Steve is kicked out by his parents, who do not accept his homosexuality. Caroline, on the other hand, is struggling to mourn her motherhood as she accompanies Youri on on tour. Fate intersects, soon to be united, life and death.

“Familiar” is the winner of the 2025 Vimeo Staff Pick Award at SXSW, a prize that combines a festival award and a Vimeo Staff Pick all in one. Check out past winners from festivals around the world here: https://vimeo.com/channels/vimeostaffpickawards

Directed by @Marco_Novoa
Written by Marco Novoa

Production : Moderato
Produced by Clément Crépin Neel & Igor Courtecuisse

Distribution : Manifest
Distributed by Anaïs Colpin & Andréa Goncalves

Financing partners : France Televisions,CNC, Bretany region, Everest Studio & 8849 Everest Lab & Chaos

• selection ••• SXSW
• selection ••• Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival
• selection ••• Regard
• selection ••• Fantastic film festival of Gérardmer
• selection ••• Jeju French Film Festival
• selection ••• Mutoscope
• selection ••• Brest European Film Festival
• selection ••• Off-courts Trouville
• selection ••• Désir… Désirs
• selection ••• Ecrans mixtes
• selection ••• Séquence court-métrage

••• Credits •••

Starring : Flora Fishbach, Le Filip, Renan Prévot

Director of Photography : Théodore Hugonnier
Music Composers : Marco Novoa, Florent Canale
Assistant Director : Mathieu Pérez
Editor : Marie-Réglisse Monsimier
Sound Recordist : Alix Clément
Costume designer : Pierre de Mones
Assistant Operator : Clément Petit
Production manager : Leïla Carpentier
Sound Editor : Olivier Voisin
Production Designer : Gaston Portejoie
Special Effects : Florent Canale, Quentin Kadlub, Thomas Espinosa
Grader : Kevin Le Dortz
Make-up Artists : Marco Roscino, Agathe Terrier
Sound mixer : Laura Chelfi