Festival

Interview with Bahar Pars, director of Åsnelandet  I have read that Åsnelandet part of a trilogy. Can you tell about your inspirations and the story behind this trilogy?When I started working with the project, I noticed that it contained too many aspects and material for only one film. It was a way to challenge myself to repeat things, but from a different perspective […]

Interview with Vincent René-Lortie, director of Invincible   Why did you decide to use the story of Marc-Antoine as the subject of your film, Invincible? The synopsis states that the film is based on a true story. Can you say a bit about that? Invincible is directly inspired by the story of my childhood friend Marc-Antoine Bernier who died at the age of fourteen […]

Interview with Justus Hanfland, director of Der Zufall What inspired you to tell this story?A fascination with meeting strange, in the sense of unknown to me or new, people. I think it’s a bit of a wonder, when two people, who have never seen each other before, meet and can communicate and (partially) understand each other. Not necessarily, like in the film, with […]

Take Me with You While we thought that the past year would be synonymous with a return to “normalcy”, we have to admit that 2022 has not been a calm year on the international stage. However, filmmakers from around the world have continued to take an amused, original, and sometimes critical look at what surrounds us, as you will discover through the 78 […]

I’m Still Standing Despite the decline in movie theater attendance, one thing is certain: French production has never weakened. With 1,972 films registered this year, we are approaching the levels of “the world before”. Take the opportunity to be seduced by colorful characters and distant or inner landscapes: 56 destinations will be offered to you as part of this 45th National Competition. French […]

The Paradox of the Black Night El Sembrador de Estrellas by Lois Patiño (Spain) With the city lights, the contemporary world is in the process of “killing” the night. In some cosmogonies, it is the very origin of the world: it is the archetype of the matrix of the darkness of the mother’s womb. In others, the night represents the end, the symbol […]

📅 Saturday, 28th January at 4pm📍La Jetée – salle de projection6 place Michel-de-L’Hospital63000 Clermont-Ferrand🚋 Tram > Delille – Montlosier🎟️ [Free entrance] Open to all on a first come first served basis🇫🇷 The talk will be in French🖥️ Live on the Festival’s Facebook page The British filmmaker Sally Potter’s audacious adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Orlando, with Tilda Swinton, in 1992 initially brought […]

📅 4th to 10th February📍Ciné JaudeMall Jaude 1 – Last Floor18 rue d’Allagnat63000 Clermont-Ferrand🚋 Tram > Jaude🎟️ Open to those with a Festival ticket or proper accreditation Interested in talking about the films in competition with their creators? Then the Open Mic sessions are just for you! Come and watch the films in competition and ask your questions immediately after the screening. The […]

Laughing in up, taking it off After an eroticism retrospective in 1996, Kamera Sutra, an S&M program in 2001, and a caustic Blue Midnight program in 2010 that remains fresh in festival memories, here we are again with the body as an obscure object of desire as we explore the libido. To know which erotic playgrounds we are leading you towards, just follow […]

Short films screenings During the 18th CLAM – International Festival of Social Cinema in Catalonia witch will take place from September 23 to October 2 in Manresa, Narvacles and Sant Fruitós de Bages (in the Barcelona province), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival introduces a carte blanche with two programmes. Programmes Monday September 26 at 6pm in Bages Centre(Manresa) Wednesday September 28 at 9pm […]