Rieth Simon

2026

1995, she discovers the existence of the spheres. 2024, he searches for a trace of their passage. A mother and son face the tragic secrets passed on from one generation to the other. From a class photo to a satellite shot, the story of a revelation.

Rieth Simon
France
2026
13 min
Russian Premiere

Noée Abita, Antoine Reinartz
Catherine Rieth
Guilhem Domercq
Simon Apostolou
Frédéric Serpantié
Pierre Rieth, John Custom, Christian Rieth

6000 Lies (2024)
Summer Scars (2023)
Marave Challenge (2019)
Loveless (2019)
Diminishing Shine (2018)
Saint Jean (2018)
Mother Here Are Your Sons (2017)
Gone Brothers (2016)

Simon Rieth was born in Paris in 1995 and grew up in Montpellier. At only 30,
he has already directed 8 short films including Feu mes frères, Saint Jean, Diminishing Shine, Sans Amour, Marave Challenge which have been selected and awarded in many festivals including the BFI Future Film Festival, Beijing IFF, MECAL and FIFIB.

His first feature, Nos Cérémonies (Summer Scars), produced by Les Films du Poisson, had its world premiere in competition in Cannes at the Semaine de la Critique in 2022. It won the Grand Prix at Neuchâtel, Silver at BIFFF and Best Film in Rome and was released in France in May 2023. His latest short films, 6000 Lies and The Tragic Movement of the Sphere, were screened in competition at the IFFR in 2024 and 2026. Simon is currently preparing his 2nd feature.