Caroline Poggi

Caroline Poggi is known for Jessica Forever (2018), As Long as Shotguns Remain (2014) and Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It (2022).

Jessica Forever (2019)

Jessica is the leader of a group of lost boys with a violent past who now seek peace and harmony. She is the only one to have ever brought them love and understanding. They only wish to create a world where they can live in peace together, and forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Aomi Muyock  •  Sebastian Urzendowsky  •  Augustin Raguenet  •  Eddy Suiveng

Jessica is the leader of a group of lost boys with a violent past who now seek peace and harmony. She is the only one to have ever brought them love and understanding. They only wish to create a world where they can live in peace together, and forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Aomi Muyock  •  Sebastian Urzendowsky  •  Augustin Raguenet  •  Eddy Suiveng

As Long as Shotguns Remain (2014)

Two young men in a nearly abandoned suburban landscape deal with the suicide of one of their friends by shotgunning beers and joining a gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Lucas Doméjean  •  Nicolas Mias  •  Naël Malassagne

Two young men in a nearly abandoned suburban landscape deal with the suicide of one of their friends by shotgunning beers and joining a gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Lucas Doméjean  •  Nicolas Mias  •  Naël Malassagne

Our Legacy (2016)

Lucas invites his girlfriend Anäis to visit him at home. His parents aren’t around. The garden is all theirs. They can make love there. A photograph hangs on the wall of a man with a tiger in his arms. “Is that your father?” asks Anäis. “Yes, that’s my father. He’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Sarah-Megan Allouch  •  Lucas Doméjean

Lucas invites his girlfriend Anäis to visit him at home. His parents aren’t around. The garden is all theirs. They can make love there. A photograph hangs on the wall of a man with a tiger in his arms. “Is that your father?” asks Anäis. “Yes, that’s my father. He’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Sarah-Megan Allouch  •  Lucas Doméjean

After School Knife Fight (2017)

Laëtitia, Roca, Nico and Naël are in a band. As per usual, they meet late afternoon before rehearsal in a vacant lot. The group will soon no longer exist; they will be forced to disband because Laetitia is moving away to study. This is the story of four young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Lucas Doméjean  •  Nicolas Mias  •  Pablo Cobo  •  Marylou Mayniel

Laëtitia, Roca, Nico and Naël are in a band. As per usual, they meet late afternoon before rehearsal in a vacant lot. The group will soon no longer exist; they will be forced to disband because Laetitia is moving away to study. This is the story of four young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Lucas Doméjean  •  Nicolas Mias  •  Pablo Cobo  •  Marylou Mayniel

Ultra Rêve (2018)

Three short films, out of the ordinary, brought together under a bewitching and enticing title. They are After School Knife Fight by the duo Poggi/Vinel, Les Îles by Gonzales, and Ultra Pulpe by Mandico. Three atmospheres, three sensitivities, going through three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Gonzalez  •  Bertrand Mandico  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Three short films, out of the ordinary, brought together under a bewitching and enticing title. They are After School Knife Fight by the duo Poggi/Vinel, Les Îles by Gonzales, and Ultra Pulpe by Mandico. Three atmospheres, three sensitivities, going through three ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Gonzalez  •  Bertrand Mandico  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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French Touch: Coming of Age (2019)

Unfamiliar stories that are universally relatable, these teenagers are put into situations which they have no experience deal with. A reflective anthology of French short films exploring the elation and heartbreak of not quite knowing who you are yet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Josza Anjembe  •  Sébastien de Fonseca  •  Hadrien Bichet
CAST:  Manon Carrand  •  Lucas Doméjean  •  Hermine Dos Santos  •  Mata Gabin

Unfamiliar stories that are universally relatable, these teenagers are put into situations which they have no experience deal with. A reflective anthology of French short films exploring the elation and heartbreak of not quite knowing who you are yet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Josza Anjembe  •  Sébastien de Fonseca  •  Hadrien Bichet
CAST:  Manon Carrand  •  Lucas Doméjean  •  Hermine Dos Santos  •  Mata Gabin

Chiens (2013)

In a country of mountains and forests, a young man no longer recognizes his dogs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi
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In a country of mountains and forests, a young man no longer recognizes his dogs.  (more)

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Limbo Visions 1 (2015)

Four filmmakers share a montage of their original ghost images and rushes on a mix of I've seen the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mati Diop  •  Lucile Hadzihalilovic  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Four filmmakers share a montage of their original ghost images and rushes on a mix of I've seen the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mati Diop  •  Lucile Hadzihalilovic  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Grand Blanc – Tendresse (2016)

A cold and almost insubstantial world, enveloped in a soft atmosphere. Poggi and Vinel transform physical and extreme pulsions into hypnotic and misty images, spreading a sense of lightness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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A cold and almost insubstantial world, enveloped in a soft atmosphere. Poggi and Vinel transform physical and extreme pulsions into hypnotic and misty images, spreading a sense of lightness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Aamourocean – I Find Love (2017)

The filmmakers film young cosplayers posing in the streets of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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The filmmakers film young cosplayers posing in the streets of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Bouloc Is Magic (2013)

Short film made for the Ulule campaign for As Long as Shotguns Remain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Short film made for the Ulule campaign for As Long as Shotguns Remain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
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Baby Anger (2020)

A default CGI animated child is confronted with modern subjectivity and world coming of age issues, making animation a gloomy tool to subdue modern narrative feelings in favour of despair and micro-dosed hope. Animation based routines and easy-portraiture of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Barbara Braccini  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Caroline Poggi

A default CGI animated child is confronted with modern subjectivity and world coming of age issues, making animation a gloomy tool to subdue modern narrative feelings in favour of despair and micro-dosed hope. Animation based routines and easy-portraiture of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Barbara Braccini  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Caroline Poggi

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 (2021)

Nearly 3 hours of LGBTQ and Coming-of-Age short films and music videos await you in the debut of Altered Innocence’s cinematic mixtape supreme! Films from established auteurs like Peter Strickland, Cam Archer, João Nicolau, and Yann Gonzalez join fresh new voices ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Nicolau  •  Yann Gonzalez  •  Antonio Hens  •  Shaun Hughes  •  Peter Strickland  •  Bertrand Mandico  •  Cam Archer  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Alexis Langlois  •  Anna Cazenave Cambet  •  Gjertrud Bergaust
CAST:  Elina Löwensohn  •  Félix Maritaud  •  Kate Moran  •  Niels Schneider

Nearly 3 hours of LGBTQ and Coming-of-Age short films and music videos await you in the debut of Altered Innocence’s cinematic mixtape supreme! Films from established auteurs like Peter Strickland, Cam Archer, João Nicolau, and Yann Gonzalez join fresh new voices ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Nicolau  •  Yann Gonzalez  •  Antonio Hens  •  Shaun Hughes  •  Peter Strickland  •  Bertrand Mandico  •  Cam Archer  •  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel  •  Alexis Langlois  •  Anna Cazenave Cambet  •  Gjertrud Bergaust
CAST:  Elina Löwensohn  •  Félix Maritaud  •  Kate Moran  •  Niels Schneider

Best Secret Place

As a small-town drug dealer named Pablo and a strange young man, Night, get into serious trouble, Apolline (Pablo's younger sister) has to deal with the discontinuation of Darknoon, a video game akin to some virtual paradise lost she's been playing for as long as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Théo Cholbi  •  Erwan Kepoa Falé  •  Lila Gueneau

As a small-town drug dealer named Pablo and a strange young man, Night, get into serious trouble, Apolline (Pablo's younger sister) has to deal with the discontinuation of Darknoon, a video game akin to some virtual paradise lost she's been playing for as long as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Théo Cholbi  •  Erwan Kepoa Falé  •  Lila Gueneau

Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It (2022)

In Corsica, a woman chooses to care for the earth by burning it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Caroline Poggi  •  Pan Daijing  •  Bendik Giske

In Corsica, a woman chooses to care for the earth by burning it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Caroline Poggi  •  Pan Daijing  •  Bendik Giske

Eat the Night (2024)

Young drug dealer Pablo and his sister Appoline bond over an online game called Darknoon. Pablo falls for Night, neglecting his sister. While Appoline finishes the game, Pablo and Night become embroiled in a dangerous gang conflict.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Théo Cholbi  •  Lila Gueneau  •  Erwan Kepoa Falé  •  Mahamat Amine Benrachid

Young drug dealer Pablo and his sister Appoline bond over an online game called Darknoon. Pablo falls for Night, neglecting his sister. While Appoline finishes the game, Pablo and Night become embroiled in a dangerous gang conflict.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Poggi  •  Jonathan Vinel
CAST:  Théo Cholbi  •  Lila Gueneau  •  Erwan Kepoa Falé  •  Mahamat Amine Benrachid