Released in cinemas on 17 September 2025

  • Scenario

    Pauline Loquès

  • Production

    Blue Monday production

  • Distribution

    Jour2Fête

  • Sales

    The Party Film Sales

Nino

Pauline Loquès

Nino is a film by Pauline Loquès.

Pauline began developing her screenplay in 2020 at two Scénario : puissance & âme‘s workshops organized by Groupe Ouest Développement.

The film is selected for Critics’ Week at Cannes 2025.

 

SYNOPSIS

In three days, Nino will have to face a major challenge. Until then, the doctors have given him two missions—two imperatives that will take the young man through Paris, forcing him to reconnect with others and with himself.

Prizes

  • Ornano-Valenti Award at the Deauville American Film Festival
  • Bayard Award for Best Screenplay (in collaboration with Maud Ameline) & Bayard Award for Best First Film / FIFF NAMUR 2025, Namur International Film Festival
  • Grand Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival 2025
  • Louis Roederer Foundation Revelation Award 2025 for Théodore Pellerin, Critics’ Week / Cannes Film Festival 2025
  • Pierre Chevalier Award / Cannes 2025
  • Canal+ Distribution Award for Best Film at the Cinemania Festival 2025
  • Grand Prize at the Warsaw Film Festival 2025

Selections

  • World Premiere at Semaine de la Critique / Cannes Festival 2025
  • Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film, Best Male Revelation for Théodore Pellerin, Best Supporting Actress for Jeanne Balibar / César 2026
  • Nomination for the Platform program / Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

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