Edition 2025 Finished Cinema Documentary Independent Cinema

Zones Portuaires

Saint-Nazaire — Loire-Atlantique (44) 22 Apr 2025 — 27 Apr 2025
Zones Portuaires
Edition
2025

Edition 2025 — Finished

Edition 2025 — Zones Portuaires

The 10th edition of the Zones Portuaires festival was held from April 22 to 27, 2025, in Saint-Nazaire, with Helsinki as the guest port city. The festival offered about fifty Finnish films, exhibitions, meetings, concerts, and a focus on cycling in partnership with the association Place au Vélo Estuaire. The LiFe, in the submarine base, hosted the convivial heart of the festival with a sauna, exhibitions, and a catering area.

10th Edition — Helsinki

For its 10th edition, the Zones Portuaires festival set sail for Helsinki, the Finnish capital and an emblematic port city on the Baltic Sea. From April 22 to 27, 2025, Saint-Nazaire hosted a rich program of approximately fifty Finnish films, mixing documentaries, features, short films, and animated films.

Beyond the screenings, the festival offered a sauna installed at the LiFe, exhibitions, meetings with Finnish filmmakers and professionals, concerts, and a sports focus on cycling, in partnership with the association Place au Vélo Estuaire. Screenings took place at the cinema Jacques Tati, Cinéville, Le Pax, and La Toile de Mer.

Programme

2025 Program — Helsinki

The 2025 selection explored Finnish cinematography through several themes:

  • Documentaries: perspectives on Helsinki and Finnish port territories
  • Features: feature and short films by contemporary Finnish filmmakers
  • Animated Films: a strong tradition of Nordic cinema
  • Ciné-Mousses: pre-festival screenings in partner cinemas
  • Cycling Focus: screenings and activities in partnership with Place au Vélo Estuaire

Highlights

Highlights of the 2025 Edition

  • Helsinki in the spotlight: about fifty Finnish films programmed
  • 10th anniversary of the Zones Portuaires festival
  • Finnish sauna set up at the LiFe in the submarine base
  • Cycling focus with the association Place au Vélo Estuaire
  • Ciné-Mousses: pre-festival screenings in partner cinemas in the region

Prices

0.00€ — 30.00€

Single ticket: €6.50. Festival Pass: €30 (online and at the cinema Jacques Tati). LiFe: free access. Eligible for Pass Culture.
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