Faux Bijoux

France, Lebanon2026fiction21'Short film competition

A dense, unsettling tale of dreams, illusion and the price one pays for survival. Mireille promises fame to young Johnny and takes him to an audition whose true rules are only known to her. What was an opportunity for a film career turns out to be a far more ambiguous venture. In the quiet negotiations going on behind the scenes of this story, a body becomes a tool of the trade, and economic pressure – an unspoken yet ever-present backdrop.