Cabourg Film Festival — Romantic Days
The major event for romantic cinema on the Côte Fleurie
About Cabourg Film Festival
The temple of romantic cinema
Founded in 1986 by the writer and journalist Gonzague Saint-Bris, the Cabourg Film Festival — Journées Romantiques has become, in nearly forty years, the unmissable event for romantic cinema in France. Its general delegate is now Suzel Pietri. Every year in June, the festival transforms the seaside resort of Cabourg, immortalized by Marcel Proust under the name "Balbec," into the capital of the seventh art.
Selections and competitions
The festival presents an official feature film competition and a selection of French-language short films with romanticism as their central theme. A panorama of preview films completes the program, featuring works from around the world exploring passions, budding loves, and the end of times, from romantic comedies to documentaries.
The Swann d'Or Awards
During the closing ceremony, the Swann d'Or committee, composed of journalists and film professionals, presents its awards: best romantic actress and best romantic actor, female and male revelations, best direction, and best romantic film of the past year. The Grand Prix du Jury rewards the best film in the official competition.
A festival between beach and dark rooms
The festival extends across several towns on the Côte Fleurie, between Cabourg, Houlgate, and Dives-sur-Mer, and offers open-air screenings on Cabourg beach at dusk, providing a unique cinematic experience facing the sea. Screenings also take place in local cinemas and at the Grand Hôtel de Cabourg.
Cabourg Film Festival — edition 2026
The 40th edition of the Cabourg Film Festival — Romantic Days takes place from June 10 to 14, 2026, marking forty years of romantic cinema on the Côte Fleurie. This anniversary edition is chaired by Agnès Jaoui for the feature film jury and Xavier Dolan for the short film jury.
40 Years of Love and Passion
For its 40th edition, the Cabourg Film Festival celebrates forty years dedicated to romantic cinema. From June 10 to 14, 2026, the Norman seaside resort hosts the feature and short film competitions, the Panorama selection, beach cinema screenings, as well as the traditional Swann d'Or awards ceremony.
Jury Presidencies
- Agnès Jaoui — President of the Feature Film Jury
- Xavier Dolan — President of the Short Film Jury
Feature Film Competition (7 films)
- Du Fioul dans les Artères — Pierre Le Gall
- Folichonneries — Eric K. Boulianne
- Le Procès de Heinrich — Kai Stänicke
- Les Éléphants dans la Brume — Abinash Bikram Shah
- Marie Madeleine — Gessica Généus
- No Good Men — Shahrbanoo Sadat
- Viva — Aina Clotet
Short Film Competition (10 films)
- L'Amie en Commun — Louis Douillez
- Araucaria — Cosme Castro, Jeanne Frenkel
- Un Espoir Tangible d'Aimer les Filles — Marianne Barrouillet
- God Save the Queen — Charlène Brimaud
- La Grande Envie — Julien Aveque
- Il Manque Toujours Quelque Chose... — Paul Rigoux
- Odonata — Adrien Fonda
- Les Saintes — Mélissandre Carrasco
- Sérénade — Eulalie Elsker
- Taxi Moto — Gaël Kamilindi
Panorama Selection (15 films)
- Adieu Monde Cruel — Félix de Givry
- Eruption — Pete Ohs
- Ivàn et Hadoum — Ian de la Rosa
- La Deuxième Fille — Jing Zou
- La Vie d'une Femme — Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
- Le Chant des Oliviers — Alex Camilleri
- L'Écologie des Sentiments — Alexandre Steiger
- Les Matins Merveilleux — Avril Besson
- Notre Histoire — Chroniques du Caire — Abu Bakr Shawky
- Quelques Jours à Nagi — Kôji Fukada
- Quelques Mots d'Amour — Rudi Rosenberg
- Seule la Vie — Adrian Goiginger
- Shana — Lila Pinell
- Sore : A Wife from the Future — Yandy Laurens
- Trois Adieux — Isabel Coixet
Screenings take place in the cinemas of the Côte Fleurie (Le Normandie, Sall'In, Le Drakkar, Cinéma du Casino) and outdoors on Cabourg beach, at the foot of the Grand Hôtel.
Programme Cabourg Film Festival 2026
From Wednesday, June 10 to Sunday, June 14, 2026
The detailed day-by-day program with screening times and venues is available on the festival's official programming schedule. Films are screened in four main venues — Le Normandie and Sall'In (Cabourg), Le Drakkar and the Cinéma du Casino — as well as outdoors on Cabourg beach.
Feature Film Competition
7 films competing for the Grand Prize of the jury chaired by Agnès Jaoui: Du Fioul dans les Artères (Pierre Le Gall), Folichonneries (Eric K. Boulianne), Le Procès de Heinrich (Kai Stänicke), Les Éléphants dans la Brume (Abinash Bikram Shah), Marie Madeleine (Gessica Généus), No Good Men (Shahrbanoo Sadat), Viva (Aina Clotet).
Short Film Competition
10 French-language short films presented to the jury chaired by Xavier Dolan. The short film awards ceremony takes place on Friday, June 12, 2026 in Cabourg: Best Short Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Swann d'Or Ceremony
The closing ceremony, traditionally on Saturday evening, sees the presentation of the Swann d'Or awards: Best Romantic Film, Best Romantic Actress and Actor, Female and Male Revelations, Best Direction.
Beach Cinema
Open-air cinema screenings on Cabourg beach, at the foot of the Grand Hôtel, with free admission (tickets to be collected at the central ticket office).
Highlights Cabourg Film Festival 2026
- 40th Anniversary Edition — four decades of romantic cinema
- Agnès Jaoui, President of the Feature Film Jury
- Xavier Dolan, President of the Short Film Jury
- 7 films in official Feature Film competition, 10 in Short Film, 15 films in Panorama
- Swann d'Or Ceremony at closing
- Free beach cinema screenings at the foot of the Grand Hôtel
Prices Cabourg Film Festival 2026
Practical information — Cabourg Film Festival
Practical Information
Location
The festival takes place in Cabourg (14390), Dives-sur-Mer, and Houlgate, in Calvados. Screenings are held in cinemas on the Côte Fleurie and outdoors on Cabourg beach.
Access
- By car: From Paris (220 km), take the A13 motorway then exit Cabourg / Dives-sur-Mer.
- By train: Dives-Cabourg SNCF station, Paris Saint-Lazare – Trouville-Deauville line with a connection.
- Parking: Paid parking in Cabourg center and on the seafront.
Prices
- Professional accreditations: upon request
- Public ticketing: available online and on-site
- Beach screenings: free
Ticketing
Online ticketing on the official festival website from early June. On-site sales start the day before the festival.
Contact
- Website: www.festival-cabourg.com
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Where does it take place — Cabourg Film Festival
Grand Hôtel de Cabourg et cinémas de la Côte Fleurie
27 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris (siège de l'association) — Festival à Cabourg (14390), 14390 Cabourg