Synopsis


On a winter afternoon, Hedi, a young taxi driver, picks up Jacques, a patient fleeing the hospital. As they
drive through the mountains, Jacques begins to confront his fear of dying.

Director: Antoine Stehlé

Antoine Stehlé is a screenwriter and director. He lives in Centre-Val de Loire region near Montargis. 1°) Academic experience: 2025: Personalized tutoring with Thomas Salvador via SRF national association 2015-2024: Writing workshops and residencies with Tregor, Cinestoria, GREC, Maison du Film, Gindou, and Tous Courts Festival in Aix-en-Provence 2009-2015: Acting training - Cours Florent and Paris 12th Conservatory 2009-2014: Master’s degree in Cinema - ENS Ulm and Paris 3 University 2009-2013: Master’s degree in Media -
HEC 2°) Professional experience as screenwriter and director: - "Winter Journey", 20' (in writing/development); - "The Snow of Summer", 25' (in pre-production); - "Habibti", 11' (2024). 3°) Jan. 2016 - May 2025: Professional Experience as Business Affairs at bathysphere and Associate Producer on three features: - “The Unknown” by Arthur Harari (2026); - “My Wonderful Stranger” by Johanna Pyykkö
(2024); - “Onoda - 10,000 Nights in the Jungle” by Arthur Harari (2021).

Producer: Jérémie Palanque

After 2 master degree’s level 2 in Acounting, Audit and Management control (Master CCA + DSCG), Jérémie Palanque founded Woooz Pictures along his specialization in Culture by doing a master degree level 2 in Production (Université de Montpellier – under Serge Lalou). Since he aims to develop singular content across the world and the genre from audacious filmmakers. Both in Cinema and Audiovisual, he
has been producing original stories such as “White Snow” directed by Praveen Morchhale (Released in 2025 – an urdu film about artistic censorship in India), or “Chimbo cheBere – The Hyena’s Song” by Naishe Nyamubaya (Zimbabwean directorial debuts in financing stage and selected at Atelier de Cannes, TIFF Filmaker Lab, Durban FilmMart Finance-Forum, Red Sea Souk Award and supported by Creative Media
Europe, Occitanie Region, Mediawan Africa), or “Collision, Chasseurs d’Astéroides” by Thomas Marlier and Guillaume Lenel (a 52’ science documentary for France Télévision – in prime time). The latest completed short film produced by Jérémie Palanque, Après 6 Zèr, is running film festival (Paris Court Devant, Fifoi, Ahmedabad IFF, Fantastic Zagreb). He is now developing two feature films : « Mimouna » by Amel Blidi (a musical tragedy about violence against women in the Algerian Society – selected at Groupe Ouest Residency, Meditalents, Lab on Mars Pro, Durban Filmmart, and supported by Occitanie Region) and « Nuusiku » by Laudika Hamutenya (a LGBT fantasy romance set in Namibia).