Festival des Cinémas Engagés
festival of committed cinemas
Copyright Aline / Jissé / Stormbox-Records
Edition n°4 - 2026
From 13 to 16 February 2026
Selection announcement date 01 January 2026
Clamecy, FRANCE
No entry fees for this festival
The festival aims to be a drop of antidote in our ailing society; it gives pride of place to protest, deconstructs toxic political messages, and shines a light on the invisible and the forgotten.
For this 4th edition, we are once again focusing on politically engaged short films.
The focus is on the municipal elections to be held in March 2026.
School films are accepted if they are professional and/or supervised by professionals.
We also wish to promote films and directors based in the French Overseas Territories. You can view the program from previous years at:
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2025/
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2024/
festival of committed cinemas - Call Open
Closing
No entry fee
Cinema has the power to reveal the world around us, to awaken consciences about the unacceptable, to illuminate those on the fringes and in the shadows, to transform fear into hope.
As international conflicts continue with ever-increasing violence, our planet suffers, and authoritarian regimes make their voices heard, voices are being raised. They are resilient, united, even if too often stifled. The Festival of Committed Cinemas delivers these hopes, like a breath of newfound freedom, like a rejection of inevitability.
The festival aims to be a drop of antidote in our ailing society, giving pride of place to protest, deconstructing toxic political messages, and shining a light on the invisible and the forgotten.
For this 4th edition, we are once again focusing on politically engaged short films. The focus is on the municipal elections, which will take place in March 2026.
School films are accepted if they are professional and/or supervised by professionals.
We also aim to promote films and directors based in the French overseas territories.
You can view the program from previous years at:
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2025/
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2024/
Selection criteria
Production's date (Min)
2023
Duration (Max)
20’
Director's year of birth (Min)
1910
Director's year of birth (Max)
2007
Specific criteria
Cinema has the power to reveal the world around us, to awaken consciences about the unacceptable, to illuminate those on the fringes and in the shadows, to transform fear into hope.
As international conflicts continue with ever-increasing violence, our planet suffers, and authoritarian regimes make their voices heard, voices are being raised. They are resilient, united, even if too often stifled. The Festival of Committed Cinemas delivers these hopes, like a breath of newfound freedom, like a rejection of inevitability.
The festival aims to be a drop of antidote in our ailing society, giving pride of place to protest, deconstructing toxic political messages, and shining a light on the invisible and the forgotten.
For this 4th edition, we are once again focusing on politically engaged short films. The focus is on the municipal elections, which will take place in March 2026.
School films are accepted if they are professional and/or supervised by professionals.
We also aim to promote films and directors based in the French overseas territories.
You can view the program from previous years at:
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2025/
https://stormbox-records.fr/festival-des-cinemas-engages-2024/
Festival prize list
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