Fifes - Festival Internation du Film Ecologique et Social

Cannes Plogging
2025-06-01 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Take part in the official launch of the Cannes Plogging operation.
From the verb “plocka upp”, Swedish for “to pick up”, and the word “jogging”, plogging combines running and litter-picking.
Departure from the Allées de la Liberté in Cannes at 10:20 am.

Initiatives Village
2025-06-01 10:00 - 19:00 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
For this 5th edition, we’ll be taking over an ideal meeting place: Les Allées de la Liberté, a stone’s throw from Les Arcades and L’Olympia cinemas.
Associations, NGOs, companies and local authorities will be present to raise public awareness and present their actions.
A special area will be set aside for three round-table discussions, focusing on local issues.
The event will also feature a wide range of activities, including water frescoes, an ocean fresco, an ocean walk, Cannes Plogging for waste collection, cooperative games for children, and scientific and artistic activities for families.
The village will be a veritable meeting place for associations, local professionals and the general public.

10h00 Opening and introductory remarks
10h10 Opening of the Initiatives Village by Maxime Giordano and Sundari Veneroni
10h20 Official launch of the Cannes Plogging operation
11h00 Round-table 1 “Participatory Conference The Ocean Fresco
14h00 Round-table 2Ecological and social innovations in the region Maralpin: Water in all its states, from rivers to oceans“
16h00 Round-table 3Words from associations in the Maralpin region“
18h00 Closing remarks and closing of the Initiatives Village
19h00 UFEM philharmonic concert

Ground Alliance
2025-06-01 10:30 - 12:00 | Olympia Cinema, 5 rue d'Antibes, Cannes, 06400
Isabelle Haelvoet
90 min – France – 2024
The local struggle against the planned A69 freeway linking Castres to Toulouse has been going on for many years. Since 2021, it has taken on a new dimension, not only because of the first concrete signs of its construction (bitumen plants, felling of trees, start of work…) but above all because of the multiplication of collectives opposing this aberrant freeway project which is determined to fracture the territory.
Price: €3.5 direct at the Olympia

Participatory Conference: The Ocean Fresco
2025-06-01 11:00 - 12:00 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Masterclass La Fresque Océane With Virginie Perrot

The Masterclass “La Fresque Océane” is a participatory conference designed to help you better understand the systemic issues involved in preserving the Ocean. You’ll discoverthe contributions of the Ocean and its marine biodiversity, but you’ll also delve into the impacts of human activities such as fishing, maritime industries, climate and pollution. The conference will also look at a range of solutions for better individual and collective action!You can test your knowledge live thanks to a quiz integrated into the conference (via the KAHOOT! tool).La Fresque Océane is an association under the French law of 1901, created in 2021, which has already reached nearly 30,000 participants thanks to its workshop and its variations, and which relies onseveral hundred animators throughout France and in several foreign countries.

Anais, 2 chapters
2025-06-01 12:30 - 14:30 | Olympia Cinema, 5 rue d'Antibes, Cannes, 06400
Marion Gervais, French 104 min. – 2023 – Squawk – Twenty-Fifth Hour

Anaïs, 24, is setting up as a farmer in Brittany. Nothing could stop her. Neither the administration, nor misogynistic teachers, nor a broken-down tractor, nor the vagaries of the weather… 10 years later, Anaïs is now married to a young Senegalese man, Seydou. With the harsh law of borders complicating everything, they’re going to have to roll up their sleeves…together.

Conference: Water in all its states, from rivers to oceans
2025-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Ecological and social innovations in the Marais region:
Water in all its states, from rivers to oceans.
With Mirjam Neu from La route des Canaux, Carolle Borelli: Le canal de Villars sur Var, Aurélien Behague director of SICASIL CACPL and Hélène LABACH from Miraceti, an association dedicated to the knowledge and conservation of cetaceans.
Meeting with those involved in water management and protection in the Maralpin region: from rivers to oceans.

Round table 3
2025-06-01 16:00 - 17:00 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Words from Maralpin associations
With Terre de Lien 06, Oxfam Nice and Alternatiba 06
This round table will be an opportunity for the actors present in the village to present their ecological and social initiatives.
Terre de Lien is a citizens’ movement whose aim is to recreate a bond of solidarity between society and its farmers, and to promote environmentally-friendly agriculture.
The local Nice group of Oxfam France is a member of the Oxfam confederation, which fights poverty and inequality.
Through its actions,
Alternatiba 06 raises public awareness of the urgent need to combat global warming, while keeping in mind the need for social justice.

Oceania
2025-06-01 16:00 - 17:30 | Olympia Cinema, 5 rue d'Antibes, Cannes, 06400
Natalie Zimmerman, Kiribati
75 min. – 2024 – Documentary – Alchemy Dream – Bellemoon
OCEANIA: Journey to the Heart begins on a coral atoll – predicted to become uninhabitable by 2030 due to rising sea levels and temperatures caused by climate change. We are invited to follow the journey of a mother and her adult son as they strive to preserve their culture, freedom and independence after decades of colonial encounters.
Price: €7 direct from Olympia

La Marche Océanne
2025-06-01 16:00 - 19:30 | The Allées de la Liberté, The alleys of freedom, Cannes, 06400
Hosted by Virginie Perrot of the association La Fresque Océane
The Marche Océane is a guided walk in the open air, to discover the underwater world, marvel at its biodiversity and wonder about our place in the web of life.
It’s a 5.5 km walk where every meter covered represents 2 m of depth ascended. You’ll start in the Mariana Trench at a depth of 11 km to discover the abysses or hydrothermal springs, and work your way up to the hunting grounds of sperm whales, or share the excitement of life in the heart of coral reefs.
At each stop, you’ll encounter mysterious, little-known aquatic landscapes, with their own universe and stories…
The Ocean Walk is a collective and individual experience of connection and exploration of the sea and ocean.
Virginie will also host the first Round Table of the Village des Initiatives.

Concert by the Union des Fanfares et Ensembles musicaux (UFEM)
2025-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 | 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.
