Events and festivals in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on 14 and 15 November: the travel sketchbook gathering at the Polydôme in Clermont-Ferrand, European cinema in Aubenas, Écran Total near Grenoble and Festiv·iel in Lyon.
Saturday, ten o'clock, outside the Polydôme in Clermont-Ferrand. The Rendez-vous International du Carnet de Voyage welcomes the general public from 14 November, while Aubenas, Villeurbanne and Lyon roll out their programmes. Events and festivals in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on 14 and 15 November: the travel sketchbook gathering at the Polydôme in Clermont-Ferrand, European cinema in Aubenas, Écran Total near Grenoble and Festiv·iel in Lyon.
The travel sketchbook at the Polydôme
The Rendez-vous International du Carnet de Voyage fills the Polydôme from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November. Friday is given over to school groups. The general public comes in on Saturday 14/11/2026 and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a reduced rate for students and families.
More than 130 French and international guests, close to 90 of them sketchbook artists, show their notebooks and meet visitors. Watercolour, drawing, comic strips, photography, collage and mixed media: every style is represented.
The programme combines exhibitions of original sketchbooks, documentary films about travel, talks and debates, and drawing and writing workshops. Prizes reward the best sketchbooks, including the Prix Vulcania. A school sketchbook competition is held every year.
It began in May 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand, driven by the journalist and traveller Michel Renaud and the association Il faut aller voir.
Michel Renaud died in the attack on Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015. Every edition keeps his memory alive.
Screens from Aubenas to Villeurbanne
Aubenas, in Ardèche, opens the Rencontres des Cinémas d'Europe on Saturday 14 November, running until the 22nd. More than 80 films from 20 European countries play in 11 venues, including the Le Navire cinema, the Le Bournot centre and halls in Thueyts, Lussas and Vals-les-Bains.
Previews with guests, a young audience programme, film lessons, cine-concerts and virtual reality join the screenings. A single ticket costs about 5 to 7 euros.
In the Grenoble area, Écran Total runs from 13 to 16 November at La Vence Scène in Saint-Égrève. Previews, revivals and cine-concerts are followed by debates, with seats most often between 4 and 8 euros.
Villeurbanne, cours Émile Zola: Que du Feu screens short films by young directors at the Cinéma Le Zola until Sunday 15 November. The festival was born in 2016 at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University. This year it joins the Villeurbanne Short Film Festival, and its professional meetings remain free to attend.
In Lyon, the Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse has hosted Festiv·iel since 12 November, through to the 28th. Theatre, performance, dance and lecture-performances deal with inclusive feminism, queer cultures and questions of gender. The 2025 edition drew 8,000 spectators, with a 96% occupancy rate.