Mon Palace
2026 · 2m
Directed by Thalia Le Priellec
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Since childhood, ELLE loves to dance, her body her instrument of expression; growing up, she realizes the gaze of others has changed, her body scrutinized, judged, and mocked — until the day she decides to let it express itself again: free, happy, alive.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The premise is earnest to the point of predictability—girl dances, world judges, girl dances anyway—but Le Priellec's refusal to make this a triumphalist arc or a trauma narrative actually feels quietly subversive; it's anti-climactic in the best way.
A deliberate essay on the body as text, positioned in dialogue with dance cinema from Loïe Fuller onward; the 2-minute constraint becomes formal rigor itself, each frame economical and considered.
The entire film hinges on a single editing decision—the moment the gaze shifts from external judgment to internal reclamation—and it's executed with such precision that two minutes feels complete; that's where the craft lives.