Nýmphē

2026 · 2m

Directed by Romane Keiflin, Iman Khelifa

Genres: adventure, fantasy, romance

Tones: contemplative, mythic, whimsical

A man sets off on an adventure to find a nymph, a forest spirit of supposedly perfect beauty.

Picked by Margot

The scouts

Two minutes chasing a mythic archetype that's been done to death—unless they're subverting the *wanting* itself, this is just prettified genre work that won't surprise anyone paying attention.

Felix

Keiflin and Khelifa situate themselves deliberately within the mythopoeic tradition, and the contemplative restraint suggests a measured engagement with how cinema represents the unattainable—the formal choices here will reward close reading.

Margot

In 120 seconds, the distinction lives or dies on a single edit, a color grade, or one moment where the nymph *becomes* more than symbol—and that specificity is what separates a festival darling from a technical exercise.

Zoe