

Five minutes. One Stella. Zero chill from the guy still thinking about her.
Direction
Brenner packs a feature's worth of longing into 300 seconds
Acting
Aubry-Tirel's Stella haunts without speaking much
Editing
Flashback rhythm that mirrors drunk memory

Director
Rock Brenner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Refugium exemplifies the 2010s French micro-short movement, where festivals increasingly programmed sub-10-minute character studies.
Director Rock Brenner shot this during an actual house party in Montreuil, using available light and drunk extras.