
Week of Events
Mercantour National Park exhibition
Biodiversity at stake Opening May 27 at 17:00 Free admission The Parc du Mercantour is offering a double exhibition during FIFES week, focusing on biodiversity issues. The exhibition includes a photographic exhibition and a selection of short films. Biodiversity at Play exhibition: The exhibition presents species from France's 11 national parks through 13 panels and […]
Shiftopie exhibition
Opening May 27 at 17:00 Free admission Destination Shiftopie is a low-carbon imagination contest organized since 2022 by The Shifters association, open to everyone, amateur and professional artists alike. Its aim is to help develop new imaginaries for 2050 that are realistic, plausible, funny and well-documented in a low-carbon world. The Shifters is a non-profit […]
Vincent Kulesza photo exhibition
Opening May 27 at 17:00 Free admission Vincent is a naturalist, lecturer and photographic artist, a poet avid for the beautiful, the rare and the stolen moment. Nature is the source of his inspiration, but he does not disdain human nature. His motto: "To seek nothing is to find everything!" Formerly head of the water […]
Monday, May 25, 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
No events on this day.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- May 27, 2026 -360° Impact
- May 27, 2026 -Youth Project
- May 27, 2026 -Yanuni (preview)
360° Impact
Matinée Impact 360°, organisée par Festival International du Film Ecologique et Social (FIFES) et EXIL by EXHIBIT GROUP L’objectif de cet événement est d’entamer un cycle de rencontres avec les entreprises afin de : La Matinée Impact 360° a pour ambition de mettre en lumière les entreprises, associations et acteurs engagés des Alpes-Maritimes qui œuvrent chaque jour […]
Youth Project
À voix haute: When young people speak out on biodiversity Performance by Lycée Bristol students Accompanied by their teacher Romain Gimenes, the Lycée Bristol's second-year students propose a unique stage performance in which the voice of texts will be accompanied by images and sounds in the background. Everything said and shown on stage will have […]
Yanuni (preview)
Richard Ladkani Documentary - 112 min - Austria, Brazil, USA, Canada, Germany - 2025 OV in Portuguese, French subtitles Yanuni is a poignant portrait of courage, resistance and love, right in the heart of the Amazon. Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia has survived six assassination attempts thanks to her relentless struggle to protect her people's lands […]
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- May 28, 2026 -Nimuendajú
- May 28, 2026 -A song for my land
- May 28, 2026 -Red Forest
- May 28, 2026 -Film and photography workshop with Yanqiu Fei
- May 28, 2026 -Ojos de Agua, Freeing Chile’s waters
- May 28, 2026 -Bring nature in
Nimuendajú
Tania Anaya Animation - 84 min - Brazil - 2025 VO in Portuguese, subtitled in French The film tells the story of Curt Unckel, a social scientist who lived with indigenous peoples for 40 years. Curt was baptized in 1906 by the Guaranis as Nimuendajú, and has dedicated his life to studying and understanding different […]
A song for my land
Mauricio Albornoz Iniesta Documentary - 96 min - Argentina - 2025 VO in Spanish, subtitled in French Ramiro Lezcano, a music teacher in rural Argentina, is shocked to discover that planes are spraying pesticides near schools, endangering the health of his pupils. In response, he and the children compose songs to denounce the problem, but […]
Red Forest
Laurie Lassalle Documentary - 84 min - France - 2025 French version As the Notre Dame des Landes Z.A.D. undergoes upheaval since the abandonment of the airport project, the forest is transformed into a territory of struggle. The Z.A.D. has become a land of metamorphosis, where the ideals of its inhabitants come face to face […]
Film and photography workshop with Yanqiu Fei
Bringing the story to life on screen: The role of the director of photography Yanqiu Fei is a Chinese cinematographer, director and screenwriter currently based in France. Yanqiu Fei's cinematography credits include the feature documentary Last Year of Darkness, winner of the NEXT:WAVE prize at CPH:DOX and the Cannes Doc Award at Visions du Réel. […]
Ojos de Agua, Freeing Chile’s waters
Marion Esnault, Marcelo Lara Documentary - 65 min - Chile, France - 2025 VO in Spanish, subtitled in French In Chile, drought and water shortages have been hitting hard for the past 15 years. The cause is climate change, but above all the privatization of water sources instituted by Pinochet's constitution and its neoliberal model. […]
Bring nature in
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 […]
Friday, May 29, 2026
- May 29, 2026 -Heidi and the mountain lynx
- May 29, 2026 -Mercantour beneath our feet
- May 29, 2026 -The sky above Zenica
- May 29, 2026 -Film and acting workshop with Théo Fernandez
- May 29, 2026 -At the end of words
- May 29, 2026 -Talk by Yann Urbon – Hypnosis
- May 29, 2026 -Yintah
Heidi and the mountain lynx
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, […]
Mercantour beneath our feet
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 […]
The sky above Zenica
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 […]
Film and acting workshop with Théo Fernandez
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 […]
At the end of words
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 […]
Talk by Yann Urbon – Hypnosis
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 […]
Yintah
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 […]
Saturday, May 30, 2026
- May 30, 2026 -Walking in the dark
- May 30, 2026 -Design and environment workshop with Asgeir Helgestad
- May 30, 2026 -Cocotte
- May 30, 2026 -Children’s workshop
- May 30, 2026 -Storytelling show with Catherine Bouin
Walking in the dark
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 […]
Design and environment workshop with Asgeir Helgestad
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, […]
Cocotte
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 […]
Children’s workshop
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
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, […]
Sunday, May 31, 2026
- May 31, 2026 -Here begins the sea
- May 31, 2026 -Writing and reading workshop with Virginie Perrot
- May 31, 2026 -A million leaves under the sea
- May 31, 2026 -Nereide
- May 31, 2026 -Oxygen
- May 31, 2026 -UFEM concert
Here begins the sea
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. […]
Writing and reading workshop with Virginie Perrot
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 […]
A million leaves under the sea
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 […]
Nereide
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 […]
Oxygen
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. […]
UFEM concert
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 […]




























