38th edition
17-25 january 2026

L'Âge des sirènes

Héloïse Pelloquet

Image L'Âge des sirènes
France
2016 Fiction 27 min
Mattis is almost 15 and works on a fishing boat during the summer. He discovers a whole new world there. Soon it will be time for him and his friends to leave their childhood island, and go to high school on the continent.
With : Clémence Boisnard, Mattis Durand, Imane Laurence, Jean-Pierre Couton, Laura Vrignaud,Thomas Canto
Screenplay : Rémi Brachet, Héloïse Pelloquet
Image : Augustin Barbaroux
Sound : Marion Papinot, Lucas Héberlé
Image : Héloïse Pelloquet
Music : Arthur Pelloquet
Production : Mélissa Malinbaum, Why Not Productions
Heloïse Pelloquet grew up in the west of France, and studied literature in Paris. She studied four years at La femis, in the editing department. In 2014, she directed Comme une grande, her graduation film, which was selected at the Premiers Plans Film Festival in the School Film competition in 2015. She went on to direct L'Âge des sirènes in 2016, while continuing her work as an editor.