
NINA BOUCHAUD-CHEVAL | FRANCE | 2026 | 8 MIN | VOF EST
NINA BOUCHAUD-CHEVAL | FRANCE | 2026 | 8 MIN | VOF EST
Subtitles: English
Alix, 16, rules the field at her school. Until one day, under the gaze of the only person who unsettles her, her body decides to stop playing by the rules
Nina Bouchaud-Cheval is a writer-director with a background in graphic arts. In 2022, she wrote and directed her first film, Les Éveillées, which was selected for around forty international festivals, including image+nation, Hofer Filmtage and Iris Prize, and received around ten awards. In 2026, she directed her second film, Les Premières, which was acquired by France Télévisions. She is currently developing her next short film as well as her first feature film.
I wanted to portray adolescence through all the "firsts" that shape us: first periods, first moments of shame, first experiences of solidarity, but also first romantic feelings. The film begins with this intimate experience - still too rarely shared - that all women know, to more broadly explore our relationship with the body, with others' gaze, and with ourselves. It is a coming-of-age story where the intimate meets the collective, and where vulnerability becomes something shared.
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