Screened in partnership with Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

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 before and after for networking drinks.

FILMS SCREENING:

Samba Infinito

During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.

dir. Leonardo Martinelli | France | 2025 | 15min

Soixante-sept millisecondes

Starting from the trail of a bullet captured on CCTV, Soixante-sept millisecondes follows the trajectory of the shot and those of its key protagonists. Through a reconstruction combining computer-generated images with surveillance footage and the story of a victim, the film forcefully questions the legitimacy and excesses of law enforcement in France.

dir. Fleuryfontaine | France | 2025 | 15min

Deux personnes échangeant de la salive (Two People Exchanging Saliva)

In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.

dir. Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata | France | 2025 | 36min

Saillie

Frédérique, in her fifties, has dressed up to go for a walk with her dog Pauline. She hopes to meet someone on the forest trail... and it doesn't take long: Philippe and his dog Magic. The dogs get closer. Will their owners do the same? Is this what Frédérique came to the forest for?

dir. Aude Thuries | France | 2025 | 10min

Dieu est timide (God is shy)

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.

dir. Jocelyn Charles | France | 2025 | 15min