Festiwild
A festival exploring the bond between humanity and the natural world in the Diois region
2026
About Festiwild
Every year, the former monastery of Sainte-Croix in the Diois region hosts Festiwild, a three-day event featuring films, talks, performances, debates, exhibitions, and nature outings centered on the relationship between humans and the living world. The organizers invite researchers, artists, naturalists, and conservation groups to collectively examine the role of the wild in our modern society.
The festival takes place at the Nouveau Monastère, a cooperative that hosts artistic residencies and cultural programming year-round, and features a village of stalls run by organizations dedicated to biodiversity and ecology.
Festiwild — edition 2026
The 5th edition of Festiwild takes place from Friday, October 9th to Sunday, October 11th, 2026, at the former Sainte-Croix monastery. Actress, author, and director Laëtitia Dosch is the patron of this year's event, championing its core values through her dedicated advocacy for animal welfare.
Over three days, a rich lineup of films, lectures, performances, debates, exhibitions, nature outings, and meet-and-greets invites you to rethink the human relationship with the living world.
Highlights Festiwild 2026
- Friday 9:00 PM: A surprise from our patron, Laëtitia Dosch
- Friday 5:30 PM: Battements d'ailes sur le fleuve, with Boris Jollivet and Joël Grare
- Saturday 10:30 AM: Conference by Ernst Zürcher, The forest, seat of collective intelligence?
- Saturday 10:00 PM: Screening of Il était une forêt by Luc Jacquet, followed by a tribute to Francis Hallé
- Saturday 9:00 PM: Bird concert Aube perpétuelle with headlamps
- Sunday 12:30 PM: Roundtable on the return of large wild herbivores with Rewilding France
Programme Festiwild 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
- 4:30 PM — Ticket office OPENS
- 5:00 PM — FESTIWILD doors OPEN
- Ongoing — Participatory mural led by Amédée Beriot
- 5:30 PM — Battements d’ailes sur le fleuve (Wingbeats on the River) with Boris Jollivet & Joël Grare. A magical sonic journey (1h)
- 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM — Performance by Sandrot
- 6:00 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort. 5 locations, 5 continents: a sonic journey around the world.
- 6:30 PM — WELCOME drink followed by the OPENING CEREMONY
- 7:30 PM — Insectes (Insects) – Cie Lady Rocks. When insects meet Hip hop (55 min)
- 9:00 PM — A surprise from our patron, Laëtitia Dosch
- 10:15 PM — Improvizashow – Troupe Impro de Die – High-flying improvisations centered on the theme of wild nature (1h15)
- 11:30 PM — Screening: Le radeau des glaces (The Ice Raft) – Jérôme Bouvier. The epic story of the oldest and largest iceberg – Q&A with the director (1h)
Saturday, October 10, 2026
- 9:00 AM — Ticket office OPENS
- Ongoing — Participatory mural led by Amédée Beriot
- 9:00 AM — Guided Walk-Conference: Deep Time Walk. Walking through the history of the Earth where 1m = 100,000 years – Jérôme Breton, limited spots (4h) — registration required
- 10:00 AM — Wandering Performance: Est-ce que la terre s’est tue ? (Has the Earth fallen silent?) – Outil Sauvage (1h)
- 10:00 AM — Screening: Bonjour le Monde (Hello World) – Animated film by Anne Lise Koehler – All ages (1h)
- 10:30 AM — Drawing Hike: A "Randographie" with Romane Kolb (2h)
- 10:30 AM — "Journey into Forest Futures": Les voyageurs des cimes. Registration at the Festiwild stand required (8 people per session)
- 10:30 AM — Conference: The forest, seat of collective intelligence? – Ernst Zürcher – Forestry Engineer (1h)
- 11:00 AM — Children's Show: Les secrets de Pamy – Cie Prends soin de toi, tales for ages 4 and up (1h)
- 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM — Performance by Sandrot
- 11:30 AM — Field Trip: On the Tracks of the Lynx with Laurent Desvignes – Office des Carnivores Alpins – Step into the shoes of this feline (1h)
- 11:30 AM — Conference: Let's grow our ears! Rewilding through soundscapes – Caroline Audibert – Listening to the songs of the Earth (1h)
- 11:30 AM — Family Show: Reste pas planté Là ! (Don't just stand there!) – Cie L’Aplomb du Dahut (30 min)
- 12:00 PM — Musical Conference: Autour d’un Ver (Around a Worm) – Cie LM Créations (1h)
- 12:30 PM — Conference: At the School of the Living – Anne Marie Lo-Presti and Sabine Oppliger (1h)
- 1:00 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort, 5 locations, 5 continents – a sonic journey around the world.
- 1:30 PM — Film: Poussières d’étoiles (Stardust) – Director Cécile Verstraeten and Ethologist Tristan Plot – A unique bond with birds (1h30)
- 1:30 PM — Children's Show: Les secrets de Pamy – Cie Prends soin de toi, tales for ages 4 and up (1h)
- 1:30 PM — Field Trip: Discovering Gravel – Geographer Jean Louis Michelot and musician Boris Trouplin – Exploring the Drôme river through words and music (1h30)
- 2:00 PM — Screening: Le Léguer, histoire d’une reconquête (Le Léguer, the story of a reconquest), followed by a roundtable – Lucie Galland and Mélanie Taquet, Association Rivières Sauvages (2h)
- 2:00 PM — Field Trip: On the Tracks of the Lynx with Laurent Desvignes – Office des Carnivores Alpins – Step into the shoes of this feline (1h)
- 2:00 PM — Musical Nap: A musical break to the sounds of handpan, guitar, chimes & rainstick – Frédéric Cros (1h30)
- 2:30 PM — "Journey into Forest Futures": Les voyageurs des cimes. Registration at the Festiwild stand required (8 people per session)
- 3:30 PM — Drawing Hike: A "Randographie" with Romane Kolb (2h)
- 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM — Performance by Sandrot
- 4:00 PM — Wandering Performance: Est-ce que la terre s’est tue ? (Has the Earth fallen silent?) – Outil Sauvage (1h)
- 4:00 PM — Children's Show: Les secrets de Pamy – Cie Prends soin de toi, tales for ages 4 and up (1h)
- 4:30 PM — Roundtable: TiRex Program – Scientist Jean Marc Landry and breeder Vincent Fournier – Addressing the "wolf" issue from a new perspective (1h30)
- 4:30 PM — Field Trip: On the Tracks of the Lynx with Laurent Desvignes – Office des Carnivores Alpins – Step into the shoes of this feline (1h)
- 5:00 PM — Conference: The Words of Nature – Musician Evariste Champion, actress Alice Robert, and geographer Jean Louis Michelot – Famous authors' words brought to life (1h30)
- 5:30 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort, 5 locations, 5 continents – a sonic journey around the world.
- 7:00 PM — Show: Phasmes, between circus & dance – Cie Libertivore (30min)
- 8:15 PM — Cine-Concert: Dans les Bois (In the Woods) – Cie Le Limaçon – A visual & sonic experience that is as playful as it is poetic (1h15)
- 9:00 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort, 5 locations, 5 continents – a sonic journey around the world. Bring a headlamp!
- 10:00 PM — Screening: Il était une forêt (Once Upon a Forest) – Luc Jacquet (1h30) followed by a tribute to Francis Hallé in the presence of the director and people who worked alongside this remarkable botanist.
Sunday, October 11, 2026
- 9:00 AM — Ticket office OPENS
- Ongoing — Participatory mural led by Amédée Beriot
- 9:00 AM — Guided Walk-Conference: Deep Time Walk by Jérôme Breton, walking through the history of the Earth where 1m = 100,000 years – limited spots (4h) — registration required
- 10:00 AM — Screening: Le grand cirque des marées (The Great Tidal Circus) by Manu Lefevre and Alexis Barbier Bouvet (2h00) – Breathtaking imagery.
- 10:30 AM — Wandering Performance: Est-ce que la terre s’est tue ? (Has the Earth fallen silent?) – Outil Sauvage (1h)
- 10:30 AM — Field Trip: On the Tracks of the Lynx with Laurent Desvignes – Office des Carnivores Alpins – Step into the shoes of this feline (1h)
- 10:30 AM — "Journey into Forest Futures": Les voyageurs des cimes. Registration at the Festiwild stand required (8 people per session)
- 11:00 AM — Drawing Hike: A "Randographie" with Romane Kolb (2h)
- 11:00 AM — Conference: Blue Tit, 50 years of evolutionary history – Claire Doutrelant
- 12:00 PM — Conference: Invasives or the Trial of a Nature Reserve – Céline Curiol (1h)
- 12:00 PM — Children's Show: Les secrets de Pamy – Cie Prends soin de toi, tales for ages 4 and up (1h)
- 12:30 PM — Roundtable: Natural Pastures: The return of Large Wild Herbivores – Olivier Raynaud / Sophie Monsarrat / Aurélien Giraud – Rewilding France (1h)
- 12:30 PM — Family Show: Reste pas planté Là ! (Don't just stand there!) – Cie L’Aplomb du Dahut (30 min)
- 1:00 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort – 5 locations, 5 continents – a sonic journey around the world.
- 1:00 PM — Screening: Kogis, Ensemble pour soigner la Terre (Kogis, Together to heal the Earth) – Jean Louis Michelot / Renaud Tournier (2h)
- 1:30 PM — Conference: The Discreet Ones – David Grémillet – Dreams of Sea Turtles (1h)
- 2:00 PM — Musical Nap: A musical break to the sounds of handpan, guitar, chimes & rainstick – Frédéric Cros (1h30)
- 2:00 PM — Drawing Hike: A "Randographie" with Romane Kolb (2h)
- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM — Performance by Sandrot
- 2:30 PM — Wandering Performance: Est-ce que la terre s’est tue ? (Has the Earth fallen silent?) – Outil Sauvage (1h)
- 2:30 PM — "Journey into Forest Futures": Les voyageurs des cimes. Registration at the Festiwild stand required (8 people per session)
- 3:00 PM — Field Trip: On the Tracks of the Lynx with Laurent Desvignes – Office des Carnivores Alpins – Step into the shoes of this feline (1h)
- 3:00 PM — Screening: Les Gardiens des Oiseaux (The Bird Guardians) – Muriel Barra – followed by a Q&A with Marco Rebuttini, young photographers Élie and Maël Fumet, and a member of the LPO (1h30).
- 3:00 PM — Screening / Roundtable: Attention Fragile – Film by Bruno Alles – Followed by a roundtable with Thibaut Lacombe (ornithologist), Colas Risiewicz (Forestry Technician), and Manon Chevalier (PNRV) – Small Owl Program – present and future (1h30)
- 3:30 PM — Children's Show: Les secrets de Pamy – Cie Prends soin de toi, tales for ages 4 and up (1h)
- 4:00 PM — Bird Concert: Aube perpétuelle (Perpetual Dawn) – Jean Roché and Bernard Fort – 5 locations, 5 continents – a sonic journey around the world.
- 5:00 PM — CLOSING of the fifth edition
Program published by the organizer on festiwild.org. The location numbers in the official program refer to the site map. The Salt of the Earth (film by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado), followed by a discussion with neurobiologist Michel Le Van Quyen, will be screened in preview on Thursday, October 1st at the Le Pestel cinema in Die. Several activities require registration: Deep Time Walk (limited spots), Journey into Forest Futures (8 people per session). Online ticket booking is highly recommended.
Prices Festiwild 2026
Practical information — Festiwild
The festival is held at the former monastery of Sainte-Croix, located at 54 place de l'Église-Temple, Sainte-Croix, in the Diois (Drôme). For more information, contact the Pays Diois Tourist Office at 04 75 21 22 06.
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