Faux Visages
2026 · 2m
Directed by Mathis Hamm
Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
Paul invites his friends Alexandre, Pierre, and Léa to dinner after a long silence; the mood settles, then something feels wrong, the house seems to close in around them, and the evening takes an unexpected turn.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A dinner-party-goes-wrong premise so well-trodden it's practically a footpath, but Hamm seems aware of that boredom—the question is whether the film earns its turn or just leans on genre muscle, which I'll have to see to believe.
Two minutes is a severe constraint for a mood-piece about social dread and architectural menace, yet the formal control here—the way silence and spatial design do the heavy lifting—suggests Hamm understands the lineage of psychological thrillers built on unease rather than plot.
The premise is familiar, but something in how Hamm choreographs the guests' attention—the micro-moment where the room's geometry shifts from ordinary to hostile—lands with precision that suggests a deliberate choice about where to place the camera and when to let it stay still.