Bring nature in
2026-05-28 20:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Paris) | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Léa Ducré
Documentary – 53 min – France – 2025
VO in French
Pioneering nature rights lawyer Marine Calmet is preparing an unprecedented appeal against the French state following the slaughter of over 800 sharks on Reunion Island since 2014. Alongside oceanographer François Sarano and activist Didier Dérand, she is organizing a mock trial in which law students develop the arguments of the future appeal.
The aim: to have the ocean recognized as a legal entity and push the judge to condemn the slaughter. Everything converges at the United Nations Conference on
l’Océan in France, where Marine is trying to rally the world’s NGOs to make the oceans the new legal subjects of the 21st century.

Heidi and the mountain lynx
2026-05-29 09:30 - 11:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Tobias Schwarz
Animation - 78 min - France - 2025
Heidi lives with her grandfather in a mountain chalet. But everything changes when she finds a wounded baby lynx and decides to nurse it back to health. The young animal desperately needs to be reunited with his family in the mountains! Unbeknownst to her grandfather, Heidi and Peter decide to rescue their new companion. Things get complicated when a greedy businessman, Schnaittinger, wants to build a big sawmill in the mountains, and sets traps for the lynx. Now it's time to protect not only the lynx and his family, but also the village and nature they love so much!

Mercantour beneath our feet
2026-05-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Loïc Preghenella
Documentary - 60 min - France - 2025
Introduced to the practice of hiking and the discovery of natural environments during their school year, twenty-two 5th graders from the "Les Muriers" Priority Education Network middle school in Cannes La Bocca are about to attempt a first in the Alpes-Maritimes: the Grande Traversée du Mercantour. This 17-day, 200-kilometer adventure is recounted in this one-hour documentary, which combines close-up immersion with the apprentice hikers, meetings with mountain professionals and an exchange with Nepalese ultra-trail legend Dawa Sherpa.

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The sky above Zenica
2026-05-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Nanna Frank Møller, Zlatko Pranjić
Documentary - 92 min - Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2024
VO in Bosnian, French subtitles
Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, one of the most polluted cities in the world, has united its citizens in a common struggle for a viable future. But money, power and politics are proving as formidable an adversary as the pollution that threatens their lives.

Film and acting workshop with Théo Fernandez
2026-05-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Acting masterclass
Théo Fernandez began his acting career in 2009 in the horror film Le Village des ombres (2011). He then came to public attention in the comedy Les Tuches (2011) as the nerdy son, Donald. Since then, Théo Fernandez has taken on a series of TV roles. At the same time, he has set up an acting school and an artistic agency open to all.
His workshop will enable participants to understand what defines good acting, and to experiment with acting in front of the camera by mobilizing their own inner resources. Théo will present his career path, before giving a theoretical definition of the role of actor-ice. The workshop will then offer an opportunity for participants to try their hand at acting through simple exercises, followed by live coaching by the speaker.
Objective: understand what defines good acting and experience acting on camera
Language: French
Audience: general public

Talk by Yann Urbon - Hypnosis
2026-05-29 18:00 - 18:15 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Hypnosis session before the screening of "Au bout des mots" (At the end of words)
"Sublimating reality to drive and accompany individual and collective transformation" - if there were only one to choose from, this would be his main mission. Yann Urbon is a committed change agent with a passion for exploring the mind. Yann is at the origin of several initiatives, and divides his time between hypnosis as a dual practitioner and teacher, coaching high-impact organizations thanks to his skills as a facilitator of cooperative dynamics, and integrative health as a student of physiotherapy.
Between surprises, wonder and curiosity, get ready to embark on a hypnotic, rejuvenating journey before fully enjoying the screening of the film Au bout des mots (Lost for Words). Yann Urbon will guide you through this innovative immersive experience, a world first! Cameras open our minds to the world, giving us privileged access to reality beyond ourselves. The viewer experiences a conscious broadening of perceptions, as if the screen brought back to the brain what an extension of our sight had just captured elsewhere. What if we could direct the cameras towards our inner worlds? In this intervention, you'll forget your seat and walk through the camera to feel yourself on the other side.
Objective: get in touch with the depth of the film Au bout des mots and become all the more sensitive to its messages
Language: French
Public: all audiences

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At the end of words
2026-05-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Hannah Papaceck Harper
Documentary - 93 min - France, United Kingdom - 2025
VO in English, subtitled in French
What does connecting with nature mean to you? At the end of words ("Lost for Words") takes us across the UK, describing the landscapes and communities that live there. The story begins in 2007 with the disappearance of nature-related words from the Oxford Junior dictionary. These missing words, such as "acorn", "otter", "hyacinth" and "dandelion", serve as a guide throughout the film. The film takes us on an adventure through the seasons, from the remotest corners of the country to museum archives and scientific laboratories. Children, elders, scientists, artists and activists speak out, sharing their knowledge and emotional connection with nature. Their voices prompt us to reflect on our own relationship with the natural world around us. This film explores the fundamental issues of our common future: imagining the future of our planet and rethinking it collectively.

Yintah
2026-05-29 20:30 - 22:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano
Documentary - 110 min - Canada - 2024
VO in English, subtitled in French
Yintah, meaning "land", is a feature film documenting the Wet'suwet'en First Nation's fight for sovereignty. Shot over more than a decade, the film follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo' Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies its ancestral lands to protect them from several of the world's largest fossil fuel companies.

Walking in the dark
2026-05-30 10:30 - 12:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Kinshuk Surjan
Documentary - 108 min - Belgium, Netherlands, India - 2024
VO in Hindi, subtitled in French
Determined to provide a better life for herself and her children after the suicide of her farmer husband, Sanjivani struggles against the traditional abandonment of widows in her culture, until she joins a discussion group with other widows of farmers who have died by suicide. With the support of her community, shared stories of resilience and unexpected solidarity, Sanjivani cautiously charts her path towards the future.

Design and environment workshop with Asgeir Helgestad
2026-05-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Environmental cinema:
Touching hearts and minds
Asgeir Helgestad is an award-winning Norwegian director, cinematographer, writer and producer. He has over thirty years' experience in documentary and photography. His work reflects a deep sensitivity and empathy for nature. His recent documentary Queen Without Land (2018) received over thirty international awards. Her photography has also won awards, including Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Participants in his workshop will explore how visual storytelling can mobilize both the emotions and the mind in the face of environmental and climate issues. Using film excerpts and time for analysis, the workshop aims to deepen understanding of how nature stories can inspire care, responsibility and action. Asgeir will share his professional experience in Norway and the Arctic, followed by time for questions and answers.
Objective: deepen understanding of nature storytelling and recognize how environmental storytelling engages audiences
Language: English, translated into French
Audience: people interested in environmental storytelling, but not necessarily professionals

Cocotte
2026-05-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Gyorgy Palfi
Fiction - 96 min - Germany, Hungary, Greece - 2025
VO in Greek, subtitled in French
With great power comes great responsibility - but what if the heroine were a chicken? Escaped from a factory farm, she finds refuge in the courtyard of a ruined restaurant. There, she discovers love, defies the law of the beak and fights to protect her eggs. Her quest, both tender and ironic, resonates with the silent struggles and petty arrangements of human life.

Children's workshop
2026-05-30 17:00 - 18:30 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Les petits artistes du vivant
On the Allées de la Liberté, children will be free to draw with chalk. Models of flora and fauna will be proposed, and they'll become the creators of a collective, ephemeral work of art on the beauty of biodiversity.
And grown-ups are welcome to join in!

Storytelling show with Catherine Bouin
2026-05-30 18:00 - 18:45 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Mysteries of forest life
Storytelling crossed Catherine's path over thirty years ago: "I was touched by her ability to convey the essential, to tell the mystery that lies deep within us and that all humanity shares. Storytelling simply allows us, with everyday words, in a direct and unpretentious relationship, to go straight to the heart, to awaken and fill us with wonder. It's an art form in its own right, as old as time itself, and as relevant today as it ever was." Most of her tales are adaptations of traditional repertoires, the fruit of collection or anthology. Her repertoire is linked to the earth, which nourishes us and offers us its beauty and generosity.
Catherine has developed her own methodology that enables her to be understood by everyone, whatever their level of French, in order to give pleasure with the storytelling word and show its universality. During her show, Catherine will share seven tales on the theme of the forest, seen as a community where mutual aid and solidarity reign in perfect harmony in the service of life.

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Here begins the sea
2026-05-31 14:00 - 15:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Mattia Trabbuchi
Documentary - 42 min - France - 2025
VO in French
At the water's edge, where the sea meets the shore, lie ecosystems as fragile as they are essential. Cystoseires forests, Posidonia meadows, rocky bottoms... The shallow coastal waters are home to an abundance of biodiversity and provide invaluable services to our coastline. Yet their accessibility makes them particularly vulnerable to human pressures.
With Ici commence la mer, FNE Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur invites you to plunge into this close, little-known universe, to meet the people who, from the Côte Bleue to Saint-Honorat via Saint-Mandrier, are working to preserve this natural heritage.

Writing and reading workshop with Virginie Perrot
2026-05-31 14:00 - 15:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Writing with the living :
Biodiversity outside, biodiversity inside
Virginie Perrot is a narrative therapist and sophrologist in Nice. She accompanies people through sensitive approaches that combine writing, listening and exploration of the living.
Her workshop takes us on a journey between the living world outside - as portrayed in the festival's films - and the living world within us. Through readings and writing proposals, participants will explore their relationship with living things from a sensitive, intimate and poetic angle. Through collective writing and voluntary shared readings, this moment of exchange will enable the emergence of an "ecology of emotions" that complements the ecology of ecosystems. No writing skills are required: all that counts is listening, curiosity and the desire to explore. A gentle, lively space for dialogue between our stories and those of the world.
Objective: to open up an accessible, creative and non-therapeutic space for writing about living things, and to bring together the stories of biodiversity
Language: French
Audience: ages 12 and up

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A million leaves under the sea
2026-05-31 15:30 - 16:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Ioana Stoicescu and NaturDive
Documentary - 21 min - France - 2025
VO in French
Off the coast of Cannes, a fragile underwater garden struggles to survive. Threatened by intense nautical activity, the Posidonia meadows are being torn up and doomed to disappear. To preserve them, a team of divers spends long hours beneath the surface, replanting fragments of Posidonia oceanica, whose survival is hanging by a thread, giving them a second chance. This documentary retraces not only this ecological restoration mission, but also the human adventure it generates: a deep commitment, a shared resilience, and a strong bond forged beneath the surface. A story of dedication, fragility... and rebirth, leaf by leaf.

Nereide
2026-05-31 17:00 - 17:15 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Amal Alnabwany
Artistic short - 8 min - France - 2025
VO in French
In the Mediterranean Sea, Amal, dancer and snorkeler, evolves in an aquatic universe where the poetry of movement meets the beauty of the marine world. But this harmony is shattered when she encounters an invasion of plastic waste. Through her body and her dance, the film warns of the ravages inflicted on seas and oceans.

"With NereideI want to raise awareness of what we are doing to nature, and more specifically to the ocean where we dump our waste. My project is a call to action to protect the seabed and endangered species. The Mediterranean is listed as the most polluted sea in the world, with very high concentrations of micro-plastics, to the detriment of marine biodiversity. In many respects, the Mediterranean has become a great graveyard. What will be left of the rich underwater flora and fauna for future generations?"

Oxygen
2026-05-31 17:10 - 18:10 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Roxane Perrot and Ugo Isoard
Documentary - 57 min - France - 2025
French OV
In the Mediterranean, a group of volunteer freedivers dive without machines or tanks to explore the seabed. But their immersions confront them with a reality: waste is everywhere. Every year, 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans. Over the course of a week, Coralie, Jérémy, Karim and Astrid descend beneath the surface to dig up plastics, cans, tires and other human traces that have accumulated in coastal creeks. But underwater, something else is at play. Through their repeated gestures and intimate accounts, these freedivers do more than just clean up the sea. They learn to inhabit it, to listen to it, to connect with it. For, in the face of relentless pollution, the question remains: how can we protect what we can't see? Their commitment reveals the need to reconnect with the sea.

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UFEM concert
2026-05-31 19:00 - 20:30 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
UFEM (Union des Fanfares et Ensembles Musicaux), founded in 1906 under the name UFF, is a national musical confederation that brings together amateur musical groups (batterie-fanfares, harmonies-fanfares and harmonies) across France. Its aim is to promote the music of amateur orchestras and offer training courses for orchestra conductors.
As part of this dynamic, UFEM PACA has created the "Bandes Originales" orchestra, a philharmonic ensemble made up of amateur musicians from all horizons. Their joint project is to present a concert of film music at FIFES. This repertoire of film music, present in amateur harmony orchestras, encourages intergenerational exchanges, enabling young musicians to discover cinematographic works from the last century, while experienced musicians discover more recent cinematographic references.
Through the "Bandes Originales" project, UFEM PACA aims to promote the cultural and social dynamism of volunteer music associations.
