GWENAEL ET LA LÉGENDE DU KOUIGN AMANN SACRÉ
2026 · 2m
Directed by Alexandre Hervochon
Genres: coming-of-age, drama, fantasy
Tones: melancholic, mythic, whimsical
Erwan, a young expatriate in Brittany, sad and unhappy, meets Gwenael, the genie of the lamp of the Breton lands.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A genie-of-the-lamp premise in 2026 should feel DOA, but Hervochon's commitment to melancholic Breton mythology over wish-granting spectacle is genuinely perverse—he's made the most boring setup into something that actively resists genre satisfaction.
The film situates itself thoughtfully within Celtic folklore and the lineage of European magical-realist cinema, though at 2 minutes the formal rigor feels constrained by its own brevity; there's craft here, but not enough canvas to fully interrogate the tradition it's entering.
The singular choice here is tonal—Hervochon refuses the whimsy the title promises and holds instead on Erwan's stillness, letting the camera absorb Breton landscape instead of spectacle, which makes every beat of this miniature feel earned rather than cute.