Edition 2025
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Cinema
Short Film
Documentary
Traces de Vies - Documentary Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand — Puy-de-Dôme (63)
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23 Nov 2025
— 29 Nov 2025
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2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Traces de Vies
The 35th edition of the Traces de Vies festival will take place from November 23 to 29, 2025, in Clermont-Ferrand and Vic-le-Comte. This edition will feature 74 documentary films for a week of discovery and cinematic pleasure, with screenings, meetings with directors, and educational workshops.
35th Edition - November 23 to 29, 2025
The Traces de Vies festival returns for its 35th edition from November 23 to 29, 2025. For a week, Clermont-Ferrand and Vic-le-Comte will host 74 documentary films selected for the quality of their writing and the originality of their gaze on the world.
The festival's four competitive sections—"Documentary Gaze Beyond Borders", "A Sensitive World", "First Documentary Gesture", and "A Fair Social Gaze"—will offer a rich and diverse panorama of contemporary creative documentary.
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .