Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival unveils 2025 poster
On the Road Again
As winter gently settles over Clermont Ferrand, the Short Film Festival is once again preparing to brighten up the city in an explosion of creativity. From January 31 to February 8, 2025, the streets will be bustling with discussions as films from all corners of the world lit up the screens in all festival venues. Today we are proud to share the official poster for this upcoming edition, that is sure to capture everyone’s imagination.
The poster was created by French graphic artist Marie Larrivé. It is an invitation to travel to a place where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur, nestled in a scent of mystery, placing the viewer in the driver’s seat of their destiny. Against a psychedelic backdrop of northern lights and at the center of the Chaîne des Puys, the iconic Michelin industrial site stretches out towards these multicolored skies, inviting us to climb up for imminent takeoff. The vibrant shades of green, pink, and yellow blend to create a visual whirlwind, symbolizing the creative energy and passion of filmmakers, actors, and all those who craft short cinema.
It represents the promise for the audience to discover stories that touch upon intimate feelings, that explore the margins and challenge conventions. Here and there, references to award-winning films from our previous edition can be seen, paying homage to the Lebanese focus and the retrospective dedicated to sound design that will be presented at the 2025 festival.
Far from looking in the rearview mirror, the festival is moving forward and aiming high: this road is the one that will lead us to the Cité du Court, a hub for film exhibition, project development, and the promotion and preservation of short film heritage, scheduled to open in 2028. For now, we’re taking advantage of this beautiful poster to take a new turn and simultaneously unveil the festival’s new logo and visual identity, which will be associated to our activities along the way. Le Court is on the right tracks!
Come join us on this unique cinematic road trip. Prepare to be amazed, moved, and sometimes even shaken. Whether you’re a festival regular or a first-time visitor, this festival edition shall leave you with unforgettable memories.
Who are you, Marie Larrivé?
As painter and video artist, Marie Larrivé developed her art in still and moving images during her studies at ENSAD Paris. Trained in the techniques of model making, traditional animation and painting, she has explored different types of narrative forms using these media. The questions of movement and fiction are at the heart of her work.
We discovered her filmmaking talent with Noir-Soleil, presented in national competition at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand short film festival (and for which she won the SACD prize for best French-language animation film). Marie is also credited for the script, graphics and set design on Margarethe 89 by Lucas Malbrun, shown in national competition in 2024.
© SQPLCM, Abigaëlle Robineau
Watch the poster’s making-of
Find the references
Where can I get the poster?
This poster is now available to you in landscape format:
– A1 size (51,4 x 84,1 cm)
– A2 size (42 x 59,4 cm)
– postcard (10,5 x 15 cm)
Or for Clermont-Ferrand residents at following locations:
6 place Michel-de-L’Hospital
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
Monday-Thursday
8h30-12h / 14h-17h30
(Closed on Fridays)
Clermont Auvergne Tourisme Shop
Place de la Victoire
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
Monday*-Sunday:
10h-13h / 14h-18h
Closed :
– *Monday mornings
– on Sundays in January and November
– on December 25 and January 1st
