The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival presents highlights and prize winners from this year's National Selection. The festival is one of the largest and most prestigious short film festivals in the world.

The films will be preceded by an introduction by the Clermont-Ferrand programming team.

Join us in the bar afterwards for networking drinks.

FILMS SCREENING:

Été 96

Every summer, Paul’s family has a picnic on a small island that can be reached via a causeway at low tide. This year the tide takes them by surprise and they are forced to spend the night.

dir. Mathilde Bédouet | France | 2023 | 12min

Apnées

Pierre is doing his best to manage the building site he's supervising. Everyone is stretched and knackerd by untenable deadlines. And yet, the work needs to continue, without accidents.

Procirep Prize for Best Producer.

dir. Nicolas Panay | France | 2023 |

If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds (Et si le soleil plongeait dans l’océan des nues)

Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters—mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?

National Jury Special Prize Winner 2024

dir. Wissam Charaf | France, Lebanon | 2023 |

On the 8th Day (Au 8eme Jour)

It took seven days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.

dir. Agathe Sénéchal, Flavie Carin, Elise Debruyne, Alicia Massez, Théo Duhautois | France | 2023 | 8 min

The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil (Les mystérieuses aventures de Claude Conseil)

Claude Conseil lives with her husband in a house in the middle of the woods. She spends her time listening to birds. One day, mysterious phone calls break the calm of the forest.

National Competition Audience Prize Winner.

dir. Marie-Lola Terver & Paul Jousselin | France | 2023 | 23 min