Lara Tabet – Extended Spectrum
Photographs
Every two years, in collaboration with Le Court, the Hôtel Fontfreyde – centre photographique showcases a photographer who is a jury member of the Lab Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Hôtel Fontfreyde
centre photographique
34 rue des Gras – Clermont-Ferrand
3 February to 29 March
Tuesday to Saturday: 13:30 > 19:00
Maabar
Podcasts
Three excerpts are featured at the opening of the LBN 1, LBN 2, and LBN 3 programmes.
A wide selection of Maabar podcasts will be available to explore at Hôtel Fontfreyde throughout February.
Hôtel Fontfreyde
centre photographique
34 rue des Gras – Clermont-Ferrand
3 to 22 February
Tuesday to Saturday:
13:30 > 19:00
Free admission
Silence(s)
Drawings, paintings, photos, sculptures, installations
Ahoy! Ahoy! In resonance with the thematic Retrospective The Buzz, the collective exhibition Silence(s) invites you to dive into the fascinating world of sound(s) in cinema—an invisible yet essential domain.
Keep your eyes and ears wide open: listen to the sounds of “Action!”, the whispers of silence, and admire the tones, vibrations, and rhythm of colors. Through the perspective of around thirty artists, explore this auditory and visual journey, and traverse these pathways that pay tribute to cinema.
• Armando Alvès • Michel Brugerolles • Stéphanie Chabert • Jacques Curtil • Christophe Desrayaud • Jean-Sébastien Dubien • Camille Durand-Vimal • Franck Fiat • Flo-M • Julie Foucaud • Christelle Guillet • Jean-Pierre Hérault • Ipiolo • Karine Joannet • Martine Le Calonnec • Gaël Le Rudulier • Jérémie Lefebvre • Antoine Lopez • Allan Martel • Patrick Miramand • Jacques Moiroud • Charline Montagné • Marie-Noëlle Rolland • Marie-Christine Sartin • Jean-François Schembari • Sitelle • Angèle Sperius • Stéphanie Steiner • Francois Val
Chapelle des Cordeliers
Place Sugny
Clermont-Ferrand
27 January to 15 February
14:00 > 18:00 except Sundays
Opening:
Saturday 1 February at 18:00
Free admission
Monte le son ! Le film musical s’affiche
Turn it up! Musical film posters on display
Film posters
A spotlight on the musical film and its power to enchant reality! Placing music at the heart of its concept, this versatile genre encompasses a wide range of works: musicals, musician biographies, opera films, ballets, and more.
It is no coincidence that the first sound film was a musical, The Jazz Singer. Music has always held a central place in the sound cinema: in fact, the musical film is the natural format of a medium that successfully integrated sound.
For a film to be considered a musical, there must be moments when the sound/image relationship is reversed. While typically the sound follows the image, here music suddenly takes the lead.
The charm of the genre lies in this temporary role reversal, which gives it all its magic: music sparks the euphoria of the “total spectacle.” It’s an ideal form of escape, with its grand-scale glamour. And the art of the poster reflects this, swirling dancers and elevating singers to idol status.
Through a selection of original posters, promotional photos, books, and magazines, this exhibition invites you to embark on a visual journey through the gems of the genre!
Centre de documentation de La Jetée
6 place Michel-de-L’Hospital
Clermont-Ferrand
28 January to 27 February
During the Festival:
Every day: 10:00 > 19:00
Outside the Festival:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday:
13:00 > 19:00
Free admission
Anatomie du labo 17
Anatomy of the Lab 17
After sixteen years expertly led by Ludovic Chavarot, the Anatomy of the Lab exhibition moves to a new location, taking over Le Lieu-dit, but the direction remains the same. The Lab continues to be a space for art and experimentation, image and sound, and with this exhibition, it adds a graphic dialogue between visual artists and the selected films.
The artists will engage, among other things, with the documentary genre, which once again proves this year that it has gained aesthetic autonomy, becoming a favored tool for exploring values, conflicts, and memory.
Among the participating artists, Lebanese artist Brahim Samaha (creator of the poster for the Lebanese retrospective) will present a work, as will Gabriel Böhmer (United Kingdom), who has been selected multiple times for Clermont (including this year) and will, for the first time, be part of the exhibiting artists.
Independent artists :
• Nicolas Anglade • Thomas Bailloux • Marien Beaucourt • Marie Beaupain • Gabriel Böhmer • Lucas Brunier-Mestas • Marc Brunier-Mestas • Fabienne Cinquin • Gabrielle Cornuault • BrianCougar • Julie Deneuvy • Léa Enjalbert • Franck Fiat • Gaby Matryoshka • Inès Kling • Jérémy Laurichesse • Fred le Falher • Alicia Lévy • Julien Mignot • Clément Murin • Lola Roy • Brahim Samaha • Laurent Savoie • Louise Sheeran • Thierry Toth • Viola Corp
Le Lieu-dit
11 rue Sainte-Claire
Clermont-Ferrand
31 January to 15 February
Tuesday to Saturday:
14:00 > 18:00
Opening:
Thursday 30 January at 18:30
Free admission
Participating Institutions:
• Students from the preparatory class at the Municipal School of Art and Music of Riom
• Students from Saint-Géraud High School, professional baccalaureate and DNMade graphic design (Aurillac)
• Inmates from the Riom penitentiary center
• Participants from the Art Therapy workshop at the Sainte-Marie Hospital Center (Clermont-Ferrand)
Kiblind presents!
Illustrations
The Clermont-Ferrand Festival invites KIBLIND to the Mercure Hotel to present 3 poster exhibitions featuring illustrated works around three themes:
• “Dreaming Miyazaki”, a tribute to the Japanese master’s filmography reinterpreted in 10 dreamlike drawings.
• “France Music Tour”, a musical road trip from Clermont-Ferrand to Paris, passing through 12 legendary concert venues, narrated in 12 illustrated stages.
• “IF…”, a collection that questions contemporary creation, with contributions from 10 artists from around the world.
With this exhibition, KIBLIND presents 32 artists alongside the illustrator honored at this 47th edition of Le Court, to whom an original risograph is dedicated:
Hôtel Mercure Centre Jaude
1 avenue Julien
Clermont-Ferrand
24 January to 23 February
Every day: 08:00 > midnight
Free admission
Yannis Da Silva – Champ contre champ
Yannis Da Silva – Shot Reverse Shot
Photographs
Yanis Da Silva, National Student Juror at the 2024 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and president of the Cinéfac association, presents his first short film Petit Paradis. Photographs from the film will be displayed in the Galerie Dolet.
The exhibition opening will be followed by a screening of the short film at 20:00 in the Frères-Lumière theater, preceded by a feature film presented in partnership with Cinéfac.
The Field: Portraits of homeless people in Clermont-Ferrand. The faces, with their weathered features, bear witness to the harsh realities of daily life on the streets.
The Countershot: Candid photos of passersby.
Sometimes pleasant, often disdainful, but mostly indifferent to the condition of those living just nearby. This exhibition, much like the short film from which it partly originates, seeks to capture the uniqueness of this exchange of gazes while aiming to give a voice to those whom we too often ignore.
Galerie Dolet
Crous Clermont Auvergne
25 rue Étienne-Dolet
Clermont-Ferrand
31 January to 28 February
During the Festival:
Every day:
09:00 > 20:00
Outside the Festival:
Monday to Friday:
09:00 > 16:00
Opening:
Monday 10 February at 19:00
Free admission
Studio Cabriole x PAR.SEK – Comment les images mentent
Studio Cabriole x PAR.SEK – How Images Lie
Behind the Scenes of an Animated Music Video
Dive into the sparkling and inventive world of the music video “How People Lie”, created by Studio Cabriole (featured in the Decibels! selection), a duo of Clermont-Ferrand-based directors. This exhibition invites you to discover the many facets of this pop and colorful project, featuring hybrid techniques that blend video, 2D animation, and paper-crafted sets.
Driven by Studio Cabriole‘s offbeat visual universe and the raw energy of the electropunk band PAR.SEK, the video humorously and lightly portrays the small lies of daily life through a playful and striking aesthetic.
Visitors will be able to admire the meticulously crafted paper models used as sets for the film, life-size paper props used during the shoot, and exclusive behind-the-scenes images revealing the green screen filming process with the band members. The exhibition will also offer a look into the pre-production stages: character and set graphic research, storyboards, and more. A journey into a universe where craftsmanship and experimentation meet to bring vibrant, surprising images to life!
The opening will be followed by a live performance by PAR.SEK!
Maison internationale universitaire
9 rue Kessler
Clermont-Ferrand
27 January to 21 February
Every day:
10:00 > 20:00
Opening: Monday 3 February at 18:00
Free admission
Le FAR (Filmer l’air de rien)
Trailer Workshop
Enter an ephemeral stop-motion animation studio. Stay as long as you like and recreate, frame by frame, the trailer of the film Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni. All the original sets and characters, displayed around the workshop, were imagined and created by the second-year students (class of 2023-2024) of the DNMade program from Cournon-d’Auvergne.
Clos Saint-Jacques Residency
Crous Clermont Auvergne
25 rue Étienne-Dolet
Clermont-Ferrand
3 to 7 February
Monday to Friday
11:30 > 17:30
Free admission
L’Économie du désir
The Economy of Desire
Visual Arts
The exhibition The Economy of Desire brings together around twenty artists, including Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis with his film Ondes noires, which won the special jury prize at the Lab Competition in 2019. This exhibition focuses on making visible the environmental, societal, and cultural consequences of our current economic system, which is based on the manipulation of our desires.
Overconsumption, mass tourism, depletion of natural resources, and technological escapism have become the harmful byproducts of a new world order. However, in response to this observation, the exhibition also seeks to offer a counterpoint by exploring the alternative meaning of the word “economy” – the idea of moderation aimed at considering desire as a new, renewable, and creative energy for envisioning a desirable future.
frac auvergne
6 rue du Terrail
Clermont-Ferrand
Until 23 March
Tuesday to Saturday
14:00 > 18:00
Sunday 15:00 > 18:00
Free admission
Au court du son
Short on Sound
Visual Arts
The Forms and Colors visual arts workshop will echo the thematic retrospective The Buzz during the 2025 festival, through an exhibition titled Short on Sound. Just as sound has the power to awaken emotions, different groups of teenagers and adults have translated the sonic and silent universe of cinema into graphic vibrations and rustlings. This exhibition of the language of sounds opens its doors to you at the Maison des Beaumontois.
Formes et Couleurs Workshop
Maison des Beaumontois
21 rue René-Brut – Beaumont
27 January to 10 February
Monday to Wednesday
14:00 > 18:00
Free admission
Such’Art, parcours artistique
Such’Art, an artistic journey
Street Art
Such’art is an artistic trail at the heart of historic Clermont: galleries, artists’ studios, antique shops, and other venues promoting art and creativity are all gathered here.
As you stroll through the streets, you will discover various works of street art: paintings, graffiti, collages, mosaics, sculptures… Over 200 artists are listed! While you’re here for the festival, head up to the central plateau and explore this unique cultural heritage.
A mini-guide is available at the Tourist Office or free to use at 10 rue Abbé-Girard, or on the Such’art Instagram account.