_Synopsis
Jenna, a young woman in her thirties, organizes her life around her daughter Lia, who has an aggravated form of trisomy 22, a teenager as bright as she is vulnerable. Despite the difficulties of raising a young girl with such a severe handicap on her own, Jenna continues to try to live her life owing nothing to anyone. Her routine, meticulously constructed around her daughter, is her only armor against a harsh, implacable reality. This fragile balance is suddenly upset when Régis, Jenna's father, reappears in her life after years of silence and absence. Her father's return awakens a deep-seated doubt: what would become of Lia if she were to disappear? Would her relatives care for her daughter?
_Tech Sheet
Format: Feature film
Running time: 90’
Status: In development
Year: 2027
Versions: French
Authors: Nicolas BLIES, Stéphane HUEBER-BLIES, Jennifer MOLINARO
Directors: Nicolas BLIES, Stéphane HUEBER-BLIES
Producers: Marion GUTH, François LE GALL
Production company: a_BAHN (LU)
BLIES Brothers
Film directors
Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies
Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (Blies brothers) are two digital artists, directors, scriptwriters and film producers who create their work together. Multidisciplinary in their artistic approach, they seek to develop a form of “social poetry”. They are also co-founders of the audiovisual production companies a_BAHN and Velvet Flare.
In 2015, they conceptualized the documentary music transmedia Soundhunters in co-production with ARTE. Soundhunters was imagined to transform the world into an infinite musical instrument. The transmedia was released in 2015 in collaboration with many international artists including Jean Michel Jarre, Simonne Jones or Blixa Bargeld. In 2016, the Blies brothers were invited to present their work at Lincoln Center during the New York Film Festival. The project was placed in 2016 under the high patronage of UNESCO.
In 2019, they wrote and directed Zero Impunity about the impunity of sexual violence in wartime. Hybridizing animation and live action, the film is considered one of the precursors in the field, particularly for its ability to « Figuring the unmentionable ». The Blies brothers were invited by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to participate in the traditional "Cinema Masterclass" of the festival to talk about the issue of "sexual violence in animation". In 2021, the film was nominated for the Trophées Francophones du Cinéma in the "Best Documentary" category.
In 2024, the Blies brothers released the digital art installation Ceci est mon coeur, about the reconciliation of a child with his body, mixing video-mapping and connected clothing. The World Premiere of Ceci est mon coeur took place during the Venice International Film Festival, then selected out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2025, the project was distinguished during the prestigious “Breakthroughs in Storytelling Awards” from Columbia University New York City.
Jury
In 2020, the Blies brothers are members of the feature film jury section "Contrechamp" of the 44th International Animation Film Festival of Annecy. In 2018, Nicolas Blies is a member of the jury section "National Documentary" and Stéphane Hueber-Blies member and president of the section "Innovation Award" at the 31st International Festival of Audiovisual Production of Biarritz (FIPA).
Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies
Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (Blies brothers) are two digital artists, directors, scriptwriters and film producers who create their work together. Multidisciplinary in their artistic approach, they seek to develop a form of “social poetry”. They are also co-founders of the audiovisual production companies a_BAHN and Velvet Flare.
In 2015, they conceptualized the documentary music transmedia Soundhunters in co-production with ARTE. Soundhunters was imagined to transform the world into an infinite musical instrument. The transmedia was released in 2015 in collaboration with many international artists including Jean Michel Jarre, Simonne Jones or Blixa Bargeld. In 2016, the Blies brothers were invited to present their work at Lincoln Center during the New York Film Festival. The project was placed in 2016 under the high patronage of UNESCO.
In 2019, they wrote and directed Zero Impunity about the impunity of sexual violence in wartime. Hybridizing animation and live action, the film is considered one of the precursors in the field, particularly for its ability to « Figuring the unmentionable ». The Blies brothers were invited by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to participate in the traditional "Cinema Masterclass" of the festival to talk about the issue of "sexual violence in animation". In 2021, the film was nominated for the Trophées Francophones du Cinéma in the "Best Documentary" category.
In 2024, the Blies brothers released the digital art installation Ceci est mon coeur, about the reconciliation of a child with his body, mixing video-mapping and connected clothing. The World Premiere of Ceci est mon coeur took place during the Venice International Film Festival, then selected out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2025, the project was distinguished during the prestigious “Breakthroughs in Storytelling Awards” from Columbia University New York City.
Jury
In 2020, the Blies brothers are members of the feature film jury section "Contrechamp" of the 44th International Animation Film Festival of Annecy. In 2018, Nicolas Blies is a member of the jury section "National Documentary" and Stéphane Hueber-Blies member and president of the section "Innovation Award" at the 31st International Festival of Audiovisual Production of Biarritz (FIPA).
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