Beauté intérieure
2026 · 2m
Directed by Antonin Schopfer
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
He doubts his beauty; she tries to reassure him. It goes badly. A story of desire… and mozzarella.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A two-minute short that weaponizes mozzarella against romantic reassurance—most scouts would've binned this premise halfway through the logline, but Schopfer commits to the absurdist sabotage with the kind of deadpan conviction that makes you realize the cheese was never about cheese.
Elegant economy of form: the film understands that comedy built on romantic miscommunication has deep roots, and it earns its formal precision by knowing exactly when to let the bizarre prop do the talking rather than explain the joke.
The singular choice here is tonal—holding the camera steady and *believing* in the mozzarella moment with the same earnest framing you'd use for genuine vulnerability, which is what makes the absurdism land; most filmmakers would wink at the audience, but Schopfer refuses to.