Around midnight awaits you at the Clermont-Ferrand short film festival 2025 !
Beautiful selections!
We thank the selection committees for having chosen four of our films in different categories this year:
• Playing God (9’), De Matteo Burani, co-produced with Studio Croma, in international competition.
• Dark Globe (3’), de Donato Sansone, co-produced with Base Zero, in the national competition.
• THE CARPINCHOS (10’30), of Afredo Soderguit, co-produced with Estudio Palermo and Bird, and A guitar at sea (31’), by Sophie Roze, produced by JPL Films and Nadasdy Film, In the competition for young audiences.
These films will wait for you in the dining room, on the following dates and times:
PLAYING GOD (International competition 9) | DARK GLOBE (National competition 8) | THE CARPINCHOS (Young Audience Competition 5+) | A guitar at the sea (Young Audience Competition 7+) | |
Monday 27 January | 9h30 – Boris Vian room | 9h30 – Salle Georges Conchon 14H15 – Boris Vian room | ||
Mardi 28 January | 14H15 – Boris Vian room | 9H45 – Jean Cocteau room | ||
Wednesday 29 January | 9H45 – Jean Cocteau room | |||
Thursday 30 January | 14H15 – Jean Cocteau room | |||
Friday 31 January | 9H45 – Jean Cocteau room | 14H15 – Salle Georges Conchon | ||
Saturday 1 February | 19h30 – Horizon room | 17h00 – Amphi Agnès Verva | 14H00 - Georges Conchon room | 16h00 – Salle Georges Conchon |
Sunday 2 February | 11h00 – Boris Vian room | 13h00 – Capitol cinema | 16h00 – Salle Georges Conchon | 15H00 - Boris Vian room |
Monday 3 February | 21h30 – Jean Cocteau room | 18h00 – Yellowed 1 | ||
Mardi 4 February | 14h30 – Horizon room | 19h00 – Jean Cocteau room | ||
Wednesday 5 February | 18h30 – Yellowed 4 | 9h30 – Horizon room | 14h00 – Yellowed 1 | |
Thursday 6 February | 20h00 – Yellowed 1 | 18h30 – Yellowed 4 | 16H00 - Lumière brothers room | |
Friday 7 February | 21h30 – Capitol cinema | 12h00 – Horizon room | 14H00 - The pier | |
Saturday 8 February | 17h00 – Amphi Agnès Verva | 21h00 – Boris Vian room | 10h00 – Salle Georges Conchon | |
Sunday 9 February | 14h00 – Capitol cinema |




A huge congratulations to our directors who fully deserve these selections!
Do not forget the public vote ! We are counting on you!

A special projection of Swallow the Universe, Director Nieto, is also expected at the festival. The film had been awarded the special jury lab prize in 2022, and had been entitled, the same year, to an exhibition on its director as well as on the Japanese artist Daichi Mori, whose film universe comes. The film will therefore be reproduced during the single session " WTF »On Wednesday 5 February at 9:30 p.m. in the Jean Cocteau room.
Nos Films au Short Film Market !
In parallel with the festival, Find our team at Short film market At the Jean- gymnasium&-Honoré-Fleury!
Professionals will be able to discover all our new features, Including our 4 films which received the label "Short Market Pick":
- In, by Nieto (9’). Production: Autour de Minuit (version Work in progress).
- All futures, from Barbara Cerro (10’). Production: Autour de Minuit & Oniro who.
- Tennis, Oranges, by Sean Pecknold (11’). Production: Sing Sing.
- Crow Man, from Yohann Abdelnour (8’). Production: Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts.
Do not hesitate to visit us on the Unifrance stand to discuss our new features!