International Ornithological Film Festival

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• 2:00 PM — Festival opening · Nature and Heritage Discovery Forum open from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• 3:00 PM — Opening screening: Sans Colliers (Les Amis de l'IFFCAM, 40 min)
• 6:00 PM — Wildlife Cinema Cultural Encounters: Gardiens des oiseaux (Muriel Barra, 62 min), followed by a panel discussion on the film (2 h)
• 9:00 PM — Espartes: Tales of the Iberian Orca (Thomas Le Coz, Marc Nieto, 62 min); There Once was a Puffin (La Fille Renne, 9 min); Marmottes, la guerre des clans (Matthias Abrantes, 52 min)

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• 9:30 AM — L'eau était là (Sophie Sherman, Némo Camus, 15 min); Croire aux arbres (Damien Fritsch, 78 min); Blue Blood (Neeve Ó Flynn-Mundin, 23 min)
• 1:30 PM — Fishermen & Guitars (Mariano Fernández, 28 min); The Hermit Housing Crisis (Lulu Wood, 10 min); Le Peuple des tempêtes - Les ailes du courage (Marta Sostres, Kévin Peyrusse, 52 min); For Deer Life (Yaz Ellis, 16 min)
• 5:00 PM — Gladice (David Byars, 39 min); Stone Biter: Saving the Arctic Sea Forests (Ismaele Tortella, 20 min); Mercredi, c'est safari ! (Marie-Élise Tang, Paul-Aurélien Combre, 52 min)
• 9:00 PM — Les Yeux Ouverts (Clémentine Bodin, 15 min); The Ethical Dilemma (Juan Luis Santos Martínez, Luis Miguel Ruiz Gordón, Pablo Valdivieso Domínguez, 2 min); Piège à marée basse (Alexis Barbier-Bouvet, Manuel Lefèvre, 90 min)
• Conferences and round tables: Old-growth forests, hidden treasures to preserve; The doctor's birds; Reintroduction of the European Mink; The Beaver Effect; The Gâtine hedges

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• 9:30 AM — Qui a vu le Loriot ? (Daniel Auclair, Didier Laneurit, 55 min); Le Lynx, le Maître et Jacques (Thibault Fourrier, 22 min); Espalungue, royaume des chauves-souris (Tanguy Stoeckle, 25 min)
• 1:30 PM — How smart are crows? (Irida Zhonga, 5 min); Amours sauvages, tous les goûts sont dans la nature (Samuel Ruffier, 52 min); Bears in Hot Tubs (Maddie Bear, Claire Musser, 16 min); Siran Terre (Dario Barbaro, 35 min)
• 5:00 PM — Surfing Hippos - Gabon's Jungle Beach (Yann Sochaczewski, Marlen Hundertmark, 50 min); Entre Deux Souffles (Florian Ledoux, Jozef Kaut, 20 min); Sloot - Life in the Ditch (Arthur de Bruin, Dick Harrewijn, 11 min); L'apnéiste et le phoque (Chloé Sartena, 26 min)
• 9:00 PM — Le radeau des glaces (Jérôme Bouvier, 53 min); Beautiful Birds (Tommy Clarke, 20 min); Entre leurs mains (Marion Fernandez, Maxence Lamoureux, 45 min)
• "Le coin des branchés" conference day, co-organized with the LPO · Salle Romane; conferences and round tables including "What actions to take to preserve the Little Bustard?"

Friday, October 30, 2026

• 9:30 AM — Après les glaciers (Dorothée Adam, Mathieu Navillod, 51 min); Là où tombent les oiseaux (Cédric Chambin, Pauline Bugeon, 14 min); The Sounds of Jean Roché (Louis Leblique, 21 min) — screening available with audio description
• 1:30 PM — Le renard qui a sauvé son île (Emma Baus, 52 min); Lithium, retour à la mine (Elise Richard, 54 min)
• 5:00 PM — Frost Without Snow and Ice (Asgeir Helgestad, 94 min); Connexions : unis par la faim (Dominique Mertens, 5 min); Nightlife - New Perspectives on City Wildlife (Anice Hanna Hut, Andres Fouché, 22 min)
• 9:00 PM — Fondation François Bel Evening: Microcosmos: Le Peuple de l'herbe (75 min); The Sounds of Jean Roché (21 min)

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• 9:30 AM — Le Royaume des Nuages (Philippe Moreau, 90 min); The Shining Tapestry (Kai Harlow, 28 min)
• 1:30 PM — Aux bêtes la nuit (Amaury Archambeaud, 14 min); Sur les traces des castors de nos rivières (Coraline Molinié, Chloé Henry-Biabaud, 52 min)
• 5:00 PM — Le retour des Grands Prédateurs (Marie Alart, Manuel Lefèvre, 52 min, winner of the 2025 Ushuaïa TV call for projects); Sturio, Le Retour du Géant (Rémi Demarthon, 52 min, winner of the 2025 France 3 N-A & NoA call for projects)
• 8:30 PM — Awards ceremony and screening of winning films

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• 9:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 5:00 PM — Screenings of award-winning films (titles announced after the awards ceremony)
• 6:00 PM — Festival closing

Ongoing and outside of screenings

• Nature and Heritage Discovery Forum — 3,000 m² marquee, sports field, rue de la Croix Brousseau · Tuesday 2:00 PM–7:00 PM, Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM · free access
• Wildlife Art Salon and exhibitions: Bird Photo of the Year 2026 (Camera Natura, IFFCAM site); Plumes, poils, pétales 2026 (Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, near the Children's Area); Bugey sauvage (Joël Brunet, 3 km outdoor trail); Regards d'extinction (Mathieu Latour); Balade entre plaine et marais (Nadège and Fabrice Conort, place des Cloîtres); Rêves de Sylva (Camera Natura, IFFCAM site); Des macareux par milliers (LPO, refreshment area under the Forum)
• Festival Off — short films by IFFCAM students, from Wednesday, October 28 to Saturday, October 31, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM and 2:00 PM–5:30 PM · IFFCAM site, la Grimaudière · free admission, no reservation required
• Nature outings, family outings (ages 6-12) and teen activities, nature workshops, musical events — online booking via HelloAsso or by mail; details for each activity are available on the festival website
• Screenings in Vasles — Vasles village hall (cinema upstairs), 10 km from Ménigoute: Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29 at 3:00 PM and 8:30 PM; Friday, October 30 at 10:00 AM, 3:00 PM and 8:30 PM; Saturday, October 31 at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM (Pioupiou screening on Wednesday at 3:00 PM)

Film program published by the organizer (MAINATE association). Cinema screenings are paid for on-site, no reservation required.