Cinema Events France

Every year since 1979, in November in Nantes, the Festival des 3 Continents offers fiction films and documentaries from Africa, Latin America and Asia. This international film festival, in addition to its geographical particularity, is also distinguished by its passion and curiosity, its taste for discovery and encounters, and overall its love of films from the South and its desire to share them. Founded by the Jalladeau brothers, this event brings together film professionals from all over the world and the informed or amateur public around competitions, previews, short and feature films, retrospectives... It is an opportunity for screenings, conferences, meetings with directors and actors. The selection also includes films for young audiences. Discover the program of the futureedition on the festival website!

Every summer, the green beach comes alive, for 3 days, during this very appreciated and original festival. Completely free, this festival allows you to watch movies, quietly installed in a deckchair, on a towel or a chair, and in the open air. Let's bet that the choice of films will be, this year again, outstanding! As every year, the moment will be the occasion, before the film, to dance according to the music of a group come to interpret in live some pieces. Certainly one of the highlights of the summer in the capital of Cotentin.

Take a leap two thousand years back in time, this is what the Arelate association proposes with its festival organized every year, in August, in the "Little Rome of Gaul". For a week, the city lives to the rhythm of the Roman cohorts marching, gladiatorial fights and street shows. An event for history enthusiasts, as historical accuracy is required here, as well as for those who simply want to dream a little about this glorious era.

It's the time of year eagerly awaited by cinephiles and 7th art professionals alike: the Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1939 in a spirit of freedom and avant-garde to counter Nazi domination of the Venice Mostra, the event has become a benchmark for international cinema. For its 77th edition, from May 14 to 25, the climb up the mythical steps, the celebrities around every corner and the festive evenings will once again create a glittering, glittering atmosphere.

Dominique Besnehard, together with Marie-France Brière and Jean Mardikian, has created a warm, human-sized event that takes place every year at the end of August, where the stars of the big screen come to enjoy the mild climate and the activity of the streets of Angoulême. Ideal for meeting stars in all simplicity and celebrating the French-speaking world of the seventh art, this festival mixes styles: drama, comedy, films for all audiences and open-air screenings, animation, everyone will find what they are looking for.

5 festival days to present the diversity of audiovisual creation. Unpublished programs: music clips, television and film films, commercials, short films… Competitions are organised in each category, with different juries and many personalities. All of the projection sites are within walking distance. The entire profession is found in a iddylique framework: nature, snow, lagoon… and work! 15 000 entries in 2016, 160 projections… for this national festival that welcomes professional and general public.

Le Courtivore's mission is to promote a film genre that it feels is too often forgotten: the short film, those films that are less than 25 minutes long, including the credits. And the festival, which has been held every spring for 20 years, has been a great success. Beforehand, a call for films is opened, then a pre-selection is established. During three screenings, the public will vote for the films of their choice and these will go on to the final during a special evening at the Omnia République. An event for film lovers and budding artists!

Every spring since 1983, the Alès Film Festival has brought together cinephiles and prestigious guests for ten days of screenings. Out of 200 films, 20 to 30 are new or previews. Short-film competitions, tributes, concerts and theme nights punctuate the passionate and moving program. People come from far and wide to attend. A major film event in the region, the festival supports initiatives and screenings all year round.

Right in the heart of town, on the Cours Napoléon, this has been Ajaccio's historic cinema since the 1950s! The people of Ajaccio were delighted to find it refurbished, with all the comfort of the Ellipse cinema and the vintage spirit of a local cinema, where you can relax for a film and enjoy all the excitement. Three cinemas and a great program for all audiences, not forgetting children's films, arthouse screenings, catch-up screenings and, of course, current releases. View the program online.

Like every year at the beginning of summer, the FID Marseille, International Documentary Festival of Marseille, will allow you to discover a very large program with more than a hundred films taking place in different places of the city: cinemas, theaters, libraries, art galleries... This competition of national and international productions presents world premieres of fiction and documentary works. The FID Lab, which supports international co-production, also organizes a number of off-site screenings and training workshops.