Connie and Aaron tell us how they found their place within their "ugliness". It's an exploration of the rejections they faced as bodies with disabilities and the sanctuary they created by shifting their focus away from conventional beauty to better appreciate their uniqueness.

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Catalove

Beneath Paris, another life flows: underground, disconnected, paced by silence and heavy with stories.

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The People in the Walls

Hélène lives alone in a 25 m² flat in Paris. Alone… or so she thinks. Earplugs, headset, white noise — the voices, the steps, the screams haunt her.

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Sleepless Night — When Insomnia Speaks

Maya can't sleep. With her hypnotherapist, she dives below the surface — where anxiety begins.

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