LA BEAUTÉ DU GESTE
2026 · 2m
Directed by Fatma Chader
Genres: drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Following an accident, Vincent, a chef, loses his sight; his sister Julia looks after him and decides to give him a surprise.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A blind chef and his sister's surprise gift—sounds like Hallmark, and it almost certainly is; pass.
The premise sits squarely in the tradition of disability-as-catalyst drama, competently executed but without the formal innovation or compositional rigor that would elevate it beyond sentiment.
Two minutes to make you feel the weight of touch and taste through sound design and a single gesture—that's where Chader's working, and if she nails the sensory specificity of how a chef's muscle memory survives blindness, the whole thing transforms.