After completing a bachelor's degree in mathematics, Pauline Pénichout joined the Fémis film school in 2016, studying in the image department. Mat and Her Mates is her graduation film. With this first film, she won several awards at Visions du réel, Écrans documentaires, and the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where she was awarded the prize for best documentary film by Tënk and Documentaire sur grand écran.
October 2018. Mat and her friends organize a self-gynecology workshop in their squat in Nantes. It's an opportunity for filmmaker Pauline Pénichout to paint a portrait of this young woman.
October 2018. Mat and her friends organize a self-gynecology workshop in their squat in Nantes. It's an opportunity for filmmaker Pauline Pénichout to paint a portrait of this young woman.