Fifes - Festival Internation du Film Ecologique et Social

DJ Agent d'Ambiance
2025-05-31 23:00 - 2025-06-01 00:30 (Europe/Paris) | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Born into an environment where music was omnipresent, DJ Agent d’Ambiance developed a deep passion for rhythms and melodies from an early age. His childhood, cradled in a diversity of musical genres, laid the foundations for what was to become not just a career, but a true vocation. What drives DJ Agent d’Ambiance on a daily basis is his passion for dance and his ability to transmit this energy to the audience. A specialist in creating the right atmosphere, she excels in the art of getting people up and dancing, seamlessly linking timeless hits with the latest trends.
Her trademark? An eclectic playlist that crosses all musical styles, from timeless classics to the latest trends, ensuring that every evening is an unforgettable experience.

Pambelé concert
2025-05-31 21:00 - 23:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
In their first show, Pambelé blend Afro-Colombian influences with the acid, piercing sounds of the sixties psychedelic movement. This cross-fertilization is a powerful expression of the band’s transatlantic and definitively Caribbean cultural universality.
In this ensemble, traditional percussion from the north coast of Colombia intertwines and mingles with the joyful cadence of the voices, where the chiselling words of the guitars, accompanied by the voluptuousness of wild organs, draw us into a torrid, exuberant atmosphere. Pambelé is a bewitching trance, a condensed composite of raw material. A boundless playground where the culture of trance, improvisation and dance is the very essence of its strength.
Instagram of Pambélé! : @ pambelemusic
Photograph of Pambélé ! ©Éric Meurice

Group Salsa class by Jonn Stiven
2025-05-31 19:45 - 20:45 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
“Holà everyone, let me introduce myself, my name is Jonn, I’m a Bachata dancer and teacher and Salsa Caleña dancer. I teach Bachata in a variety of formats, including a school format at Club Metropolitan, CAP3000, or a pre-party format at Cocoloco in Cannes and Yuko in Antibes.”
John will come at 19h45 for a group dance class on Place de la Castre!
John’s Instagram: @jonn_bailador

Concert - Miarana Rakotoarimanana
2025-05-31 18:30 - 19:30 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Mirana, a self-taught artist from Madagascar, has made a name for herself in the music world with her unique voice, embracing a variety of styles such as pop, R&B, soul, as well as international and French variety. She has also included Malagasy songs in her repertoire, testifying to her attachment to her roots. With no formal singing training, Mirana has performed at a variety of events, from weddings to cultural events, and marked her career with a high-profile appearance on a television show in Madagascar. Her passion for music, enriched by five years’ experience in a choir, continues to reach a diverse audience, proving that pure talent can transcend the barriers of formal education.

Miarana’s Instagram: @miarana_singing

The mural with Jérémy Besset
2025-05-31 17:00 - 18:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Jérémy Besset
Instagram : @j_besset
Jérémy Besset is a painter born in Cannes in 1984 and now based in Mougins. His art combines more than twenty years of experience in graffiti, patinas and calligraphy.
In 2015, the artist abandoned the use of aerosol cans to work with brushes, preferring acrylic paint or paint based on natural pigments, more in line with his values of humanism and ecology. Her work evokes a colorful energy with positive, universal messages. Jérémy takes part in international art fairs, exhibits in various galleries and collaborates with major brands.
For the closing evening, Jérémy Besset will offer the Fifes a chalk fresco on the floor of the Place de la Castre.

Children’s workshop – Marine life

Around Jérémy’s fresco on the Place de la Castre, children will be free to draw with chalk. They’ll be offered models of marine animals, and become the creators of a collective, ephemeral work of art depicting the beauty of the marine world. And grown-ups are welcome to join in!

Marché des Créateur.ice.s
2025-05-31 16:30 - 2025-06-01 00:00, 2025-05-28 16:30 - 2025-05-29 00:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
The Marché des Créateurs is a meeting place for craftspeople, artists and spectators. It’s an opportunity to discover techniques, discuss practices and sell unique objects.The Marché des Créatifs will take place on Place de la Castre on two dates: Wednesday, May 28 and Saturday, May 31 from 4:30 pm to midnight.

Closing Ceremony
2025-05-31 16:30 - 23:30 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
The closing ceremony, presented by Sébastien Fouilladewill take place from 4:30 pm place de la Castre.

16h30 : Creators’ market and pancake snack
17h00 Children’s workshop around Jérémy Besset’s fresco
18h30 Musical performance by Miarana Rakotoarimanana
19h Closing ceremony with awards ceremony: Graine d’Or, Prix Coup de Coeur du Jury, Prix Spécial du Jury, Prix de l’Engagement, Prix du Public and Prix du Comité de Sélection. The prizes are awarded to major artists in ceramics, engraving, sculpture and painting.
19h30 Group salsa dance class with Jonn Stiven
21h00 Concert by Pambélé!
23h00 : Musical ambiance with DJ Agent d’Ambiance

Documerica
2025-05-31 14:00 - 15:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Pierre-François DIDEK, France
67 min. – 2023 – Documentary – Les Films en Vrac
In the autumn of their lives, a group of photographers return to the Documerica Project, a gigantic photographic survey of the American environment commissioned by the government in the early 70s, at the height of ecological awareness. Embodying the moment of truth of a country that had reached the end of its American Dream, Documerica’s images bear witness to a failed rendezvous with history. Beyond that, they speak to the world we live in today.

A mirror of the cosmos
2025-05-31 10:30 - 12:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Isabelle Carbonell, United States
67 min
A Mirror of the Cosmos is a feature-length sci-fi documentary that explores how the Mar Menor lagoon, located in southeastern Spain and considered a utopian paradise, has come close to extinction and beyond. Opening with a conversation between the moon and the sea about environmental violence, the film examines the unlikely relationships between invasive blue crabs, nitrates and mining deposits in the Mar Menor, which intertwine deeply to tell the larger story of capitalism’s cumulative and extractive effects on the environment over time. The lagoon thus becomes a microcosm of the Anthropocene, or “Age of Man”. Ultimately, the film asks the question: what kind of futures are possible, and can we adapt?

The living defending itself
2025-05-30 20:00 - 21:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Vincent Verzat, France
90 min. – 2025 – Documentary – Sharing is fun
Vincent, who has been filming ecological mobilizations for 10 years and has gathered a community of 310,000 people on YouTube, went through a period of militant burnout before turning to naturalism and tracking. He seeks to reconnect with the living by linking himself to the fate of non-human animals, hoping to restore meaning and vigor to his commitment. Le VIVANT qui se défend! retraces his journey to find a balance between struggle and contemplation, underlining the importance of not forgetting the beauty that remains despite the destruction of the world. Through forest battles, the preservation of natural habitats and the protection of wildlife, this film is a personal and sensitive journey, linking ecological struggles and the challenges of species survival. It explores a way to live with dignity and face the challenges of the future.

Short films from the Université Côte d'Azur
2025-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
As part of their ECUE Scénarisations Audiovisuelles course, students in the Licence 3 program at Campus Carlon in Nice have produced five short documentary films this year, all of which explore the ecological issues surrounding waste management and pollution. Each of these films highlights the environmental impacts of our consumption patterns, whether through vehicle recycling, waste management, marine pollution or ecosystem preservation.They call for a collective awareness of the need to change our habits, rethink our relationship with consumption and natural resources, and act responsibly to preserve our planet for future generations.
Sessions followed by discussion.
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Short films from the Université Côte d'Azur
2025-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Admission free with reservation or €3.5
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As part of their ECUE Scénarisations Audiovisuelles course, Licence 3 students at Campus Carlon in Nice have produced five short documentary films this year, all of which explore the ecological issues surrounding waste management and pollution. Each film highlights the environmental impact of our consumption patterns, whether through vehicle recycling, waste management, marine pollution or ecosystem preservation. They call for a collective awakening to the need to change our habits, rethink our relationship with consumption and natural resources, and act responsibly to preserve our planet for future generations.

LE DERNIER VIRAGE
Running time: 11.48 minutes
The film examines the ecological impact of car recycling, revealing the challenges of the field and new mobilities, while underlining the urgency of responsible choices for the future.

THE GUARDIANS OF RECYCLING
Running time: 7.52 minutes
The film shows how waste reflects our lifestyles and values. It underlines the importance of sorting and recycling waste to preserve the environment, inviting us to rethink its place in society and to see each piece of waste as the start of a new cycle.

THE GUARDIANS OF THE DEEP
Running time: 10.00 minutes
This documentary film invites us to rediscover the importance of our seas and oceans. By coming face-to-face with marine pollution, the film bears witness to its impact and encourages reflection.

SAINTES MARGUERITE - ECOLOGY BETWEEN EARTH AND SEA
Running time: 8.39 minutes
This film explores the path of waste and the problems associated with the sharp increase in pollution on the island of Sainte-Marguerite in Cannes.

13 MILLIONS
Running time: 9.49 minutes
The film tackles maritime pollution and its ecological, social and economic impacts, highlighting human responsibility and the active role everyone can play to protect the environment and ensure a sustainable future.

Poetic Workshop
2025-05-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Poetic workshop: revealing the poetic side of each individual and co-writing a harmonious future
Co-hosted by Maji Da Abdi, director and member of the FIFES International Jury, and Vincent Avanzi ,Chief Poetic Officer, poet and lecturer
Vincent Avanzi is a Chief Poetic Officer, poet, speaker, executive writer and founder of the collective Les Poétiseurs and La Plume Du Futur. A former manager atMicrosoft and a poetry enthusiast, he is the author of 10 books, including Trouver son Point Génial (Hachette) and La poésie sauvera le monde et nous sommes tous des poètes.His mission: to reveal the poetic side of everyone and co-write a harmonious future. He accompanies leaders, associations and organizations in re-enchanting their storytelling, elevating their leadership, awakening creative talents and committing to a sustainable future. He also delivers inspiring poetic speeches to introduce or close international events, and leads experiential conferences on re-enchanting the world through the magic of poetry.
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Black butterflies
2025-05-30 16:30 - 18:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
David Baute, Spanish
83 min. – 2023 – Animation
Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world, all facing the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything due to the effects of global warming, and will be forced to emigrate in order to survive.

Parallel currents
2025-05-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Pablo Chavanel, Cambodia
68 min. – 2024 – Documentary – La Boîte à Songes

The proliferation of hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River, designed to supply energy to neighboring megalopolises, is forcing Samnang, the leader of an indigenous community, to fight for his survival and that of nature. Faced with pressure from the authorities, Samnang is prepared to take any risk. Meanwhile, in the Cambodian capital, Sothy, a painter and survivor of the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge regime 50 years ago, applies himself to a duty of remembrance and, through his art, reveals a violence that seems to be repeating itself. Through space and time, a dialogue is established.

I am the river, the river is me
2025-05-30 10:30 - 12:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Petr Lom, New Zealand
88 min. – 2024 – Documentary – Ten Thousand Images
The Whanganui River, in Aotearoa/New Zealand, is the first river in the world to be recognized as a legal person, a living, indivisible being.
Ned Tapa, the river’s Māori guardian, invites an Australian First Nations elder and his daughter, activists committed to saving their own dying river, to take part in a five-day canoe trip on this sacred river. They are joined by Ned’s friends and family, an international film crew and Ned’s dog Jimmy.
The river is the main character of this film. Both mirror and source of inspiration, it naturally unites all the travelers, offering everyone a voice – including the crew – to share stories of humor and light, and a space to heal from the darkness of the past and persistent historical injustices.
For the Māori, the Whanganui is a living being – their ancestor. This belief was institutionalized by New Zealand law in 2017. Granting the river the status of a legal person is both a means of environmental protection and a legal validation of the Māori worldview.
This film is an invitation to experiment with these values: to see our relationship with the world around us – and above all with the natural world – as an intergenerational responsibility of care and custody, rather than simply one of ownership, use or extraction.
Produced over a period of three years, in close collaboration with the Māori of Whanganui, this film is a positive and urgent call to action for the rights of nature, now the world’s fastest-growing legal movement.

Plastic Fantastic
2025-05-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Isa Willinger, Germany
103 min. – 2023 – Documentary – Rise And Shine World Sales

Plastics are everywhere. Not only do they invade our rivers and oceans, they also permeate the air, soil and even our bodies. As the crisis deepens and recycling remains largely ineffective, the plastics industry continues to increase production. Does the industry really want to continue as it always has?
PLASTIC FANTASTIC follows several protagonists: on the one hand, representatives of the plastics industry, and on the other, scientists and activists, to discover where the plastics crisis is taking us.

Kasàlà workshop
2025-05-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Kasàlà discovery and writing workshop – booking required
Co-hosted by Maji Da Abdi, director and member of the FIFES International Jury, and Jean Ngo
Semzara KABUTA, a specialist in African linguistics who writes and teaches Kasàlà.
Kasàlà is a form of poetry from sub-Saharan Africa that expresses diverse emotions such as joy, sadness, gratitude and rebellion. Inspired by oral literature, contemporary kasàlà is an intercultural and transcultural genre that celebrates joy,resilience and peace. It is characterized by a metaphorical, hyperbolic and rhythmic style, often with repetitions. Kasàlà tells laudatory tales in the form of portraits, biographies or descriptions, and often looks to the future whileallowing for criticism.Philosophically, it embodies Ubuntu, the idea that humanity is defined by its relationship with others. Used in ceremonial rituals such as weddings or commemorations, today it calls for writing, unlike the traditional form which was sungor recited. In short, kasàlà is an art of celebrating life through wonder and reflection.
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The taste of a lifetime
2025-05-29 16:30 - 18:00 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Valérie Pouyanne, Canada
93 min. – 2024 – The Mad Eye
Given what we know about animal intelligence and sensitivity, isn’t it time we reconsidered our behaviour towards pets and animals?
wild? By visiting three animal shelters and hearing their stories, we discover that animals are not so different from us: intelligent, sensitive, supportive, stubborn, even cheating, etc. Yet we treat them as inferiors and to satisfy our needs, we make them live miserable lives. However, we treat them as inferiors, and to satisfy our needs, we make them live lives of misery. What if we imagined a different way of living with animals?

Children and trees
2025-05-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Natalie Pfister, Switzerland
89 min. – 2024 – Documentary – Solothurner Filmtage

The film plunges us into a school in the middle of the forest, where, over the course of a year, we observe the children who play and learn there. Thirty children, from kindergarten to CE1, spend every day here, whatever the weather – sun, rain or snow. They explore the forest on their own, discover nature’s cycles and seek their place in the community. In this environment, they develop their sense of responsibility, courage, imagination and creativity, while interacting spontaneously and empathetically with their peers and other beings in the world.

Silvicola
2025-05-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Espace Miramar, Rue Pasteur, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, 06400, France
Jean-Philippe Marquis, Canada
80 min. - 2023 - Documentary - Cinema Politica
A red cedar can live for over a thousand years, supporting multiple ecosystems and human cultures. But a voracious chainsaw can cut down that same tree in just a few hours. In the economics of commercial logging, the tree only acquires value once it has been cut down and transformed into a commodity.
At a time when the world's ancient forests are under threat as never before, Jean-Philippe Marquis has created a dazzling and disturbing film essay on contemporary forestry practices in the Pacific Northwest, home to the world's oldest and most majestic woodlands.

A call from the wild
2025-05-28 21:30 - 23:30 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Asgeir Helgestad
81 min - Norway - 2024
Director Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his native Norway, which he has been photographing for as long as he can remember. From the bees on his farm to the wild reindeer in the high mountains, and the puffins by the ocean, he reveals the beauty of an endangered natural world and highlights the human actions responsible for its decline. This film is a personal story about our connection with the non-human world, the relationship between the small and the large, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.

Cie Les Somatonautes dance show
2025-05-28 21:00 - 22:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Les Somatonautes : A troupe of undisciplined human beings united by a desire to offer the world their way of being through movement and dance. Dance at the service of the body, letting ourselves dance, improvising together in a common breath.
Through various techniques such as improvisation, sensitive dance, BMC, authentic movement and somatic listening, gesture takes on a new intensity.
The living inside and outside us grows, becomes palpable and vibrant.
The bond that unites us reinforces the quality of the experience of touch, sometimes of spontaneous singing.
We can trust each other because we're connected.
Born in 2015 in Lyon, this anthropological appellation, after multidisciplinary encounters, continues its path in artistic forms where the living movement in humans is at the heart of its creations.
Company Instagram: @les.somatonautes

Conference by Nelly Pons
2025-05-28 19:45 - 21:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Followed by a book signing
PLASTICS, A TOXIC POLLUTION
The crisis is systemic, and so are the solutions.
Today, plastic pollution is no longer a secret. But who knows exactly what it is and what the consequences are for human health and ecosystems? Polymers, PFAS, endocrine disruptors, micro & nanoplastics, cleaning, recycling, bioplastics... What's the solution? What are the levers and where are the solutions?
After more than three years of investigation, two books and numerous conferences, Nelly Pons shares her findings on one of the greatest environmental challenges we face.
Refine our understanding of the subject to move towards sustainable solutions.
From the current state of affairs to a way out of the crisis, it deciphers preconceived ideas, serious avenues and false good solutions, and calls for urgent, coordinated, multi-stakeholder and multi-level action.
And because there are so many of us who don't want to sit back and do nothing, she also outlines a number of concrete courses of action for those of us who do want to take action.

Aubade and Provençal dance
2025-05-28 18:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Les Fifres et Tambours de La Roquette-sur-Var and the Académie Provençale
Les Fifres et Tambours de La Roquette-sur-Var is a folk group that perpetuates the musical traditions of Nice and Provence.
Through traditional tunes and rhythms played on fife, drum and bass drum, they share and pass on a culture that spans generations.
Their music blends history, conviviality and tradition, while adapting to today's events to keep this local heritage alive and well.
The Académie Provençale's mission is to maintain the customs of Provence through dance, song, music, costume, language and cuisine throughout eastern and coastal Provence.
Music, dance and traditional costumes will be the order of the day at the FIFES opening ceremony, thanks to these two local ensembles.

Aubade
2025-05-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400

Children's workshop
2025-05-28 16:30 - 2025-06-01 19:00 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
Marine life
Around Jérémy’s fresco on the Place de la Castre, children will be free to draw with chalk. Models of marine animals will be offered, and they’ll become the creators of a collective, ephemeral work of art depicting the beauty of the marine world.
And grown-ups are welcome to join in!

Opening ceremony
2025-05-28 16:30 - 23:30 | Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, Cannes, 06400
To open this 5th edition of the festival, the Opening Ceremony, hosted by Sébastien Fouillade, will be held on May 28 from 4.30pmin the open air Place de la CastreLe Suquet. A landmark of Cannes' cultural heritage, this historic site offers breathtaking views over the bay, the town, the Croisette and the Lérins Islands.

16h30 Créateur.rices market, and crêpes snack.
17h Aubade at Marché Forville.
18h Aubade and traditional dance on the Place de la Castre.
19h00 Opening ceremony and cocktail reception.
20h00 Lecture by Nelly Pons, Ocean Plastic.
21h Dance performance by Compagnie Les Somatonautes.
21h30 Screening of the film Call From the Wild.

Masterclass Camille de Casabiance
2025-05-28 14:30 - 16:30 | Médiathèque Noailles, Address 1 avenue Jean de Noailles, Cannes, 06400, France
Meet Camille de Casabianca, godmother of the 2025 Festival, and learn more about her career, her work and her commitment to ecological and social issues.
Camille de Casabianca began her career as a screenwriter and actress, and has received a number of awards, including the César for original screenplay and adaptation (1987), the Prix Frédéric Rossif and the XXIst Century Filmmaker Award in New York.
Her filmography includes Pékin Central, a comedy filmed in China, Après la Pluie, a comedy about humanitarian aid in Africa, Le Fabuleux Destin de Madame Petlet and Vive nous! two social comedies.
She also directed Octavio, which follows an adopted child in Colombia and Alaska, Tatami, which follows a judo champion preparing for the world championships, and two documentaries on political life: C'est parti and Ça marche?! In the wake of the pandemic, his latest film, L'Heure du départ, was the subject of numerous public debates in France and Belgium. Also a writer, she has published several novels and short stories.
