“OPERA OMNIA” by Valentin Noujaïm

2025 · colour · FR · En, Fr · 12’ · World premiere · In competition

In the shadows of Manchester’s northern suburbs, two teenagers are captivated by the sudden appearance of a hooded man. Spellbound, they set off after him, beginning a nighttime descent through a gray city of concrete and men in tuxedos. Guided by mysterious figures, they wander through an unknown city like two characters from Dante’s Inferno.

Director’s biography

Valentin Noujaïm (b. 1991) is a French-Lebanese filmmaker and artist based between Paris and Athens. His work explores how people endure collapse—spiritual, political, and architectural—drawing on a family history shaped by exile and war.> > >> > > Blending fantasy, noir, and documentary, Noujaïm creates poetic, genre-defying films. His trilogy on La Défense—Pacific Club (2023), To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion (2024), and Demons to Diamonds (2025)—reimagines the Parisian financial district as a mythological space of decay and resistance. Pacific Club was shortlisted for the César Award for Best Documentary in 2024.> > >> > > His films have screened at CPH:DOX, IFFR Rotterdam, Visions du Réel, and MoMA, among others. In 2025, he held a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel. He has been in residence at Villa Médicis, Lafayette Anticipations, and the Städelschule, and his work is part of public and private collections including CNAP, KADIST, and the Vega Foundation.