Breaking Through, a short film by Siham Bel (2023, 28 min).

In co-production with Vents Contraires.
With the support of CNC, the region Ile-De-France, and the collectivity of Corse.

With Camille Moutawakil and Salomé Richard.

Audience Award at Wicked Queer | Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2024, Award for Best Short Fiction Film at the Kashish Pride Film Festival 2024, Best Short LGBT film at Los Angeles Cult Film Festival 2024.

Selected at Chéries-Chéris Festival 2023, at Désir…Désirs Festival 2023 and at Immaginaria – Festival Internazionale del Cinema delle Donne 2024 at OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Miami Edition 2024 and at Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival, at Festival Court et Queer 2024, at Festival International du film lesbien et féministe de Paris – Cineffable 2024, at Zinegoak BILBAO LGTBIQA+ FILM FEST 2024 and at PROUD! – LesbianBiGayTransQueer Film Festival 2024 at Portobello Film Festival 2024, at International Road Movie Festival 2024, at Hamburg International Queer Film Festival 2024, at Everybody’s Perfect — Geneva International Queer Film Festival 2024 and in Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival 2024 and at Reel Out Charlotte Shorts Festival 2025.

Since she left Corsica where she grew up, Safia has always secured family balance. To protect her relationship with her father, she has never told him about her homosexuality. On a summer evening, she breaks the secret and runs away.

On the road along the Calanques creeks, as she makes her way through a new life, she has now to learn to live for herself beyond other people’s eyes and maybe against those she loves most.