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A group of animals live on a wild coastline and try to heal the ills caused by the contemporary world. A kind of rehab.

by Caroline Poggi (Director, Screenplay), Jonathan Vinel (Director, Screenplay)
with Ariane Ascaride, Oulaya Amamra, Galatéa Bellugi, Grace Seri, Mouna Soualem
31'
France 2025
Colour
French
Subtitles: English

World premiere, Animation

Trailer

Photos

This is the director duo's fifth film at the Berlinale. Their first collaboration won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film in 2014.

Credits

Caroline Poggi

Jonathan Vinel

Dates

SatFeb 1513:30

Cubix 5

Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only

Berlinale Shorts 3

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TueFeb 1818:30

Urania

Berlinale Shorts 3

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WedFeb 1915:45

Cubix 8

Berlinale Shorts 3

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WedFeb 1922:00

Zoo Palast 2

Berlinale Shorts 3

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ThuFeb 2012:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

Berlinale Shorts 3

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FriFeb 2118:30

Colosseum 1

Berlinale Shorts 3

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Berlinale Shorts

Comment ça va?

How Are You?

A group of animals live on a wild coastline and try to heal the ills caused by the contemporary world. A kind of rehab.

by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
with Ariane Ascaride, Oulaya Amamra, Galatéa Bellugi, Grace Seri, Mouna Soualem
31'
France 2025
Colour
French
Subtitles: English

World premiere, Animation

Credits

With

Ariane Ascaride (Elephant)
Oulaya Amamra (Penguin)
Galatéa Bellugi (Lion)
Grace Seri (Cow)
Mouna Soualem (Rabbit)
Barbara Braccini (Monkey)
Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull (Wolf)
Océane Court-Mallaroni (Pig)

Crew

Directors
- Caroline Poggi,
- Jonathan Vinel
Screenplay
- Caroline Poggi,
- Jonathan Vinel
Cinematography
- Pauline Doméjean
Editing
- Jonathan Vinel
Sound Design
- Lucas Doméjean,
- Olivier Voisin
Casting
- Kris de Bellair
Animation
- Stanislas Bécot,
- Hugo Glavier,
- Lazare Aïbout-Sibille
Producer
- Caroline Poggi

Produced by

444 Films

Bastia, France

444filmsproduction@gmail.com

https://www.instagram.com/444films__/

World Sales

Oyster Films

Berlin, Germany

oyster.films.info@gmail.com

https://www.oyster-films.info/

Caroline Poggi

Born in Ajaccio, Corsica in 1990, she studied at the Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli and the Université Paris 8. She has made several short films with Jonathan Vinel; their work has frequently screened in Berlinale Shorts. Their film Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain) won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film while their joint feature film debut Jessica Forever screened in Panorama and Eat the Night was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. In 2025, she is returning with Vinel to Berlinale Shorts with Comment ça va? while Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain) can be seen as part of the jubilee programme “You and I Are Not Alone – Berlinale Shorts Revisited”.

Filmography (selection)

2012 Chiens ()
2014 Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain )
2016 Notre héritage (Our Legacy )
2017 After School Knife Fight ()
2020 Bébé Colère (Baby Anger)
2022 Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans (Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It)
2023 Best Secret Place ()
2024 Eat the Night (); La Fille qui explose (The Exploding Girl)
2025 Comment ça va? ()

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025

Jonathan Vinel

Born in Toulouse, France in 1988, he studied editing at La Fémis in Paris and has made a number of films with Caroline Poggi, with whom he was invited to Berlinale Shorts. Their film Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film while their joint feature film debut Jessica Forever screened in the Panorama and Eat the Night was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. In 2025, he is returning with Poggi to Berlinale Shorts with Comment ça va? while Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe can be seen as part of the Jubilee Programme “You and I Are Not Alone – Berlinale Shorts Revisited”.

Filmography (selection)

2014 Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe (As Long as Shotguns Remain)
2015 Notre héritage (Our Legacy)
2017 Martin Pleure (Martin Cries); After School Knife Fight ()
2020 Bébé Colère (Baby Anger)
2022 Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans (Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It)
2023 Best Secret Place ()
2024 Eat the Night (); La Fille qui explose (The Exploding Girl)
2025 Comment ça va? ()

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025

Dates

SatFeb 1513:30

Cubix 5

Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only

Berlinale Shorts 3

TueFeb 1818:30

Urania

Berlinale Shorts 3

WedFeb 1915:45

Cubix 8

Berlinale Shorts 3

WedFeb 1922:00

Zoo Palast 2

Berlinale Shorts 3

ThuFeb 2012:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

Berlinale Shorts 3

FriFeb 2118:30

Colosseum 1

Berlinale Shorts 3

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Cubix 5

Urania

Cubix 8

Zoo Palast 2

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Colosseum 1

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