Partners closing show
Thursday 5 February
16:00 – 18:00
Boris-Vian Theater
Maison de la culture (Ground floor)
71 bd François-Mitterrand
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
The awards presented during this ceremony are exclusively for prizes given by juries other than the official, student, and audience juries.
Access to this ceremony is primarily reserved for professionals with accreditation, followed by the general audience.
Please note that this ceremony will not be followed by any film screenings.
Public closing show
Saturday 7 February
[CLO 1] 18:00 – 21:00
[CLO 2] 21:00 – 23:00
[CLO 3] 22:00 – midnight
[CLO 1] & [CLO 2]
Jean-Cocteau Theater
Maison de la culture
71 bd François-Mitterrand
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
[CLO 3]
Horizon Theater
La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale
69 bd François-Mitterrand
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
The [CLO 1] session is the official awards ceremony.
The [CLO2] and [CLO 3] sessions are similar but not identical. [CLO 2] opens with a quick recap of the main prizes in presence of some awarded filmmakers while [CLO 3] is composed exclusively of awarded films.
Access to these screenings is granted upon presentation of a specific ticket.
Public juries
Official juries
Student Juries
Marina Divies
Valentin Jozellet
Agathe Leduc
Lukas Naudžius
Adeline Reze
Killian Aubijoux
Manon Chatain-Rodari
Perrine Guichard
Matéo Lagrange Dit Quintiollet
Thomas Louis
Inès Besombes-Vailhe
Raphaël Faure
Chloé Fritère
Wiam Zehar
Audience jury
Festival-goers can have their say in conferring an Audience Award for the National, International and Lab Competitions respectively. The Audience Jury consists of viewers who have bought a booklet of fifteen tickets. The email address used for purchasing the tickets gives the viewer one chance only to vote online for:
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one of the 51 short films selected for the National Competition
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one of the 64 short films selected for the International Competition (the two French films have also been included here)
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one of the 24 short films selected for the Lab Competition
This is the exclusive link for voting:
Voting ends: Friday 6 February 2026 at noon.
Partner Juries
Brigitte Pardo
CANAL+ Short Programmes Acquisition Director
Caroline Jules
CANAL+ Short Programmes Acquisition Officer
Laure Llose
CANAL+ Grand Écran, CANAL+ Festival andCINÉ+ Family Director
Sébastien Normand
CINÉ+ OCS Commissioning Editor and Short FilmAcquisitions
The jury is made up of 9-year-old pupils from Charles-Perrault elementary school in Clermont-Ferrand. The jury is joined by Nathalie Leffray, Director of Animation development for the CANAL+ group.
Made up of producers who have received support from Procirep.
Awarded by a jury of three to a film from one of the National, International and Lab competitions that, beyond its LGBTQIA+ topics, depicts a world fighting the norms whose trust in film is also a badge of its freedom.
Jury made up of international experts on special effects.
Made up of three professionals in the festival and film industries in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, this jury highlights the diversity and dynamism of the fifty certified members of the Festivals Connexion network.
Jean-Sébastien Esnault
Executive Officer of Le Grand Bivouac – Documentary Film and Litterature Festival (Albertville, France)
Fabienne Hanclot
Managing and Artistic Director of Ardèche Images (Lussas, France)
Cyrielle Tissandier
Production Manager at AADN (Hybrid Arts and Digital Cultures) (Lyon, France)
Made up of the three members of the Festivals Connexion Jury (see above) and a member of Evaveo, partner of the Festival’s Extended Reality Competition and Panorama.
Jean-Sébastien Esnault
Executive Officer of Le Grand Bivouac – Documentary Film and Litterature Festival (Albertville, France)
Fabienne Hanclot
Managing and Artistic Director of Ardèche Images (Lussas, France)
Cyrielle Tissandier
Production Manager at AADN (Hybrid Arts and Digital Cultures) (Lyon, France)
Loïc Lextrait
Evaveo CEO
Héloïse Capoccia
Filmmaker and scriptwriter, Animation Department Manager
Virginie Jallot
Filmmaker, Animation Department Manager
Anne Villacèque
Filmmaker and scriptwriter, Cinema Department Vice-president
Catherine Corsini
Filmmaker and screenwriter, Cinema Department Manager
Axelel Ropert
Filmmaker and screenwriter, Cinema Department Manager
Loane Bouillet
Tënk Audience Engagement and Outreach Officer
Leïla Tsakaiev
Responsible for the Images de la culture catalogue for La Cinémathèque du documentaire
Chloé Vurpillot
Ardèche Images Distribution Officer
Made up of 3 members of the organisation Les Amis du Vieux Clermont-Ferrand.
Thierry Odde
Anne-Sophie Simonet
