37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Le Courage des oiseaux

Mathilde Profit

Image Le Courage des oiseaux
Nina, 30, Françoise, 60, and Céline, 45, live in the same medium-sized town in eastern France. Their daily lives have been shattered by the news of the death of a fourth woman. They all knew her, well or not well. Over the course of a weekend her
disappearance brings each of them back as many wounds as it does buried desires.
Co-scénariste : Julie Debiton
Production : Apaches Films et la Pan Cinéma
After working on a number of films as a scriptwriter, Mathilde Profit directed Un adieu (First Goodbyes) (winner of the acting award at Premiers Plans in 2020, Prix Jean Vigo 2020, nominated for a César in 2021) and Perdre Léna (shortlisted for a César 2025). She is currently working on her first feature film, Le Courage des
oiseaux
, selected at the Ateliers d’Angers in 2024 and co-produced by Apaches films and Pan Cinéma.