Sarlat Film Festival
The meeting point for cinema and youth in the Black Périgord
About Sarlat Film
A festival born from cinema education
The Sarlat Film Festival was born in 1991, following the creation in 1986 of a cinema option in French high schools. It is the only cultural event offering high school students specializing in cinema-audiovisual an educational program centered around the films studied for the baccalaureate.
A unique meeting place
Each autumn, nearly 600 high school students and their teachers converge on Sarlat for an immersion into the world of cinema. They mingle with directors, actors, screenwriters, and technicians during screenings, masterclasses, and round tables. The festival also welcomes several thousand spectators to celebrate cinema and its history.
A demanding program
The festival offers preview screenings, special screenings, cine-concerts, and meetings with film crews. The program highlights French and international cinema, with a particular focus on works intended to enrich the cinematic culture of younger generations.
Sarlat Film — edition 2026
The 35th edition of the Sarlat Film Festival will be held from November 3 to 7, 2026 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, in Périgord Noir. As every autumn, the national gathering for high school students specializing in cinema-audiovisual will offer previews, meetings with film crews, and workshops. The detailed program will be announced on the official website.
35th edition of the Sarlat Film Festival (November 3-7, 2026)
The Sarlat Film Festival returns for its 35th edition from November 3 to 7, 2026. The festival will once again bring together nearly 600 final-year high school students specializing in cinema-audiovisual, from all over France, around films on the baccalaureate program, alongside the general public.
The call for films for this edition is open from June 1 to August 21, 2026. The official selection (previews, feature and short films, special screenings) and the day-by-day schedule will be communicated on the official website festivaldufilmdesarlat.com in the weeks preceding the festival.
Prices Sarlat Film 2026
Practical information — Sarlat Film
Practical Information
Festival Venues
The heart of the festival is the Cinéma Rex (30 avenue Thiers, 24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda): from 9 AM to midnight for five days, its six screens present all the selected films. Meetings, masterclasses, and round tables also take place in several cultural venues in the city center (Centre culturel, former Le Colombier hospital, former Évêché).
Access
- By car: A20 then A89, direction Sarlat.
- By train: Sarlat SNCF station (connections from Paris and Bordeaux).
- By plane: Brive or Bergerac airports nearby.
Ticketing
Reservations and prices on the Cinéma Rex online ticketing service: cinerex.fr.
Contact
- Website: festivaldufilmdesarlat.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 05 53 31 04 39 (Cinéma Rex)
- Sarlat Tourist Office: 05 53 31 45 45
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Cinéma Rex et lieux culturels de Sarlat
30 avenue Thiers, 24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda, 24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda