as well as Keith Richards, Billie Jean King and Björn Borg, presents the tennis player and the man, as brilliant as he is tormented.

STRoNG, as strong as they are fragile

Alice Cossé / Bertrand Briard / Emmanuel Le Ber

France / 2023 / Documentary / 82′

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When the gods of the stadium, with no apparent faults throughout their careers, reveal their weaknesses. Through the testimonies of swimmer Camille Lacourt, fencer Ysaora Thibus, surfer Jérémy Flores, skier Perrine Lafont and handball player Valentin Porte. Sickness, burns out and sometimes depression are on the table. But also, and above all, their reconstruction. An intimate look into the minds of these heroes, to raise awareness and help those who suffer in silence.

FACE TO FACE

[Adventure Line Productions]

Julien Magne / Christophe David / Cédric Terrasson / Anne Taisne/ Nikolas Six / Olivier Desseix

France / 2023 / Documentary / 112′

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Robert Pirès, world champion in 98, European champion in 2000 and several-time champion of England, set himself a challenge: to meet a champion whose sporting discipline is the antithesis of his own. The champion's name: Martin Fourcade, legendary athlete and France's most successful Olympic champion, with 5 gold medals. For a week, Robert Pirès immersed himself in Martin's sometimes hostile snowy world, testing out the biathlon and discovering the secrets of this extraordinary champion. At the end of this encounter and learning experience, the 2 champions will come face to face in an unprecedented sporting challenge. You only know a sportsman when you know his sport...
Through this experience, where confidences mingle with real sporting moments, Robert Pirès will test his limits and try to answer this question: what happens when 2 champions find themselves alone, face to face?

Anaïs
Hélène Hadjiyianni

France / 2023 / Documentary / 29′

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Anaïs Quéméner is 32 years old. She is a nursing assistant at the Jean Verdier hospital in Bondy. For her, living is running, it's staying in motion. In 2016, she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer, forcing her to rethink her training and, quite simply, her life. In early 2023, she prepares to attempt a new personal best at the Paris Marathon. Her journey, her state of mind, what keeps her going every day: passion, love. Every day is a new opportunity to do better than the day before. "To surpass yourself when things are going well, to surpass yourself when things are going badly".

Learning to Be
Kathrin HOECKEL, Julian Wildgruber

Germany / 2023 / Documentary / 18′

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The documentary APPRENDRE A ÊTRE (TEACHERS FOR LIFE in its original title) opens on the young footballers at the INF in Clairefontaine (under the aegis of the FFF), training towards the elite. But with Kylian Mbappe's former coach, Philippe Bretaud, they opened up to a vision shared by pedagogues in France, England, Denmark and Germany. It is through empathetic teacher-student relationships that children can discover their individual capacities, and develop the courage to engage with society in later life, helping to shape a sustainable future. A lesson in life through sport.

KISSES FROM SILVERTON
Ranger Timothée

France / 2023 / Documentary / 18′

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Every July, a handful of runners gather in Colorado to take part in an ultra-running race: the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run. The course is a 100-mile loop, at an average altitude of over 3,500 metres. Starting and finishing in Silverton, an old mining town. In July 2023, French athlete Anne-Lise Rousset will be taking part for the first time, with her sights set on the podium.

VICTOR MARTINS
(3W WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD) benoit pensivy

France / 2024 / Documentary / 10′

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A precocious racing star, Victor Martins comes from a very modest family, a rarity in this field, who have staked everything on his talent and his dream of reaching Formula 1. He still has a year to achieve it.

VIRAGO - THE GREAT SPORTSWOMEN
David Tabourier / Aude Gogny Goubert

France / 2023 / Documentary / 12′

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The legendary Paris-Roubaix cycling race will be open to women in 2021. An evolution? Certainly. A revolution? Not yet. The male winner earns nearly 20 times more than the first woman. As in women's soccer, where even today, female champions still receive threats. And yet there are many achievements by female sportswomen...

India's Women Combat Fighters
SREYA BANERJEE / Rudraneil Sengupta

France / India / 2023 / Documentary / 26′

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In India, wrestling is considered a man's world, with the practice dating back over 1,000 years. Traditionally, girls weren't even allowed on a wrestling mat. Nor are they welcome in another combat sport: boxing. Yet a few women have courageously defied tradition and risen to the top of their sport, inspiring a new generation of female fighters. And they're also taking the fight to the streets, sparking the country's first MeToo movement in Indian sport.

BABYFOOT
9 MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF AMEL MAJRI
Ikram KCHIKECH

France / 2022 / Documentary / 35′

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Amel Majri has become the first player in the French soccer team to become a mother during her career. An upheaval not only in her own life, but also in women's soccer, of which there are not many examples. How did her club Olympique Lyonnais support her through this change? How do you envisage a return to the highest level? Jessica Houara, Amel Majri's former team-mate, followed the footballer during her first months as a mother. She also went to meet other players who have become mothers during their careers.