38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Chien noir

Nyima Cartier

Next sessions

Wed 21/01
14h15
Centre de Congrès - Grand Angle
Read by Megan Northam, Jeanne Rosa and Arcadi Radeff
Image Chien noir
© Nicolas.h.Hartley
Claire is 30 years old and works for a start-up founded by two young men, Arthur and Benjamin. While celebrating their first round of fundraising, Benjamin rapes Claire. The young woman breaks down and stays at home, stunned. Until she meets a mysterious dog, a new companion who will give her the strength to get back on her feet and confront her attacker.
Production : Mabel Films
© Emilie Zasso
After studying screenwriting at the Metropolitan Film School in London, Nyima Cartier returned to France and directed three short films, two of which were produced by Mabel Films: Le Lac and L’Homme silencieux (CNC Quality Award, shortlisted for the 2022 César Awards, broadcast by Canal+). Chien noir, her first feature film (laureate of the Fondation Gan 2025 and developped at the Ateliers d'Angers), is currently in the process of being financed.
Read by :
© Nicolas H. Hartley
Megan Northam

Megan Northam is a French-British actress. She made her debut in Constance Meyer’s Robuste, before going on to appear in Mikhaël Hers’ Les Passagers de la nuit, Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan’s Fifi, Jérémy Clapin’s Pendant ce temps sur terre, Lucie Prost’s Fario and Mareike Engelhardt’s Rabia. She was nominated for the César for Most Promising Actress for this film. On television, she appeared alongside Aliocha Schneider in Cédric Klapisch’s Salade grecque and most recently in Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s Des vivants. This year, she will appear in Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, which will preview at Premiers Plans, Gaya Jiji's L’Étrangère and Fred Cavayé’s Les Misérables.

© Fred Stucin
Jeanne Rosa

Jeanne Rosa has appeared in films by Jessica Palud, Sébastien Marnier, Olivier Jahan, Martin Provost, Quentin Dupieux, François Ozon, Audrey Diwan and Cédric Jimenez. On the small screen, she has appeared in the series Le Bureau des légendes, Les Rivières pourpres and, more recently, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s Des vivants and the television film Hauts les cœurs on France Télévisions. In 2025, she starred in the films Joli Joli by Diastème and La Bonne Étoile by Pascal Elbé. This year, she will appear in La Maison des femmes by Mélisa Godet and David Roux’s new film La Femme de.

Arcadi Radeff

Genevan actor Arcadi Radeff starred in Ira Sachs’ Passages before playing the young man who discovers a painting by Egon Schiele in Pascal Bonitzer’s Le Tableau volé alongside Léa Drucker. That same year, he appeared in Jérémy Clapin’s Pendant ce temps sur la terre, Pablo Cotten and Joseph Rozé’s La Récréation de juillet, and Valentine Cadec’s Les Rendez-vous de l'été, winner of the 2025 Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film. He will soon be appearing in Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s film Les Yeux verts.