Fiat lux
2026 · 2m
Directed by Équipe CNCxADG Unis-Cité Niort
Genres: coming-of-age, family, fantasy
Tones: contemplative, tender, whimsical
An eight-year-old girl hides in her bedroom, hearing noises from every side; after a moment she decides to go toward the sounds, where she discovers a marvellous world.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
It's a competent fairy-tale beat—scared kid finds wonder—and there's nothing here that questions the premise or breaks the fourth wall; feels like it trusts the formula a little too much for my taste.
A formally assured piece that understands its debt to children's cinema lineage, with deliberate sound design and spatial editing that positions the transition from fear to discovery as a visual-acoustic argument rather than mere plot mechanics.
The sound design choice—layering ambient dread into something that becomes invitation rather than threat—is what sells the pivot from hiding to exploring; it's the kind of micro-decision that turns a familiar arc into something that actually lands.