International Festival Signs of the Night - Paris
Festival internatinal Signes de nuit - Paris
 

23e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris / 4-12, 2025
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 - 6 pm
Maison du Portugal
Cité universitaire
75014 Paris



 

Common Pear

 

Gregor Božic
Slovenia, United Kingdom / 2025 / 00:15:00


In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyzes archival footage of farmers from the past in an attempt to understand their connection to the land.

PARIS PREMIERE




 

Time to Change

 

Pocas Pascoal
Portugal, Angola / 2024 / 0:05:00


Angolan director and screenwriter Pocas Pascoal reminds us that it’s time for a change, proposing through this film a look at colonialism, capitalism, and their impact on global biodiversity. We observe that the destruction of the ecosystem goes back a long way and is already underway through land exploitation, big game hunting, and the exploitation of man by man.

PARIS PREMIERE


 

Mercenaire

 

Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Canada, Quebec / 2024 / 0:14:58


Hired at a slaughterhouse thanks to a social reinsertion program, an ex-convict struggles to find another job while repressing the violence that boils within him.
















 

Final Call

 

Chien Han Lai
United Kingdom / 2025 / 0:14:59


Hsiao Le tries to reconcile with her friend by inviting her to fulfill their old promise to set off fireworks at the summit of a mountain. Through their conversation, she realizes that the changes in their lives are irretrievable, forcing her to confront the reality of their altered relationship.

FRENCH PREMIERE





 

Julian and the Wind

 

Connor Jessup
Canada / 2024 / 0:15:29


Two roommates at a boarding school have a strange experience with sleepwalking.












 

O

 

Rúnar Rúnarsson
Iceland, Sweden / 2024 / 0:20:00


The humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself.

PARIS PREMIERE





 

Man Number 4

 

Miranda Pennell
United Kingdom / 2024 / 0:09:48


Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.

PARIS PREMIERE